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Category Archives: New York
Decoding The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro (1974)
The cult surrounding Robert Caro’s The Power Broker functions as a high-status coordination signal for the modern professional-managerial class. According to David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory, political and intellectual allegiances are rarely about the inherent truth of a text and more … Continue reading
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Decoding Robert Moses
Robert Moses stands as the ultimate case study in using Alliance Theory to build a parallel state. He did not seek elected office because he understood that voters are a fickle and weak alliance. Instead, he built his power on … Continue reading
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The Next Mayor Of New York
I believe there’s a 10% chance that Zohran Mamdani will be a good mayor of New York. I want him to succeed. Let’s learn from the things he does right and from the things he does wrong. The sky isn’t … Continue reading
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro (1974)
John Masko writes in the Claremont Review of Books: * Every biographer dreams of upending the consensus view of a prominent historical figure. Rare indeed is the writer who succeeds at this task as triumphantly as Robert Caro did in … Continue reading
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WP: Robert Moses and the saga of the racist parkway bridges
I’ve been listening to the audio book The Power Broker (1974) by Robert Caro about Robert Moses. According to Wikipedia: In later years a more positive view of Moses’ career has emerged, in explicit reaction to his portrayal in The … Continue reading
New York’s Mayoral Race (6-30-21)
00:00 Election Experts & The New York Voting Fiasco, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=140750 21:00 New York Times investigates Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riots, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/us/jan-6-capitol-attack-takeaways.html 25:00 The Politics Of The Word And The Politics Of The Eye, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=140729 1:56:20 Tucker Carlson on New York … Continue reading
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Election Experts & The New York Voting Fiasco
Something awful happens. Do you immediately jump to conspiracy thinking? Or do you first suspect incompetence? I first suspect incompetence (unless there’s strong evidence to the contrary, such as two planes crashing into the Twin Towers on 9-11). I am … Continue reading
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WSJ: ‘Fear City: New York vs. the Mafia’ Review: Cracking Down on La Cosa Nostra
From the WSJ: Sure, the mob was brutal if your small business was being leaned on, or you needed 100,000 yards of concrete, or owed money. But most people who needed a loan went to Manufacturers Hanover (or the Bowery … Continue reading
NYT: White Woman Calls Police on Black Bird Watcher in Central Park
I side with the black gentleman in this story. Whites often treat dogs as members of the family. This is absurd. I notice that many white women do not like to obey leash laws. I’ve seen this ugly behavior too … Continue reading
Private Jet to the Super Bowl: Bribes Described in N.Y. Police Trial
From the New York Times: On Christmas Day 2013, two Orthodox Jewish businessmen dressed up as Santa, wearing red-and-white felt hats, and packed the trunk of a black Aston Martin convertible with gifts they later delivered to high-ranking New York … Continue reading
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