As George Bush and Dick Cheney entered the platform of the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 20, the crowd broke into song: “Nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey hey, goodbye!” It occurred to me that this was not just symbolic of a crippled, outgoing administration. Their exit and the crowd’s song represented an [...]
Volume II No. 1
Setting Aside Childish Things
A born anarchist’s quest for patriotism at the Obama Inauguration
Molly Eagan • February 1st, 2009
With a Whimper, Taconic Press Bites the Dust
Steve Hopkins • February 1st, 2009
It was a cold day in the fall of 1997 when I first crossed the threshold of the slate blue Victorian mansion in Millbrook, looking for a change of life and career. Thanks to the myopic bear of an executive editor, Bob Lomicky, I was given the chance to fake my way into a part-time [...]
There’s Something About Kirsten
Schumer and Gillibrand turn a blue state mauve
Steve Hopkins • February 1st, 2009
If you listen to WAMC all the time like I do, you start to get the feeling that New York is the bluest of blue states, the standard bearer of the “Progressive” wing of the Democratic Party – or what some might less kindly call the “Liberazi” wing. New York’s liberal left has been feeling [...]
HE IN!
Historic swearing-in cements Hein’s place in Hudson Valley history
Steve Hopkins • February 1st, 2009
It was the best of times, amid the worst of times. Nearly a month before the historic inauguration of the nation’s first African-American president, another political first was achieved, a bit closer to home. As latecomers languished in the hallways and stairwells out of eye- and earshot, hundreds of history-conscious people — including a powerful [...]
