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July 13, 2009
Pedro Espada’s Self-Coronation

The making of an Albany nihilist.

June 22, 2009
The David Rohde Puzzle

The official story about the Times reporter’s dramatic kidnapping and escape leaves much unexplained. Inside sources offer their accounts to fill in the gaps.

June 29, 2009
Black and White on Martha’s Vineyard

If the Obamas join the Clintons and Caroline Kennedy on the island this August, they’ll be visiting a vacationland known for its liberal politics and for its self-imposed racial segregation.

June 29, 2009
Same-Sex-Marriage Follies

Two years ago, national gay activists hatched a plan to turn the State Senate Democratic. Thus began the Albany ring cycle …

June 29, 2009
The Old Man and the She

89-year-old Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau has set himself one last duty before stepping away: to prevent the brassy Leslie Crocker Snyder from getting his job. So far, he’s botching it.

June 29, 2009
Clown Hamlet

Underneath the Albany slapstick is a tragedy of governmental indecision.

June 29, 2009
The Obama World Order

The president’s rhetoric has helped make change seem possible in Iran and the Middle East. Now comes the hard part.

June 8, 2009
The Acela Regime

Here, some of the city's major contributions to the executive branch.

June 15, 2009
The Reintroduction of Kirsten Gillibrand

After a shaky first hundred days, the junior senator from New York is trying to start over.

June 15, 2009
Prosecutor As Book Publicist

Was Fitzgerald libeled?

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