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  • Cruising into March Madness

    Cruising into March Madness

    Discipline wins championships — and this winter, it’s carrying Navy straight toward March Madness. In his first full season at the helm, head coach Jon Perry has transformed the Navy Midshipmen into the Patriot League’s most dangerous unit, blending lockdown defense, veteran leadership, and relentless depth. With a commanding league lead, a fortress-like home court,…

  • A Gem Amidst the Rot

    A Gem Amidst the Rot

    New York’s judiciary is rotting in plain sight. Political hacks wear robes. Ethics cops run cover. Voters get carved up, litigants get abused, and accountability never comes. Judges like Juan Merchan, Jeffrey Pearlman, Judy McMahon, and Ronald Castorina Jr. turned the bench into a shield for power, not a forum for justice. Oversight chief Robert…

  • Brian Laline’s Subversion Narrative Exposed

    Brian Laline’s Subversion Narrative Exposed

    For 50 years, Brian Laline played the role of neutral newsman. This week, the mask finally slipped. In a hysterical “Letter from the Editor,” Laline peddled a subversion fantasy—branding Donald Trump a dictator, ICE agents “Gestapo,” and elections a threat when voters don’t comply. It wasn’t journalism. It was propaganda. This piece dismantles Laline’s fear…

  • The Man They Ran Out

    The Man They Ran Out

    A federal judge just cracked the door open on one of the most explosive due-process cases to hit Washington in years. Last week, Paul L. Friedman denied the Department of Energy’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by former nuclear security chief Frank Rose—a 30-year veteran run out of government in just 17 days. The…

  • Hypocrite Commissioner Jessica Tisch

    Hypocrite Commissioner Jessica Tisch

    Everyone expected Jessica Tisch to clean up the NYPD. Instead, she weaponized “integrity” to crush rivals and protect cronies. Jeffrey Maddrey was forced out on collapsing claims, while Tisch elevated loyalists like Edward Thompson and looked away from blatant conflicts. When Michael E. McMahon pushed a bogus ICARD to silence my reporting, Tisch’s NYPD froze.…

  • CFP Punts on Expansion

    CFP Punts on Expansion

    College football’s power brokers had months to shake things up—and chose to do nothing. The College Football Playoff will return in 2026 exactly as it is now: a 12-team bracket frozen in place by Big Ten and SEC gridlock. Behind the scenes, the sport’s biggest conferences are locked in a quiet war over money, control,…

  • The Lawyers Blew It in NY-11 Redistricting

    The Lawyers Blew It in NY-11 Redistricting

    Let’s be blunt: Nicole Malliotakis’ election lawyers got outplayed by Marc Elias, and Staten Island is now facing the fallout. The NY-11 redistricting case was a straightforward federal matter involving a U.S. House seat and constitutional voting-rights claims. Instead of removing it to federal court, Malliotakis’ lawyers left it in Manhattan Supreme Court, directly in…

  • Dominion or Doom

    Dominion or Doom

    The question wasn’t shouted. It didn’t need to be. In the White House briefing room Tuesday, Cara Castronuova asked President Donald Trump whether he would speak directly to Nicolás Maduro about Venezuela’s role in 2020 election tampering. Trump didn’t deny it. He didn’t dismiss it. He said his lawyers “would be very unhappy” — and…

  • Flynn Hates Black Reporter

    Flynn Hates Black Reporter

    John Flynn’s record tells a story he never wanted told. When two Black men were finally exonerated for a crime prosecuted by his uncle, the only Black reporter who spent years covering their wrongful convictions was barred from Flynn’s press conference. Two months later, Flynn prosecuted her—then lost. The bar disciplined him. In between, Flynn…

  • Kathy Hochul Gulag Exposed: The Ryan Flynn Interview

    Kathy Hochul Gulag Exposed: The Ryan Flynn Interview

    Ryan Flynn is not in jail because of evidence. He is in jail because he accused the wrong man. In a recorded jailhouse interview with journalist Richard Luthmann, Flynn says he was sexually abused at age 10 by former Erie County District Attorney John Flynn—and then buried alive by the New York justice system when…

Richard Luthmann

Thinker, investigative journalist, and consultant with degrees from Columbia University (B.A., Philosophy), NY Law School (J.D.), and the University of Miami (LL.M).

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“What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.”

– President Donald J. Trump

Modern Thomas Nast

Boss Tweed was just the beginning. Operating in the shadows to expose the shady.

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Rick LaRivière

“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”

—David Foster Wallace

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Frankie Pressman

Frankie Pressman has many interests. None are WOKE.

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Dick LaFontaine

Veteran journalist Dick LaFontaine chases gripping, thorny, and precarious stories as a contributor to various publications.

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Greg Maresca

Maresca is a longtime columnist and satirist who is a New York City native and a Marine Corps veteran living in Flyover, Pennsylvania.

Email: greg_m@newsitem.com.