Robert Ehrlich

It has been seven years since the election of our first black president. Seven years since a supposed post-partisan (even post-racial) era was to begin.

As New York suffers through yet another challenging era of ineffective political leadership, it is worthwhile to recall what one leader can accomplish under the most difficult circumstances. 

Sometimes, those of us left in the common sense majority ask how things could go so wrong – how consensually accepted notions of justice could be scuttled so quickly—how respect for the rule of law could have fallen so low—that a major American city would find it acceptable to provide safe passage…

One unexplained death. So many negative images. So many pundits talking past real issues. So many obvious problems. 

A timely front page article in the February 4th Washington Post provided desperately needed insight into the most misunderstood term in Washington today. Of course, I refer to the term "bipartisan."