Michael Bloomberg

The Police Announce Their Final Show

AP | Posted 05.06.2008 | Entertainment


NEW YORK - The Police, who reunited for a 30th-anniversary world tour last year, say their final concert will take place this summer in New York City...

Second Thug Life: Who's Afraid of GTA IV?

Chez Pazienza | Posted 05.06.2008 | Entertainment


Chez Pazienza

Those currently crusading against Grand Theft Auto IV are operating under a paradigm that's long since past -- that video games are strictly the domain of kids. They're not.

My Conversation with Michael Bloomberg and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Charlie Rose | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics


Charlie Rose

2008-04-21-rosearnoldbloomberg.jpgBloomberg and Schwarzenegger discuss what we need to understand about government's capacity to solve important people problems.

Bloomberg: Looking Forward To An Adult In The White House

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics


NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who decided against a White House run, said Thursday his endorsement will go to the most straight-talking ca...

Say What?! Bloomberg Compares Himself to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dan Brown | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics


Dan Brown

No one slips and compares himself to Dr. King. This kind of comment betrays NYC Mayor Bloomberg's deeply out-of-touch relationship with the on-the-ground reality.

Bloomberg's Budget Choices Hit Students Hardest

Dan Brown | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics


Dan Brown

The CEO mayor's logic may work in terms keeping a company's stock price afloat despite "belt-tightening" or lay-offs, but it doesn't fit one bit for schools.

What Debbie Did for Dallas Bloomberg Does for New York, Or How to Destroy a City Without Bombs

Sherman Yellen | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics


Sherman Yellen

What Bloomberg is prepared to dish out for New York's West Side is an ecological and aesthetic disaster, screwing our city in ways that even poor Eliot Spitzer could never think of doing.

Obama-Bloomberg Ticket? MSNBC Points Out Potential

MSNBC | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics


MSNBC's First Read Reports: A fall preview: Those who love the Veepstakes will enjoy today's Obama speech, not for the substance but for the person ...

School Accountability: NYC Sets the Tone, For Better or Worse

Dan Brown | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics


Dan Brown

Life and education are too complicated for single letter grades. A smarter, nuanced alternative is within New York's grasp.

Mayor Bloomberg Loses His Radio Gig, Looking For New Station

New York Times | Diane Cardwell | Posted 03.10.2008 | Media


On his weekly call-in radio show with John Gambling on WABC-AM, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg may not have kept up the Wild West tone of his combative pr...

A Race Without Bloomberg

Dylan Loewe | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics


Dylan Loewe

Had Bloomberg overcome all of the third-party obstacles and leveraged his personal fortune to build enough strength to win a large number of electoral votes, his presidency would still have been denied.

Michael Bloomberg as McCain's VP?

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.05.2008 | Politics


Steve Clemons

Looking at the electoral map, John McCain has to break into the northeast liberal establishment to become competitive in November against either Bar...

Relevance, Please? Bloomberg, Nader, & Angelina Jolie

Dorothy Bendel | Posted 02.29.2008 | Home


Dorothy Bendel

The main stream media must be experiencing a lull in political stories they feel are news-worthy. We have been deluged with coverage that seems questionably relevant.

Michael Bloomberg Not Running For President--News Media Devastated

236.com | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics


In an op-ed column in the New York Times Thursday, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg officially announced that he's not running for president (whi...

Michael Bloomberg - The Candidate of the Permanent Will

David Sirota | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics


David Sirota

The disconnect between what Americans actually want and what the Establishment wants America to want reflects just how petrified the elite are right now.

Bloomberg Hagel Ticket Unlikely As Mike Distances Himself

CBS News | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics


The possibility of Sen. Chuck Hagel joining Mayor Michael Bloomberg on an independent presidential ticket seems to be dimming, with Bloomberg distanci...

Clinton Spinning Into Twilight Zone

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

The Clinton operation's dismissive attitude towards the states that she loses feels uncomfortably like a post-facto snub by the aggrieved party in a break up: "he's not really my type anyway."

School-Level Cuts Hit New York City; Why, Bloomberg, Why???

Dan Brown | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics


Dan Brown

This is not about keeping a stock's price afloat; you are cutting kids' after-school programs, guidance counselors, smaller classes, computers. Erasing these entities will incontrovertibly have an effect, and a terrible one at that.

Bloomberg-Hagel Ticket Fading Fast Following McCain's Success

New York Times | Michael M. Grynbaumssue: The fast-fading presidential dreams of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics


Issue: The fast-fading presidential dreams of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. You've got questions, we've got answers. Yes, Senator Chuck Hagel was appro...

Sam Stein

Bloomberg Camp Still Prepping For White House Bid

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics


With John McCain's ascendancy as the Republican frontrunner, and the Democratic primary appearing far from resolved, political observers say New York ...

Scores Strip Club Endorses Clinton, Obama And McCain (And Bloomberg)

New York Observer | Azi Paybarah | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics


Scores, a well-known New York strip club, has taken the duty upon itself to endorse not only Hillary Clinton and John McCain for president, but also B...

Obama/Bloomberg: A Can't Miss Ticket?

Bruce Yaffe | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics


Bruce Yaffe

Bloomberg could legally provide enormous campaign funding and prevent the need for President Obama to kowtow to special interests or to waste time fundraising.

Nader Warns Bloomberg Not to Run

Andy Borowitz | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics


Andy Borowitz

Mr. Nader established an exploratory committee for a presidential bid today to let Mr. Bloomberg know that there was "only room for one self-absorbed gas-bag in the 2008 race."

Obama's Electoral Advantages (and Clinton's Troubles)

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 01.29.2008 | Home


Nathaniel Bach

This election season, pundits have repeatedly said, "If anyone could possibly lose this election for themselves, it's the Democrats." If our pick is Clinton, that prophecy may just become reality.

The Race Card in the Wings

James Schamus | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics


James Schamus

Jewish-Americans committed to the ideals of social justice and a democratic (regardless if Democrat-led) America should do everything in their power to dissuade Bloomberg from running.