Andrew Cuomo
Every business is essential
Governors across the country are deploying their unilateral power to institute draconian measures which close small businesses, mostly those in…
Finally America is realizing that Andrew Cuomo is a putz
In a sane world, Andrew Cuomo would be America’s least popular politician, a welcome target for a primary campaign or…
Sorry Cuomo, we’re doing Thanksgiving
New York governor Andrew Cuomo took the last can of Who-hash by announcing a ban on both indoor and outdoor…
Duty of care: the trouble with America’s nursing homes
We can debate the value of sacrificing normal life to COVID-19. Personally I think the measures are increasingly destructive —…
Leading vs lying
At his short Thursday news briefing, President Trump laid out the many successes that the United States has enjoyed in…
In many ways, Andrew Cuomo is just a metaphor
With the United States lurching from crisis to crisis, the Democrats want their convention to present them as the tough,…
Michelle Obama goes low on the first night of the virtual DNC
What was that? That was the question the internet was asking as the disjointed first night of the Democratic National…
Cuomo’s nursing home death blame game
A major Associated Press report this week dove into New York’s nursing home COVID-19 death count and found the numbers…
New York vs NRA — and the silencing of dissent
On Thursday morning, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association. According to James,…
Has Trump turned you into a masochist?
Welcome back to the Red Room, Democrats. On Thursday morning President Trump fired off a stream of consciousness tweet tinkering…
Andrew Cuomo’s Midsommar
Andrew Cuomo has turned his governor’s office into Pee-Wee’s pandemic playhouse. He has giant cotton swabs and foam mountains that…
Cuomo and de Blasio’s unearned lap of honor
After weeks of state-mandated lockdown, thousands of preventable nursing home deaths and days of angry protests and looting, New York…
Bill de Blasio unites cops and protesters — in disgust
New York City is crumbling into shambolic lawlessness and its citizens are growing more afraid and frustrated by the day.…
Cuomo’s COVID carnage
Have we reached peak Cuomo? I think that the climacteric came when the media was aflutter with rumors that the…
New York has mismanaged COVID-19 from top to bottom
Andrew Cuomo is having the time of his life. His approval ratings are through the roof and he’s being talked…
Sovereignty rules
This article is in The Spectator’s May 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. Washington, DC At the end of…
Perhaps we are all communists now
‘I am a columnist for the Daily Telegraph,’ I began a text message to an NHS executive last week. Due…
Life and death in New York City
No matter where in the apartment I am, if I sit very still, I hear a siren. Over the 18…
Will the Democrats junk Joe?
Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee. Yet many Democrats have ‘buyers’ remorse’ as the COVID virus has driven Biden…
Frightened people love their leaders
‘The Trump presidency is over’, said Peter Wehner, in the Atlantic. The great wizards of liberal punditry stroked their beards…
Bursting the Cuomo bubble
Andrew Cuomo is having a moment. He enjoys ubiquitous coverage. His press conferences attract viewership second only to the president’s.…
Donald Trump’s wishful Easter deadline is a trap for Democrats
Will the stimulus stimulate? Donald Trump, who seems to have had nothing to do with the actual formation of the…
Consider the costs
Less than 24 hours after California governor Gavin Newsom closed ‘non-essential’ businesses and ordered Californians to stay inside to avoid…
When Taki met Al Sharpton
New York This is a tale of two escape artists in one city. Let’s start with my old friend the…
