“Mike’s Gutsy Defense of Mosque” Ellis Henican Column, amNewYork, August 6, 2010
The predictable bashing has begun. Mike Bloomberg, defender of religious freedom, is getting plenty of grief for his principled support of what is incorrectly known as the “Ground Zero mosque.”
Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, the Wall Street Journal editorial board – their throaty outrage hasn’t [...]
”An immigrant nation in denial” Ellis Henican Column, amNewYork, June 25, 2010
It’s one big country — with two competing minds.
All across America, people are struggling to get their heads around the idea of immigrants, legal or otherwise.
This is strange because almost all of our ancestors came from someplace else.
But while New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg [...]
“Opponents? What Opponents?” Ellis Henican Column, am/New York, August 29, 2009
He’s the candidate of the Ego Party now.
Mike Bloomberg took a moment to cast his gaze upon the field of dreamers running to replace him at City Hall. And what exactly caught the mayor’s eye?
A whole lot of nothin’.
“I’m not running against anybody,” he declared.
Not [...]
