For those fellow New Yorkers who are interested in my comments regarding the New York State budget that was just passed by the State Legislature and our exciting new Governor, Eliot Spitzer, I hope that you will watch my half-hour TV appearance on "Newsmakers", which airs on News 12. Airing on both Saturday and Sunday, I am conversing with hosts Janine Rose and Brian Conybeare, and debating with Republican strategist Michael Edelman.
Governor Spitzer, who was elected in a landslide victory following an extremely successful term as New York State Attorney General, has seen his first budget pass on schedule. Known as the "sheriff of Wall Street" following his policing of the financial industry and other segments of the business world, Spitzer is attempting to curb waste in governmental spending, as well as addressing the need for greater ethics in Albany. Key issues in our News 12 discussion include rising property taxes, increased school aid, Medicaid expenses, and the ongoing struggle between a Republican State Senate and a Democratic State Assembly.
We also discuss the Presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Rudy Giuliani and John McCain.
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Saturday, April 7, 2007
Friday, April 6, 2007
Welcome to Lawrence Otis Graham's Blog
Welcome to my new blog. After writing 14 books and numerous articles for magazines and newspapers, I am finally entering the blogging universe. Please be patient as I learn the proper protocol and discover which format works best.
First, a little bit about myself: I am an attorney and a New York Times-bestselling author of 14 nonfiction books and numerous articles that have appeared in New York Magazine, Essence, The New York Times, Glamour, U.S. News & World Report and Reader's Digest. A graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School, I grew up in Westchester County, New York, and I still reside there with my wife, Pamela Thomas-Graham, and our three children.
Basically, I will be discussing the issues that I write about in my books and that I discuss in my TV & radio interviews and public appearances: Politics, Law, Race, Class, Society, Culture, Education, Business and Diversity. I will be commenting on current events and share research that I have gathered for my past, current and future book projects.
With the recent release of my newest book, The Senator and The Socialite (HarperCollins), a biography of Senator Blanche Bruce, the first black to be elected to a full-term in the U.S. Senate, many people are asking me to comment on the candidacy of Senator Barack Obama, as he campaigns for President. Although Senator Bruce was born a slave and elected to the U.S. Senate in 1874 from the state of Mississippi, his story and experience is strikingly similar to Obama's today. I will share some of those facts in the coming weeks as Americans continue to compare him to the other Democratic front runner, Senator Hillary Clinton.
I will also bring attention to projects that I am publishing in Reader's Digest where I serve as Contributing Editor.
Whether it is to discuss any of these topics or to ask me about my past books like Our Kind of People, or to just share your own ideas, please send your comments. And thanks again for visiting.
All the best to you, Lawrence Otis Graham
First, a little bit about myself: I am an attorney and a New York Times-bestselling author of 14 nonfiction books and numerous articles that have appeared in New York Magazine, Essence, The New York Times, Glamour, U.S. News & World Report and Reader's Digest. A graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School, I grew up in Westchester County, New York, and I still reside there with my wife, Pamela Thomas-Graham, and our three children.
Basically, I will be discussing the issues that I write about in my books and that I discuss in my TV & radio interviews and public appearances: Politics, Law, Race, Class, Society, Culture, Education, Business and Diversity. I will be commenting on current events and share research that I have gathered for my past, current and future book projects.
With the recent release of my newest book, The Senator and The Socialite (HarperCollins), a biography of Senator Blanche Bruce, the first black to be elected to a full-term in the U.S. Senate, many people are asking me to comment on the candidacy of Senator Barack Obama, as he campaigns for President. Although Senator Bruce was born a slave and elected to the U.S. Senate in 1874 from the state of Mississippi, his story and experience is strikingly similar to Obama's today. I will share some of those facts in the coming weeks as Americans continue to compare him to the other Democratic front runner, Senator Hillary Clinton.
I will also bring attention to projects that I am publishing in Reader's Digest where I serve as Contributing Editor.
Whether it is to discuss any of these topics or to ask me about my past books like Our Kind of People, or to just share your own ideas, please send your comments. And thanks again for visiting.
All the best to you, Lawrence Otis Graham
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