Rapelling down the Washington Monument

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Clouds & Cables over the Brooklyn Bridge

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Winter Trees

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WCBS TV discusses Trump & the 2016 Presidential Race with me

Reporter Tony Aiello asked me about Trump’s decision to boycott the latest GOP Debate on Fox News.

My response: “If he can’t handle a hostile debate, how’s he going to handle China or Russia or any of the other 1,001 problems that are going to confront the next president of the U.S.?”

What I also told him, which ended up on the cutting room floor, was:

  1. This gives the real candidates (such as they are) a chance to talk to voters.
  2. Trump has only a fraction of the number of paid staffers on the ground in Iowa as some of the other candidates. You don’t win a caucus (which is an entirely different animal than a Primary) with robocalls and TV ads. Not that Trump has spent much money on them either.
  3. There’s a difference between a candidate who is angry
    (and there’s certainly enough wrong with our country today to make voters angry) and a candidate who is hateful and downright mean, like Trump. Americans are not going to entrust the nuclear launch codes to someone who is prone to fly off the handle and attack people.

Downhill Racer

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Benches in the Blizzard

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Avengers Assemble!

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Neither rain nor sleet …

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Imperialist Running Dog

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Cables

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Dawn on Ninth Street

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Wings on the Water

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View from Meadowport Arch, Prospect Park

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Departing Angel

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Wrought Iron Railing, Central Park

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Manhattan Tower, Brooklyn Bridge

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Newport in the Fall

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Trees along the Hudson

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A Narrow View

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Church Spire, Park Slope

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Tick Tock

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Panorama of Valley Water, Green-Wood Cemetery

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Boats passing in the Park

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View from the Manhattan Bridge Walkway

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Bare branches

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View from the Peristyle, Prospect Park

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A walk in the woods

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The commute

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Bethesda Arcade, Central Park

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Best Friends

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Sunset over Newport

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