The Rising Tide

Generally I can assume I’m against any new bill introduced in Albany without even reading it, but I’ll make an exception in this instance. Senator DeFrancisco has introduced a bill, S29, which would reduce by half the number of signatures required for designating petitions and independent nominating petitions across the board. Anyone who has ever collected […]

According to the Associated Press, Mayor Bloomberg was asked on April 11th, by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, if New York City could spare any NYPD cops for global peacekeeping missions. The article states that, “the U.N. peacekeeping department said 321 American police officers are currently involved in missions abroad, primarily

                                                                     Don’t worry, kiddies. Momma Government will take care of you. You’re getting fat, you have high cholesterol, and your arteries are clogged. Tsk, tsk. She may tell you over and over again to quit eating junk food, but you don’t listen. So now she has to take it away. The Board of Health in

Speaking of the Anarchists Book Fair, lots of people think of Anarchists as bomb throwers and leftists but that’s not philosophically accurate and there is a reason why libertarians should study anarchist philosophy.  I understand that Murray Rothbard, major hero of a great many libertarians, declared himself anarchist when confronted with the following dilemma.  He

For those Serf City readers who have given up on fixing the system and are ready to dismantle it, the first ever NYC Anarchist Book Fair will take place this Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. at Judson Memorial Church on Washington Square South. The book fair includes over 60 groups/book presses/zines/infoshops and 12 workshops

The White House is seeking to fill a new and exciting position; Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Coordinator. Any takers? The White House has already approached three retired generals, including Army General Jack Keane and Air Force General Joseph Ralston. Both said no. The third didn’t hold back his opinion either. Retired Marine General John Sheehan states

It’s bad enough that the idjits in Silly Council have driven Wal-Mart to take their ball and go home, ensuring that NYC families will continue to suffer smaller selection and higher prices when shopping for groceries. Now Assemblyman William Colton wants to ban plastic grocery bags from “large” supermarkets throughout New York State. Since Gristedes chairman

Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to speak at this year’s commencement at Utah’s Brigham Young University. The predominantly Republican student body and staff have been protesting Mr. Cheney’s presence on campus. Even the Mormons don’t want him around. In a usually peaceful environment, the students have been up in arms over the upcoming speech

It looks like my favorite NYC muckraking website, UncivilServants.org, is getting some results in curtailing the abuse of government parking permits. Streetsblog is reporting that the new commanding officer at the 5th Precinct — contrary to NYPD tradition — is actually towing the cars of cops who park illegally. Kudos to Inspector Yee. Hat tip: The

In  my March 30 blog “Mayor Rudy and the arrogance of power” I cited statistics showing an alarming increase in complaints for apparently bogus stop and frisk activity during the Giuliani administration.  Well hold on to your hats folks , Rocco Parascandola in his Newsday.com article “Stop-and-frisk stats suggest flaws in NYPD practices” says last