I had a great time as King Day Speaker at Union AME Church. Event was amazing, and I learned alot.

To those of you attending that watch me now on RNN-TV, Thank You....and thank you to those that said they watched me for years on ny1.

Spend a little time around Brooklyn District Attorney Charles “Joe” Hynes and you know he plans to beat retired Manhattan DA Morgenthau’s record as NYC’s longest tenure in a district attorney’s office. “I run in 2013, 2017, and 2021, at which point I will be a little bit older than 90, which breaks Morgenthau’s record,” Hynes told Our Time Press last August. From his days as Special Prosecutor in Howard Beach more than 25 years ago, Charles Hynes has successfully run for election as Brooklyn’s top prosecutor six times.

I know it's supposed to be night music, but it just seems like a Doc Pomus morning.

I'm not sure each and every provision of the new gun law is necessary (NYS already has really high mandatory penalties for committing a crime while in possession of a firearm), a I’m also not sure whether every provision meets constitutional muster (though there are no obvious atrocities like sing

Last month, I had a few things to say about the proposed City Council reapportionment plan and how it relates to Hasidic Williamsburg and other communities in the greater northwest portion of Brooklyn. Among the things I said was:

Wishful Thinking Department:

My recent piece on how City Council redistricting is playing out in Hasidic Williamsburg, follow-up

Not only is Walmart selling assault weapons, but they're selling assault weapons made in China with non-union slave labor!

I once noted that it was perhaps unfair some folks are judged by a single moment in their long lives. In that vein, I went onto predict that when Rabbi Abraham Hecht died, his Times obit would say "called for Rabin's Assassination."

Andrew gives a good speech while his father gave great ones.

However, Andrew is more successful in passing his agenda, while Mario mostly talked about it.

As I reported last month

2013 A Look Ahead: National Issues to Watch.  Here's how we took on the topic on RNN-TV. Expect much more gridlock.

What can we expect in National issues as we entered 2013? More on Gun Control? Marijuana laws? Panel guests Dominic Carter and TJMCormack chimed in on "RIchard French Live"

Cuomo Bullshit Watch (Part 832):

I finished this story on 12/27/12 (and, except for the Postscript, it should be read as if it was posted on that date). Unfortunately, the story was originally illustrated with photos, and no one, including the owners of this site, seems to be able to post them in their proper place in the story (or at all).