ANSWERING THE HEADLINES


Answering the headlines: Former Majority Leader Dean Skelos Cries at his Trial Skelos, on trial for allegedly using his political...


By Alan S. Chartock | July 14, 2018

PROFESSOR QUESTIONS THAT I DIDN’T GET


Dear Professor: You’ve taught political science for a long time. I don’t always agree with you but I can mostly...


By Alan S. Chartock | July 7, 2018

CYNTHIA NIXON IS THE REAL THING


Cynthia Nixon is the real thing. She dropped by my public radio office one afternoon and we had a lovely...


By Alan S. Chartock | June 15, 2018

YOU HAD TO LOVE DENNY FARRELL


You had to love Herman “Denny” Farrell. I counted him as a friend for more years than I can remember....


By Alan S. Chartock | June 1, 2018

RUN, PREET, RUN!


Run, Preet, Run! Should Preet Bharara decide to run for Attorney General, he will win. Period. We should be looking...


By Alan S. Chartock | May 25, 2018

HIM (OR HER) I REALLY DON’T LIKE


For years, I have been classifying people, including politicians, on the Chartock scale of “Him, I really don’t like.” The...


By Alan S. Chartock | April 27, 2018

INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE TRAITORS


Long ago I nicknamed the Independent Democratic Conference “The Traitors.” That’s because these people who ran as Democrats actually kept...


By Alan S. Chartock | April 13, 2018

IS CYNTHIA NIXON REALLY THE ONE?


There has been an almost breathless tone attending the punditry on Cynthia Nixon's primary challenge to Governor Andrew Cuomo.  Despite...


By Bruce N. Gyory | April 9, 2018