Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said that “being Irish means knowing that somewhere, somehow, the world is going to break your heart.”
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7/6/23
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Last week I was at two events that, in very different ways, encapsulated significant aspects of my life. The first was in Washington . . .
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6/22/23
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Last week I had the opportunity to throw out the first pitch before a Long Island Ducks game against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.
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6/8/23
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The ongoing influx of undocumented immigrants into New York City now threatens not just to overwhelm the city, but to spread into the suburbs . . .
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5/25/23
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I had never spent more than one night in a hospital or been confronted by serious illness, so my recent surgery for stomach cancer and six-day hospital stay were a life-altering experience.
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5/11/23
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Peter King says there's only one way you can bring him down, and it involves a bus, and a curb to step off of.
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By Michael Hinman
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4/30/23
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The true enormity of the real-life consequences that will result from the leaking of sensitive national security secrets by Air Guardsman Jack Teixeira hit me hard the other day . . .
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4/27/23
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I have ridden through New York City in presidential motorcades with Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump. Looking out the window of the presidential limousine . . .
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4/13/23
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Baseball is back. Spring training is over. Opening Day is here. In a world of chaos and danger, baseball, to me, is the one constant, my trusted safety zone.
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3/30/23
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St. Patrick’s “Day” is actually several weeks of events commemorating Irish culture and traditions and Irish-America’s contributions to the American mosaic.
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3/16/23
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