Life comes at you fast in New York politics: only a few days after my last post, Andrew Cuomo decided to pre-emptively retaliate against the Working Families Party for considering endorsing his oppone
Recently, New York politics (maybe) changed dramatically, with Governor Andrew Cuomo brokering a deal that would see the so-called “Independent Democratic Conference” (IDC) rejoin the main
Although it’s been widely rumored for months, Marvel only lately announced that the next writer of Captain America will be Ta-Nehisi Coates. This is excellent news for a couple reasons: first, becau
It’s been a while since I had some book news, but I wanted to let people know that the first of the paperback versions of my books covering A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings is now availab
In the wake of what was a very satisfying Election Night, I want to talk about one of the less-visible signs of ideological transformations in a party, namely the conversion of former opponents to the
As Erik has pointed out, it is an excellent thing that political pressure from activists has shifted the Democratic Party leftward on major issues like single-payer health care. However, every advance
Yesterday saw an interesting parallel in the realm of health care politics, as at the same time that Hillary Clinton was giving an interview with Ezra Klein where she explained why she thought that si
Today is the primary election in New York City, and at the risk of getting a bit parochial, I’d like to talk about our mayoral primary. While Bill de Blasio is overwhelmingly likely to win the p