Expanding the Best Picture Oscar field to 10 entrants may water down the field.  But some competitions feature a plethora of worthwhile candidates.  Take trying to pick the Best New York State Democrat.  The academy that’s in charge of issuing the Democraties ™ would have to permit a similarly...

Note to Governor Paterson: this response to the ACORN scandal isn’t going to save your career. In another blow to ACORN, Gov. Paterson put a hold Friday on all state contracts with the embattled anti-poverty agency. Paterson’s budget director and director of state operations ordered agencies...

Politics didn’t change Kirsten Gillibrand, but a new job did. She became a company woman once since she was assigned to stand for in the Senate; that’s different that how she acted while representing only New York’s 20th Congressional District in the House. Unfortunately for her, she may have just...