If you look northward towards Albany, I’m not sure if we should laugh or cry. What is happening with the state government is difficult to define…part Greek tragedy, part Marx Brothers movie.

Whatever it is, let me alert you to one thing…follow the money.

The Democrats, in total power for the first time in nearly four decades, were positioned to make dramatic and progressive changes in the state. Then Governor Spitzer with an impressive prosecutorial history was exposed by a sexual da...

A few weeks ago a listener called me – off-air – and railed about my views on criminal justice. “What about the victim?" he shouted, sounding as though he’d made an original accusation. “Don’t you care about the victims?” he repeated.

In the more than 40 years since the Fortune Society began, that cry has been bellowed at me…usually sanctimoniously…as if the accuser had made an original allegation, and was blessed with saintliness.

I often want to respond “What have you ...

Last Sunday afternoon, I was propped before my TV set – hand on the remote – prepared to alternate between the Lakers - Houston NBA playoff game and the Yankee - Minnesota baseball encounter.

Tip-off was moments away and a phone call alerted me that Obama’s Notre Dame speech was going live. I surfed and found the talking heads at CNN and Fox. I stayed with CNN. Sports would have to wait for the evening wrap-ups. CNN was offering a predictable debate of the camera focused on the incomin...