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Five most recent columns

May 20, 2013
Chief Al Seedman: Legend and Fact
The flamboyant former Chief of Detectives Al Seedman died last week at the age of 94, and a legend was already in the making.

May 13, 2013
Lhota's Brass Balls
Joe Lhota may or may not be the wildest and craziest of this year’s mayoral candidates. But he does have the brassiest set of balls.

May 6, 2013
Mayor Mike: Messing with The Times at His Peril
Years ago, an old Jewish defense attorney offered a cynical lesson in criminal procedure. "When you got nothing," he said, "cry anti-Semitism."

April 29, 2013
Ray Kelly’s Terror Fairy Tale
He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum and said what a big boy am I. What better way for Ray Kelly to capture attention than to announce that the Boston Marathon bombers had planned to drive to New York and detonate their remaining bombs in Times Square.

April 22, 2013
Marathon Miracle Men
Somehow, the FBI and the Boston police department, with the help of numerous other Massachusetts and federal law enforcement agencies, were able to kill or capture the suspects in the Marathon massacre without the assistance of Ray Kelly and the NYPD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



























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