The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Execution-Style Murder in Brooklyn

The original surveillance video of this incident that was posted online got edited, out of respect for the victim, but I saw it before it was edited and, wow, this was frightening: A 42-year-old woman was talking to friends outside an apartment building in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn when another woman drives up, […]

CUOMO: GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

The governor of New York is a criminal: New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) announced on Tuesday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) sexually harassed current and former state employees, violating both federal and state law, as determined by the months-long investigation. “The independent investigation has concluded that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous

Say hello to Joshua Nazario, 22: A relative said Nazario was plagued by mental health problems, and had bounced around from one family member to the next. An aunt said Nazario had been on drugs to control his schizophrenia, but that he had run out of his medication. “He started acting strangely about two weeks […]

Times Square Shooting Suspect ‘Career Criminal With a Lengthy Rap Sheet’

When you’re on the run, don’t run out of gas: Farrakhan Muhammad, 31, was arrested in Florida on Wednesday on suspicion of being the man responsible for shooting three people in New York City’s Times Square neighborhood earlier this week. According to the Associated Press, Muhammad was taken into custody in a McDonald’s parking lot […]

NYPD to Combat Thought Crimes?

Last year, New York City experienced a 45% increase in murders, and the number of shooting victims doubled. Despite the manifest inability of NYPD to prevent violent crime, however, Mayor Bill De Blasio now wants cops to have “an educating impact on people”: “I assure you, if an NYPD officer calls you or shows up […]

Blood in the Water: Why Have Democrats Turned Against Andrew Cuomo?

Headline from the Washington Post: Cuomo’s behavior created ‘hostile, toxic’ workplace culture for decades, former aides say Mere weeks ago, Cuomo was embraced as a hero by Democrats and celebrated by their media allies, who bestowed an Emmy Award on him. So why does it seem that the same forces that made Cuomo a hero […]

Governor Gropo

Gosh, he was a Democratic Party hero just a few weeks ago: A third woman came forward on Monday to accuse New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of inappropriate sexual behavior, saying he grabbed and kissed her at a 2019 wedding. Anna Ruch, 33, told the New York Times that the 63-year-old governor made unwanted advances […]

The Destructive Meaning of ‘Equality’

Comrade DeBlasio last week declared: “I’d like to say very bluntly our mission is to redistribute wealth. . . A lot of people bristle at that phrase. That is, in fact, the phrase we need to use.” The subject, believe it or not, was K-12 schools in New York City. How could anyone view public […]

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