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George's ruminations on politics, race, pop culture, sports, comic books & various other sundry temptations of the human condition. Yes, he writes for the New York Post, but the views here are solely his own.http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)Blogger2577125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-8346052812614971745Wed, 25 Jan 2023 16:46:00 +00002023-01-25T11:48:50.835-05:00Glynn TurmanJonathan LethemJules FeifferRuby DeeUNPUBLISHED CLASSIC DRAFTED 9-14-2014(Don't ask me why this never got published at the time.)  Over the last week, I've been reading "My First Time in New York," which is as it sounds -- a four-year old compilation, published by New York magazine, of testimonials of various authors, artists, singers, politicians and other celebrities recounting there first recognizable moment in the Bighttp://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-new-york-moment-ruby-jules-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-22098117638224660Sun, 14 Jun 2015 20:37:00 +00002015-06-15T17:27:17.916-04:00NAACPraceRachel Dolezal The Rachel Dolezal story took over regular and social media last week, quickly becoming the dominant, basically insane story of the moment (not counting presidential announcements).  Over on Facebook, my friend Tina Dupuy admitted that Dolezal was "kooky and cringe-inducing" but that her parents were "DICKS"! I've seen variations of this line around social media over http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2015/06/transracial-transgressions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-5484662333134893873Tue, 03 Mar 2015 02:00:00 +00002015-03-03T01:57:35.336-05:00American Conserivative Unionblack conservativesCPACraceIt's been a few years since I went down to DC to revel in the madness that is CPAC (or "Comic-Con for conservatives" as told one friend somewhat unfamiliar with the goings-on). The last time Newt was one of the speakers. He was greeted like the rock star he once was (he entered the hall to Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger."). Anyway, I hadn't planned on attending this year, but my old Capitol Hill http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2015/03/cpac-in-black-and-brown.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-308988415633017845Sat, 28 Feb 2015 03:30:00 +00002015-03-03T00:24:24.979-05:00Andrew CuomoBill de Blasiocharter schoolsschoolsYour humble sometimes-blogger (hey, I'm still technically here! I haven't put a complete end to RAGGED THOTS as Andrew Sullivan did to The now-departed -- dormant? -- Daily Dish) returned to Opinion Journal on Friday. I chatted with Mary Kissel on the squabbles over New York city mayoral control of public schools. On one side is, of course, the mayor, Bill de Blasio. On the other, is his favoritehttp://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2015/02/rag-on-wsj.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-3052060710302464737Mon, 27 Oct 2014 06:07:00 +00002014-10-27T12:28:26.953-04:00 To whom it may concern: I shall keep this brief as the bulk of my complaints can be found in the e-mail that I sent two weeks ago to ATT Customer Care. Alas, the lack of response after I detailed the lack of service/poor service at two of your New York stores causes me to take this additional public step. This letter was sent at the encouragement of a gentleman named MattR running the @http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2014/10/an-open-farewell-letter-to-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-6309478575394966574Sun, 12 Oct 2014 03:00:00 +00002014-10-12T01:56:47.176-04:00It's New York Comic-Con weekend and I had planned four days of freedom. Then, my cell rings on Friday evening -- with Steve Kornacki's producer asking if I can be available Saturday morning to talk midterms. Sorry for the last minute notice, but we want to examine the notion that there's a silver lining to the Dem's (seemingly likely) loss of the Senate. Bill Scher wrote a piece for Politico http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2014/10/rag-on-msnbcs-kornaki-is-losing-winning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-5270165298251310341Fri, 15 Aug 2014 19:00:00 +00002014-08-18T09:17:17.997-04:00HuffPost Live; Ferguson; race relationsMy debut appearance on HuffPost Live, the Huffington Post's video channel! On "Political Junkies" with host Alonya Minskovski, HuffPo's Jason Linkins, The Nation's Mychal Denzel Smith and Hot Air's Noah Rothman. We're mostly talking Ferguson.  http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2014/08/rag-on-huffpost-live.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-5626224361337062702Wed, 30 Jul 2014 04:04:00 +00002014-07-30T01:04:55.698-04:00It's been a full two weeks now since my last check in on Foursquare. In a sense, that shouldn't be a big deal.  After all, there are, I'm sure many people out there who have managed to go days, weeks, months or more without dropping into their favorite social media site (whatever it might be). Sometime back, I basically dropped out of Facebook. The only use I really had for it was to remindhttp://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2014/07/end-of-app-fair-how-foursquare-cured-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-1258701092220914281Thu, 17 Jul 2014 22:29:00 +00002014-07-28T18:30:18.722-04:00So, as many of you know, improv is a big part of my life. And improv can take many forms. One of those forms is when one person steps up to tell a story about themselves and a group of improvisers follows with a a series of scenes influenced/inspired/imposed by the story. Well, this month, Sean Duffy (no, NOT the Real World/GOP Rep), -- this guy -- host of the Can't Make This Up podcast invited http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2014/07/podcast-newt-meets-improv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-2801737541443970191Wed, 16 Jul 2014 22:27:00 +00002014-07-18T09:25:08.345-04:00Andrew CuomoBill de BlasioLIRRLong Island Rail RoadstrikeunionsThe Wall Street Journal editorial board's Mary Kissel and I chatted Wednesday about the impending Long Island Rail Road strike and its implications for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio (vacationing in Italy, Mr. Mayor? Serioiusly?). Enjoy the segment! http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2014/07/rag-on-opinion-journal-lirr-on-strike.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-3213064736079427973Tue, 20 May 2014 17:07:00 +00002014-05-20T14:11:19.179-04:00Dinesh D'SouzaDinesh D'Souza pled guilty today to making illegal contributions to Wendy Long's US Senate campaign two years ago. D'Souza, who's made quite a fair bit of bank in the last several years by climbing aboard the anti-Obama crazy train, claimed that he was the victim of selective prosecution because he was an opponent of the president.  That's a little difficult to prove in this casehttp://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-biggest-dloser.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-3488514222978106699Sat, 03 May 2014 05:26:00 +00002014-05-04T17:08:21.275-04:00Bennie ThompsonClarence ThomasDonald SterlingNAACPNewsmaxraceSteve MalzbergFriday afternoon, I appeared on "The Steve Malzberg Show," part of Newsmax TV (currently Web-only, but word is that it plans on expanding to become a competitor to Fox).  Steve invited me after reading my column earlier this week analyzing the Cliven Bundy/Donald Sterling episodes. Here's the 10-minute segment: http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2014/05/rag-on-newsmax-talking-race.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-7405916833907462960Wed, 30 Apr 2014 23:14:00 +00002014-05-03T01:16:27.819-04:00Cliven BundyDonald SterlingHarry ReidracismOriginally published in the New York Post, April 30, 2014. Race in America is like everyone’s favorite Facebook relationship status: “It’s complicated.” Last week’s news, from Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy to Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, proves the point. Blame conservatives (mostly) for helping make Bundy — locked in a conflict with the federal Bureau of Land Management — a http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-week-in-racism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-8400203481879531421Wed, 30 Apr 2014 23:00:00 +00002014-05-03T01:01:29.930-04:00Bill de Blasiocharter schoolsEva MoskowitzSuccess Academy Talked to the Wall Street Journal's Mary Kissel on Opinion Journal today concerning New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's seeming surrender on the charter school issue; he announced a few days ago that Success Academy Schools that the city had blocked from co-locating in other public school buildings would now be allowed to move into closed Catholic school buildings. I argue that he was largely http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2014/04/rag-on-wsj-de-blasio-charters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-3439487969242085139Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:00:00 +00002014-03-10T11:05:37.208-04:00Bill de Blasiocharter schoolsChirlane McCraycivil rightseducationOriginally published in the New York Post, March 6,2014 Last month, the city’s first lady, Chirlane McCray, urged support for her husband’s signature universal pre-K program by declaring, “Education is clearly the civil-rights issue for today.” She may well be right — but her husband may be on the wrong side of the real civil-rights issue in education. If Tuesday’s huge rally at the state http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-next-movement.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-9081436796582891121Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:00:00 +00002014-02-27T00:21:07.126-05:00Andrew CuomoBill ClintonBill de BlasioOriginally published in the New York Post, February 25, 2014  Both Cuomo, de Blasio Heirs to Clinton Politics  Since Election Day 2013, there’s been a tight struggle between Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio to determine, not just who’s the King of New York, but who’s the biggest “SOB.” That is, who’s the true “Son of Bill” — the rightful heir to that other Bill who still looms over http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2014/02/battle-of-nys-sobs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-8215362838001880908Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:16:00 +00002014-02-27T00:22:13.234-05:00Hillary ClintonMSNBCSteve Kornackiuppers; Bill ClintonFor some reason, MSNBC seems to like me! I returned Sunday morning to "UP With Steve Kornacki," mildly devastated that I never managed to appear on his ersastz '80s game show "Up Against The Clock" before it heads into its Contest of Champions next week! Alas, the segment had pre-empted a few weeks between coverage of the Chris Christie Bridgegate story -- and the Olympics. In any event, Sunday http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2014/02/rag-on-msnbc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-7278280510147008833Sat, 22 Feb 2014 03:52:00 +00002014-02-27T00:20:32.833-05:00Bill de BlasioNY1Yours truly appeared on NY1's "Inside City Hall" to do the Friday wrap-up "Reporters Roundtable" segment. We talked about the mayor's response to the kerfuffle over his official car speeding and running stop signs -- just days after he announced a new plan to crack down on traffic accidents! Oh, and the hangover lingered from his questionable call to the NYPD after a supporter "reverend" was http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2014/02/rag-on-ny1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-377498779346719163Mon, 06 Jan 2014 12:15:00 +00002014-01-06T07:15:00.972-05:00Dick CheneyGOPLiz CheneyUS SenateWyomingWell, well, well. Liz Cheney abruptly drops her Wyoming primary challenge to incumbent Sen. Mike Enzi -- almost as abruptly as she jumped in last summer. Most party-affiliated polling had Enzi with a wide lead. Unlike similar GOP races in 2010 and '12, Enzi was hardly out of favor with Tea Party activists. Rather, it seemed, as a few people on Twitter noted Sunday night, Cheney wanted to ride http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2014/01/why-ask-wy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-8699328913910583184Mon, 30 Dec 2013 11:24:00 +00002014-01-06T03:27:15.790-05:00Bill BrattonBill de BlasioEric UlrichMelissa Mark-ViveritoNew York City Council Originally published in the New York Post, December 30, 2013. There’s a joke going around among the city’s political reporters: Despite concerns that  Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has moved too slowly to form his administration, the fact is, he’s already named his two most important officials: Bill Bratton for police commissioner and . . . Melissa Mark-Viverito for City Council speaker.http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2013/12/bill-de-blasios-council-coup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-4076917195146138498Fri, 06 Dec 2013 13:42:00 +00002014-01-06T03:28:51.255-05:00apartheidNelson MandelaSouth Africa The tributes to Nelson Mandela are, appropriately, ubiquitous. True heroes -- especially those who move from the "easy" life of the revolutionary to the hard task of governing -- are rare. It's even rarer for the collectivist revolutionary to make peace with a more democratic capitalist reality. Commentary's Max Boot's moving obituary explains to those on the right why Mandela is worthy of http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2013/12/mandela.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-8441938820464037097Mon, 04 Nov 2013 12:30:00 +00002013-11-04T09:37:42.050-05:00Last month, my desktop computer crashed, following a firewall collapse. After going without for a few days, I finally called up the PC Richard help line to see if they had solutions by phone. No such luck, so I brought it in for service. They explained that the repair would probably take about 10 days. A bummer, but what are you going to do. As it so happened, on this they were true to their http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2013/11/social-media-trumps-customer-service.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-3147351699806057825Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:32:00 +00002013-10-04T21:33:21.900-04:00Originally published in the New York Post, 10/4/13 Whether it’s Bill de Blasio or Joe Lhota, one thing is guaranteed about New York’s next mayor: From Day One, before any budget is submitted or union contract signed, taxpayers will be spending more on the occupant of City Hall. At least $900,000 more over 2014-2018, in fact. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The sum represents the $http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2013/10/mayor-bloomberg-public-servant-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-8577995985618952984Mon, 15 Jul 2013 12:02:00 +00002013-07-15T08:06:27.201-04:00Originally printed in the New York Post, 7/11/13: Eliot Spitzer may be Scott Stringer’s worst nightmare, but he could be a dream come true for John Burnett.  Who? A 43-year-old African-American with nearly a quarter-century experience on Wall Street, Burnett is also running for city comptroller — as a Republican. Spitzer has brought an explosion of public attention to the race for http://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2013/07/nypost-real-comptroller-surprise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11836276.post-21265561127823269Thu, 09 May 2013 03:10:00 +00002013-05-09T07:36:55.521-04:00PhD=Piled. High. And Deeper. Today, the Post ran an editorial strongly criticizing comments by freshman state senator, James Sanders  (D-Queens) in Saturday's New York Times. The editorial took issue with Sanders characterizing Shirley Huntley's agreeing to wear a wire as "snitching" -- which he asserted demonstrated that she "had no honor." As The Politicker reported Wednesday afternoonhttp://raggedthots.blogspot.com/2013/05/james-sanders-phd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert A. George)