2014 NOW – Steve Brodner

Renaming the Redskins

July 3, 2014July 3, 2014 by Steve

In Sunday’s Washington Post! My six picks for a name that better reflects the Beltway Real. See all 6 HERE.

White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2014

May 12, 2014May 4, 2014 by Steve

To celebrate the Dinner I did two historical reviews of the proceedings. First for Politico Magazine and the second for the Washington Post style section. Calvin Coolidge was the first president to attend. In the 50’s and 60’s it was a Sinatra and Hope type of affair. Helen Thomas was the first to break to … Read more

NY Observer’s Power 80

April 23, 2014 by Steve

This week’s NY Observer gives us the 80 most powerful New Yorkers. The number one on the list? Chirlane McCrea, our new first lady, who Mayor de Blasio describes as his “moral compass”. The rest here are Rev. Al Sharpton (a former classmate from Tilden High in Brooklyn, way back when. Wonder what he’s doing … Read more

The Presidents Cuomo

April 6, 2014 by Steve

Thanks to Josh Benson, Tom McGeveren, Peter Lettre at Capital New York for making this review of NY Governors who became president (as seen through a Cuomo-esque lens) possible. Oh, just because. All characters played by current pols.

Zeppo

March 26, 2014 by Steve

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/26/world/pollution-killed-7-million-people-worldwide-in-2012-report-finds.html