“KIND OF LIKE THE DRUDGE REPORT, RIGHT?”
Ellis Henican is frequently a member of the ‘Fox News Watch’ panel of media analysts who cover the coverage of the week’s biggest stories.
(Saturday 2:30 and 11:30 PM on the Fox News Channel)
On the August 7, 2010 edition of Fox News Watch, the talk, once again, turned to the media’s coverage of the Wikileaks investigation. What started with Jon [...]
AND ON THE 7TH DAY HE QUIT
“Paterson Election Campaign? That Was Quick”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, February 27, 2010
That was quick.
After a short and exhausting campaign, Gov. David A. Paterson finally accepted what had been obvious to everyone but him: He really couldn’t run for election and also run the state. Neither had been going very smoothly.
The question now is whether [...]
UP-STATE OF CONFUSION ALBANY, ALBANY, ALBANY!
“America’s Funniest Statehouse,” Ellis Henican Column, amNew York, June 12, 2009
“These Albany people,” I was marveling Thursday, “they come straight from Central Casting.”
Randy Credico, who’s been working for years in the capital on drug-law reform, begged to differ.
“A couple of them,” he said, “come straight from Central Booking.”
But this being Albany, there’s a third opinion [...]
ALBANY ETHICS VACATION ALL EXPENSES PAID
“ETHICS TAKE A VACATION,” Ellis Henican Column, amNewYork, 6-5-09
Ethics delayed in Albany!
Honesty in government forced to wait!
Holy kickback, who would have expected
something like this?
Only someone who’d never driven within 100
miles of New York’s cozy state capital, where
legislators and lobbyists never, ever forget who’s
who. (Hint: The lobbyists pick up the tabs. The
legislators show their appreciation.)
If secret [...]