Must we ‘be safe’?
“Be safe,” the grocery checkout girl says as I grab my box of orzo and turn to leave. From what,…
Joe Exotic’s presidential plans from prison
“So you have any advice for other presidential candidates who might end up in federal prison?” I ask Joseph “Exotic”…
Mayor Pete’s planes, trains and automobiles
Almost a year ago, the Federal Aviation Authority, under the helm of transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, announced that the aviation…
Where in the world is Greta Thunberg?
When the United Nations General Assembly convened in New York in September, climate-watchers may have noticed a pesky, pigtailed vacuum.…
Admit it: monkeypox is kind of funny
When monkeypox crept onto the scene last month, with a handful of confirmed cases in the US, it seemed too…
Hillary 2024… yes, really
Joe Biden is a wounded deer and America’s most prolific political assassin is hot on his trail. Speaking to the…
Goodbye Bill de Blasio, New York-hating communist
At the stroke of midnight on January 1, Bill de Blasio — New York’s bumbling, mildly sinister but profoundly incompetent…
I took Hillary Clinton’s Masterclass in ‘resilience’
At some point near the one-hour mark, wooziness strikes. It’s that voice, that shrill drone. You can only take so much before the…
Bill Maher is not on conservatives’ side
On the season finale of his weekly HBO chat show Real Time, Bill Maher encouraged Democrats to recruit a “messaging czar.” They…
The mask caste system
Visitors to New York tell me how surprised they are to see so few masked up people on the streets.…
Smug vegan Eric Adams phones it in
Crime is the biggest issue in the New York mayor’s race, according to both candidates and the moderators of Tuesday…
Democrats: OK, now crime is a problem
The New York City mayoral race is split between two factions of Democrats: those who cut a tempered figure offering…
The Beijing Winter Olympics boycott is doomed
In 2022, the Winter Games will descend on Beijing, China’s polluted capital, giving everyone that weren’t we just here? feeling. The world…
What happened to the populist left?
To this day, my iPhone still changes the word ‘too’ to ‘TPP,’ a reminder that about five years ago I…
The resurgence of the New York Republican
Have you met Tina? You may have seen her this month leading a charge outside Mac’s Public House on Staten…
Jussie Smollett, reigning queen of the gaslight
MAGA country’s most famous resident wants his C-list career back. And some of the most despicable cretins on the left…
Republicans actually make better TV
Here’s a question no one will ask. How is it possible the Republicans — the party universally deplored and maligned…
The Democrats have learned nothing in four years
On night two of the Democratic National Convention, Jack Schlossberg, son of Carolyn Kennedy and grandson of President John F.…
Taxi cabs are New York’s right-wing safe spaces on wheels
Conservatives in a place like New York — squirming daily beneath the iron heel of a newly hawkish progressive minority…
Bright lights, abandoned city
Joan Didion wrote that New York is a city only for the very rich, the very poor and the very…
Dispirited Democrats rally behind zombie campaign on Super Tuesday
Joe Biden crawled ahead early in Tuesday night’s thrilling electric scooter race between two near-octogenarians, whereas of midnight Biden took…
Pete Buttigieg is a slightly less gay version of Obama
On Valentine’s Day, Mayor Pete and his hus-bear Chasten managed to once again charm absolutely no one, barring a few…
Five priceless moments from Trump’s State of the Union address
As Democrats watch their single accomplishment, impeaching the president, go up in flames before their eyes and the nation remains…
Americans have impeached impeachment
Podcaster Andrew Espitallier, who hosts a channel called The Right Latino with his friend Alex, took to the streets of…
