David Freedlander

Quinn’s History of Mastering the Insiders’ Game

nytimes.com — There was always a bit of scrappiness to the can-do activism of the New York City Anti-Violence Project, an advocacy group that promoted gay rights out of a neighborhood storefront in the West Village. The close-knit staff would take to the streets to protest antigay crime and the perceived indifference of Mayor Rudolph W.

GOP in the Lions’ Den: Why Do Republicans Talk to Liberal Media?

thedailybeast.com — Remember that big Nancy Pelosi profile in The Weekly Standard? Or the time Elizabeth Warren sat for a long interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity? How about the big RedState.com Q&A with Joe Biden? If you missed them, perhaps it's because such meetings of liberal pols and the conservative press are comically rare.

Social Justices: Washington's New Power Guests

wwd.com — Most Recent Articles On People More Articles By For some conservative Republican newcomers to Congress, eager to party if only someone would invite them, the Supreme Court fills a void created by the White House's closed campus atmosphere. Two-term Rep. Gregg Harper (R., Miss.)

Social Justices: Washington's New Power Guests

wwd.com — Most Recent Articles On People More Articles By For some conservative Republican newcomers to Congress, eager to party if only someone would invite them, the Supreme Court fills a void created by the White House's closed campus atmosphere. Two-term Rep. Gregg Harper (R., Miss.)

BeschlossDC: Here in Nov 1909, New Yorkers ...

twitter.com — Here in Nov 1909, New Yorkers are waiting for mayoral election returns to be projected on side of NY Herald building: pic.twitter.com/hguBmFORIj

BeschlossDC: This is an almost dreamlike ...

twitter.com — This is an almost dreamlike nighttime Fifth Avenue, New York City, as it appeared about 1905: pic.twitter.com/uzR0OdvmTw

Is Weiner’s Bigotry the New New York?

theamericanconservative.com — The Times on Thursday ran a lengthy profile of Anthony Weiner, former very liberal congressman and staunchly right-wing Zionist. The paper depicts him, basically, as a jerk. The piece doesn't mention the sexting scandal that drove him from office two years ago but casts a baleful eye on his achievements as a politician.

Well-Paid Exec: Unpaid Interns Don't Want Money

newrepublic.com — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a film company, Fox Searchlight, should have paid its interns instead of expecting them to work for free. "Like their counterparts in other industries," explained the New York Times , "the interns took lunch orders, answered phones, arranged other employees' travel plans, tracked purchase orders, took out the trash and assembled office furniture."