New York City has a political habit of falling apart because it's so big and unwieldy, wallowing in its self-created despair for some years, by electing and reelecting another local schlump. And then, desperately and almost accidentally, electing a smart savior for a brief period.
He pulls Gotham up by its bootstraps like Batman and Commissioner Gordon would. And then the savior with the cape is gone too soon, and the city slides back into the depths of decay to launch another era of self-destruction.
Now, in the 25th anniversary year of 9/11, when everyone vowed "Never Again!", we appear to be on the brink of reaching the civic depths once more with the imminent, almost guaranteed election of the Democrats' mayoral primary winner, Zohran Mamdani.
My RedState colleagues have dutifully written up a storm about this menace, which you can access here.
If you haven't been paying attention to New York City politics — and who would without some pressing need? — that collection of posts is an excellent resource to catch up.
The latest policy priority of Mamdani is abolishing the city's elite high schools that have for generations tutored and coached annual crops of smart graduates in a feeble attempt to dilute the city's otherwise hopeless prospects.
The reason for canceling these institutional beacons of excellence is, like virtually everything else Democrats don't like, they are "racist."
The real reason is that one of them rejected Mamdani's application years ago. Then, to prove his hypocrisy, another one did accept Mamdani, and he did well there. But now they are all bad.
See, he's a socialist and everyone should be equal, even if it means bringing down the good ones to a negative equality. DEI in a New York minute.
I've never been a big fan of the Big Apple. And this week's audio commentary recounts the numerous old and new reasons why. You can hear it by clicking here:
The latest Sunday column reported on a new Gallup poll showing Americans' trust in their media has never been lower. It analyzed some of the major reasons behind the disturbing decline and the development of a vast array of alternative sources of information, like the one you are reading now:
Designing the governance of a new nation 250 years ago, the Founding Fathers gave constitutional protections to one institution deemed important, the press, as an independent watchdog of government, which they did not trust.
Modern media have forsaken that responsibility, and as recently as the last 12 months, joined the silent conspiracy to abet the cover-up of a demented president and attempted perpetuation of a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration.
The most recent audio commentary was tied to the ongoing government shutdown and the hidden reasons that have caused the serious worsening disconnect between the voters and their families back home and the elected members of Congress, who get paid so handsomely to do the work of the two legislative bodies.
And yet instead of working, they play these sadly disappointing political brinksmanship games over settling on a new federal budget. Not because there are any serious issues at hand.
But because the Democrats, who have shot down several efforts to just continue spending at its existing rate, are trying to take advantage of the manufactured crisis to squeeze out some extra spending goodies while they think they have some leverage. It's called the Schumer Shutdown.
My RedState colleagues have produced abundant insightful coverage of the ongoing stalemate. Save your Search time and start right here.
