If New York’s new AIDS memorial park is anything to go by, it seems 9/11 now infuses everything in this city.

While there are hundreds of prop bets (exotic wagers that include everything except just picking a game winner) for the New York Giants-New England Patriots Super Bowl, how about some political prop bets for the 2012 presidential election? For the most part the wagers available for the 2012 presidential election race are plain vanilla in nature that will offer you odds for who will win the Republi...

The inside story of President Obama's "spontaneous" Al Green moment at the Apollo Theater on January 19th. For President Obama, spending days practicing to sing one line of an Al Green song at a campaign event in New York so that it would appear spontaneous, is what passes for doing the peoples business in this White House. Remember this? Of course you do and that was the plan when this "spon...

Analyzing the New York Giants - New England Patriots game has been done in virtually every possible way by nearly every available pundit! Are there any unique ways left? Handicapping a Super Bowl or a horse race! As a young man I was a somewhat frequent visitor to the horse track. As a frequent visitor, I would spend a great deal of time pouring over the Racing Form trying to pick the eventual rac...

In the New York Times, Michael D Shear reports that the influence of Sarah Palin and the Tea Party has waned during the US Republican Presidential primaries: In October, Sarah Palin announced that she would not run for president in 2012, ending the media frenzy around her potential candidacy even as she vowed to remain

The declining human rights situation in Libya has now been confirmed by the United Nations. According to the BBC, the UN’s Libya envoy, Ian Martin, told the Security Council in New York last Wednesday. “The former regime may have been toppled, but the harsh reality is that the Libyan people continue to have to live

There might be worse things for Newt Gingrich than the 20-point lead the Mittmeister seems to have built up in Florida, courtesy of ad expenditure in the region of $6.8 million. But there surely aren't sadder scenes than this one, according to New York Magazine's John Heilemann - At what was billed as a Hispanic town hall meeting at another church yesterday in Orlando, Gingrich was greeted by row ...

The White House is to join forces with New York investigators to probe alleged frauds involving home loans and mortgage-backed securities

Weather for the South Carolina Primary looks like sunny and 70 degrees! For anyone who is not in a warm spot, such as in New York City where the snow is falling and the wind chill is somewhere around 10 degrees, enjoy this video from Victoria's Secret! Become a fan of The Political Commentator on Facebook here! Follow The Political Commentator on Twitter here! Friend The Political Commentator...

New York City is ground zero for Obama fundraising! Doesn't this man have anything more important to do for the country than glad-handing for campaign cash at four New York City fundraisers targeted squarely at the 1% he claims to loathe? $35,000 a ticket at the home of Spike Lee$5,000 - $15,000 a ticket for two fundraisers at the uber-posh restaurant Daniel$50 and up for a stop at the Apollo...