The mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, is a tax-and-spend bleeding-heart liberal who ordinarily would be way, way down on the list of people that this center-right columnist would want to spend any time or energy defending.
So give the Obama-Trump-Schumer U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, some credit. With his open-ended, leaky, and so far inconclusive yearlong investigation into "corruption" by the mayor and his administration, he's achieved the nearly impossible task of turning Mr. de Blasio into a sympathetic figure.
BOSTON — Hundreds of people gathered in Downtown Crossing on Wednesday evening in support of the Day Without Women Rally, one of many such events that took place across the country on International Women's Day.
Following the momentum of the Women's Marches held the day after President Donald Trump's inauguration, collaborators designated March 8 as a "Day Without Women," in which women were asked to temporarily strike from working or shopping to emphasize the role that they play in their economies.
