Da Dum. Real Life Law and Order, New Manhattan DA Cy Vance to Star

Steve Rosenbaum, 01.05.2010

Founder and CEO, Magnify.net

After 35 years in the office of District Attorney, Robert Morgenthau has handed over the reigns of the busiest and most storied DA's office to Cy Vance Jr.

My 2009 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]

Chris Weigant, 01.02.2010

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

Welcome back to my annual outright theft of The McLaughlin Group's awards categories for the past year in politics.

10 Worst Moments In New York Politics

Dan Collins, 12.31.2009

New York Editor-At-Large of The Huffington Post

Joe Bruno, Pedro Espada, Hiram Monserrate and the Caroline Kennedy for Senate debacle are among those who made the bottom 10.

What's an Underemployed Gal to Do? Run For Office.

Diane Tucker, 12.15.2009

Writer/producer/director living in Washington DC

The experience of running convinced me that women have a tremendous natural ability for politics. We just have to get over our fear of it and go for the brass ring.

"Informed Sources": What Really Happened When Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin Got Into Upstate New York Politics

Reese Schonfeld, 11.09.2009

Television journalist

The latest tempest involved New York's 23rd Congressional district, where the Republican candidate was forced out of the race because of her positions on gay and abortion rights.

The Real Reason Obama Deserves the Nobel Win

Ali A. Rizvi, 10.09.2009

Canadian writer, physician, and musician

The impact of Obama's election stretches far beyond even what Martin Luther King, Jr. called the "fierce urgency of now." It goes beyond race and beyond policy issues.

The Colossus Comes on Stilts

Christian Nwachukwu, Jr., 11.29.2009

Editor and researcher

All along Sugar Hill Harlem, we think it began with Caroline. The slide, the trenchant derision, the Partied and, some hope, parting exile. "He shou...

The Literary Kennedys

Vickie Karp, 09.26.2009

Blogger for HuffPost and True/Slant

Poetry played a special role in the Kennedy family's lives.

Camelot Ends, Again: The Passing of Senator Ted Kennedy

William Bradley, 09.26.2009

California-based Political Analyst NewWestNotes.com

Though a most imperfect man, Ted Kennedy made his choice over a life of ease, and America is much the better for it.

Paterson's Doldrums Conundrum

John R. Bohrer, 09.24.2009

Historian of 1960s American politics

For a moment there, Governor David Paterson parted the curtain and offered his theory on why state Democrats want him out: the color of his skin. So that's one person's opinion.

Flirting Remains Strong Kennedy Tradition

Lizzie Garrett, 09.20.2009

Kennedy is keeping in good fourth generation Kennedy tradition by flirting with the idea of running for office and then citing personal or family issues as reasons for not pulling the trigger.

Maloney, Paterson, Cuomo and the Gumption Game

John R. Bohrer, 09.07.2009

Historian of 1960s American politics

Someone has sucked the gumption out of New York politics.

HBO Documentary Shows Ted Kennedy's Controversial Career in Soft Focus

Liza Weisberg, 08.11.2009

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A tender, nostalgic profile of the Camelot clan through the eyes of its youngest member, the documentary plays eerily like a premature eulogy.

Meg Whitman Week -- Monday: Meg Actually Gives an Interview

Chris Kelly, 06.10.2009

Writer, Real Time with Bill Maher

Meg Whitman has spent her life in fairly high profile business positions. There's evidence that she's spoken to groups. So why is she only engaging in interviews that are the journalistic version of pity sex?

Weekly Pulse: A Timetable for Reform Healthcare NewsLadder

The Media Consortium, 05.23.2009

Network of Leading Progressive Independent Journalism Organizations

By Lindsay Beyerstein, TMC MediaWire blogger Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) have set a timetable for healthcare reform by thi...

Caroline Kennedy Can't Catch a Break

Michael Wolff, 05.11.2009

Author of Newser.com's Off the Grid column

Now there's a mini-movement to make Caroline the ambassador to the Vatican, which, given the Kennedys' place in the history of American Catholicism, is rather a nice touch.

How Tim Geithner Can Guarantee a 43% Return on Your Money This Year

Keith Thomson, 05.08.2009

Reporter and author

I asked one of America's foremost horse racing handicappers to take time out from the grandstand and bet on political outcomes. What's his line on Geithner?

Ending New York Governor David Paterson's Downward Spiral

Henry Miller, 04.05.2009

New York Governor David Paterson severely damaged his Administration with his botched process for filling the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodh...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg: The Utopian King

Susan Braudy, 03.29.2009

Thank you Michael Bloomberg for turning my personal philosophy on its ear.

Finally, a President Who Knows How to Say "My Bad"

Stefan Roberts, 03.07.2009

Author, environmentalist and blogger.

You know -- I could get used to this whole 'change' thing that's going on around Washington. It's sort of refreshing and pleasant. It's amazing tha...

At-Home Mothers & the National Service Track

Barri Gordon Waltcher, 03.02.2009

The type of volunteering that SAHM's tend to do -- tasks associated with PTAs, sports teams, etc -- is largely viewed as unskilled, with questionable economic value.