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David Lawrence
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February 18, 2017
Three cheers for IvankaAnd shame on the liberals who perform a hate crime by not buying her products.
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January 31, 2017
Shame on Bill de BlasioWhile New York's Mayor Bill de Blasio attempts to build his fortune, he pretends he is interested in eliminating income inequality.
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November 27, 2016
Obama's presidency is a parade of betrayalsFrom terrorism to Bowe Bergdahl to "leading from behind."
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November 22, 2016
Liberals hate me for voting for TrumpIt's tough to be a conservative in Brooklyn.
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November 17, 2016
America's date with ObamaIn 2008, America had a date with Barack Obama. Talk about a bad decision.
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September 20, 2016
North Korea: Obama refuses to stop evil...againAmerica has allowed a North Korean fireworks display of self-destruction.
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September 10, 2016
Two stupids: Kaepernick and Nessa DiabMartin Luther King must be rolling in his grave.
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September 1, 2016
A word about Beyoncé from someone who saw her up close onceAbout ten years ago, Beyoncé did a music video at Gleason's Gym, where I was a coach. Not great.
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July 21, 2016
Jews loyal to Democrat disloyaltyMany American Jews are more loyal to the Democratic Party than to their religion.
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June 26, 2016
E.E. Cummings understood liberalismThe liberal mind fails to make distinctions and decisions. E.E. Cummings saw it a hundred years ago.
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June 21, 2016
Liberal self-hating Jews find a standard-bearer in Bernie SandersSanders would rather identify with the enemy so he doesn't have to recognize that he is one of the hated.
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June 4, 2016
I'm a former rapper, and I don't mind being called a thugBecause that's what I was. Calling a thing what it is helps keep people from getting killed.
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May 22, 2016
Noted scholar George Clooney spouts off on Americans 'scared of Muslims'As Donald Trump put it, "he's no Cary Grant."
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May 14, 2016
A little tirade against bringing bikes on the New York subwayI thought bikes were used up in the streets to prevent pollution.
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April 17, 2016
There is just so much wrong with HillaryMrs. William Jefferson Clinton makes Donald Trump look like a saint.
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April 12, 2016
Radical Islamists kill not because of food stampsThe liberals who think they can reform Muslims by giving them soup kitchens are idiots.
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April 6, 2016
Anti-Semitism strong in Hillary's campaignHillary Clinton's ties to the Muslim Brotherhood through her aide, Huma Abedin, should seriously concern any Jew.
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March 23, 2016
Obama is no healer when it comes to CubaHe gambled Cuba in the hopes of gaining nothing.
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February 20, 2016
Who's the real recruiting tool for jihadists: Gitmo or Obama?Obama thinks that letting prisoners go from Guantanamo Bay will prove what a kind, considerate person he is to our enemies.
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February 5, 2016
On mosques, Obama following in Bloomberg's footstepsSeems neither the president nor the former mayor of New York City has much respect for the 9/11 dead.
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January 27, 2016
Arguing capital punishment in the boxing ringThe death penalty came up between punches.
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January 24, 2016
Obama, the accidental racistIt's ironic that America has grown up enough to distance itself from racism while electing its first black racially divisive president.
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January 2, 2016
Louis Farrakhan has the nerve to lecture whites about Donald TrumpThe pot calling the kettle...something.
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December 15, 2015
Thinking about Muslims on the subwayImagine: liberals want to be nice to Muslims, but they are so weak that strong Muslims can't stand them.
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November 19, 2015
My introduction to Muslim migration to Germany in the '70sI was liberal then, so I thought it was a good thing. It wasn't, and it isn't.
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October 25, 2015
Democrats jump the shark rejecting Kate's LawThe Senate Democrats are funding sanctuary cities and ratifying the murder of Kate Steinle. They are proud of their own failures and the deaths of their children.
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October 17, 2015
How is Hillary still in the game?When I got arrested, the FBI took my business away. When Hillary's under investigation, on the other hand...
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September 18, 2015
Fighting an Englishman's prejudices at Gleason'sBoxing and politics are a good combination. Especially at the same time.
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September 12, 2015
Columbia University: One eye openMyopic Columbia has its one eye stuck on rabid liberalism.
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August 26, 2015
The ridiculousness of 'Parent 1' and 'Parent 2'Leftists are trying to turn humans into robots by manipulating the language we use.
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August 4, 2015
Kill Dylann RoofPetitioning against the death penalty for the Charleston shooter does society no favors.
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July 14, 2015
The horror of Bernie SandersAs if we really needed someone to pull Hillary farther to the left.
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July 10, 2015
Obama the triple-loserWhat's Obama proudest of? The things he's done worst at, turns out.
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May 24, 2015
Bill de Blasio: The Boring ProgressiveNew York City's super-progressive mayor needs to try out a new tune.
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February 16, 2015
Kayla Mueller and the Failure of PerspectiveToo many lightweights are watching television and wanting to risk their lives gloriously to be good-deed-doers.
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February 14, 2015
Begging the Question on Scott Walker's EducationObama went to Columbia and Harvard, Clinton was a Rhodes scholar, Carter was a nuclear engineer... Time to try something else.
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February 11, 2015
Levels of ThinkingConservatives think on a tripartite level rather than a binary one. Liberals undercut one level of thinking with another.
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January 6, 2015
Soft-on-crime judges and judging politicians let dangerous criminals goCharles Manson next?
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December 10, 2014
Theocratic CommunismIt’s amusing that atheists despise religion but embrace a theocratic government.
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November 29, 2014
NY councilman Jumaane Williams wants to prioritize traffic ticketsBlack-on-black murder, not so much.
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November 27, 2014
If Michael Brown were my black brother...So let’s pretend that a cop named Wilson shot my black brother.
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October 14, 2014
Stop West African Flights!Why would we increase Ebola risk from a lower level just because we can't keep the risk at zero?
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October 3, 2014
Terrorism or Workplace Violence?What happened in Oklahoma is so clearly terrorism that only government officials afraid of panicking the country would term it workplace violence.
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September 28, 2014
Spoiled Biden Attacks CEOsNotably ignores the wealth and lucre of vice presidents.
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September 7, 2014
Something is rotten in AmericaObama was supposed to unite red and blue, white and black. Instead he has made divisiveness his specialty.
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June 20, 2014
Rules of Engagement in the Boxing RingScott joined the Marines, not the Army. The Marines aren't restricted by suicidal rules.
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June 12, 2014
Scott, My Old Marine StudentHere's what a Marine has to say about politics when you get him into a boxing ring.
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June 5, 2014
Bergdahl: Obama's 'Rapid Response' to VA ScandalObama released a traitor in order to free five terrorists. Do we have a madman as a commander in chief?
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May 3, 2014
Let 'The Rise of Al-Qaeda' RollAn imam and a panel disagree with the documentary The Rise of Al-Qaeda, which will play at the 9/11 museum.
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April 9, 2014
Caesar vs. Obama in the RingThe other day, a boxing student of mine recited to me a line by Calpurnia in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
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March 14, 2014
Against Social LiberalismMy conservative liberal friends brag that they are fiscally conservative but socially liberal.
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March 8, 2014
Mayor de Blasio has a Twisted need to Punish the RichBig Bill doesn’t believe in American exceptionalism. In fact, he promotes the average.
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February 23, 2014
Talking Health Care at Gleason's Gym"Let's not talk about it," my liberal boxing student says.
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February 19, 2014
Obama Signs an Executive Order to Raise the Federal Minimum WageAnother showering of pocket change from our supreme bureaucrat in chief.
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January 23, 2014
Cuomo's Twisted WordsNew York's extremely liberal governor seems to think he can dictate "who New Yorkers are."
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January 20, 2014
Liberalism in BrooklynI am watching them take my country from me -- the Obamas, the de Blasios, the Holders, the generic Democrats. As if excellence and the ability to earn are wicked traits.
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January 13, 2014
The Thug Cycle VideoWhere is the black community to police its own crude indiscretions?
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December 29, 2013
Why I am no longer much of an atheistI used to be an agnostic-atheist. Now atheists make me want to be religious.
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December 4, 2013
The Silliness of Obama's and de Blasio's Progressivism"Yes. We can't." We can't in the White House, and we can't in New York City.
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November 21, 2013
Bill de Blasio and Lee Harvey OswaldNo, New York's new mayor is not an assassin. Not exactly, anyway.
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November 17, 2013
The New York Times Never Sides with the JewsThe Gray Lady hides her anti-Semitism beneath her skirt.
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November 4, 2013
De Blasio Is Looking the Other Way on CrimeWhen you're mugged in the street, do you care if your assailant has a good kindergarten education?
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October 11, 2013
Bill de Blasio's Failure to fight Anti-SemitismThe Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City was a big fan of the anti-Semitic Sandinistas back in the day.
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October 2, 2013
For Our Own Good: Not Bill de BlasioNot only is the new Democratic candidate for mayor of New York a socialist, but he's extremely up-front about it.
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September 28, 2013
De Blasio really is a 'Radical without a Clue'New York's new socialist candidate for mayor is just the next in a long line of "fairness"-mongers hoping to bury the city.
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September 27, 2013
The Ice Caps Are FlourishingTurns out Al Gore's hysterical predictions are going the same way as The Population Bomb.
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September 13, 2013
A Personal Example of ObamaCare's FailureI'll tell you what: I didn't get to keep my doctor.
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August 23, 2013
When I was a rich kid, we were all pro-communistI know better now. Too many people still don't.
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August 13, 2013
New York Mayor Bloomberg Right for Once?A decent piece of advice from the mother of all nannies?
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July 30, 2013
O'Reilly Is Right about Black-on-Black CrimeWhen is the black community going to wake up?
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July 23, 2013
Pretty-Boy DzhokharIf I were one of the legless victims of the Boston Marathon, I would certainly not be reading Rolling Stone.
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June 30, 2013
Don't Slash Our Nuclear WeaponsI wouldn't show up to a fight with eighteen-ounce gloves while my opponent was wearing cement tape. It's pretty much the same with nukes.
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May 30, 2013
I've Seen an Elephant FlySounds ridiculous, but it's not the most ridiculous thing said the past few weeks. And we have Barack Obama to thank for that.
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May 22, 2013
Jon Stewart Is Criticizing Obama Too LateHaving misled us for four years, it's time for Jon Stewart to drop out of the game.
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May 14, 2013
Premeditated Rape by Ariel CastroWhat is the punishment for raping a village of girls repeatedly? And are we willing to mete it out?
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April 20, 2013
You Can't Discount the HorrorThomas Friedman tells us "to start training for the next marathon tomorrow." There's a little more to it than that.
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April 17, 2013
Obama Bullies Seniors and BabiesI feel as if I'm in a squeeze play: children killed beneath me, seniors murdered above me.
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April 14, 2013
Should John Walker Lindh Pray Five Times a Day?Prison is supposed to be a tough time, not a Muslim summer camp.
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April 6, 2013
The New Climate Deniers?Who can be surprised when liberals stick to a cause they've been screaming about for the last ten years, even when it becomes ridiculous?
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April 1, 2013
No Paid Sick Days for City WorkersI am so tired of giving something for nothing that I think that nothing is all that complaining city workers deserve.
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February 25, 2013
Cuomo's Too Eager to AbortNow that the New York governor's finished his abortion-centric State of the State speech, I'm starting to think Democrats are taking courses on oral interpretation from Hitler's and Mussolini's speeches.
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February 24, 2013
Chatting about Gays at Gleason'sMy good friend insists on talking gay marriage at the gym. I just wanted to get some punches in.
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February 15, 2013
Be Afraid of Obama's Climate ChangeWhen we need solutions, what we get is a panicking president who points fingers at everyone around him.
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January 29, 2013
Obama Cloaks Himself in Magical IdeologyIt's no fun having a mushy president in the White House.
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January 10, 2013
A Coterie of DuncesLeave it to liberals to decide that any good idea is "a terrible idea."
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January 6, 2013
Chris Christie BloviatesThe New Jersey governor seems to think that government mismanagement is the best way to make a show of helping his constituents (with other people's money).
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January 4, 2013
Abandon the Constitution?President Obama and The New York Times on the same page yet again.
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December 24, 2012
John Kerry: Another MistakeObama keeps picking traitors or misguided, anti-military malcontents to run our government. Let's welcome the latest one.
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December 19, 2012
Harry Belafonte: Good for NothingSome not-so-sage political advice from the luminary who brought us "The Banana Boat Song."
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December 12, 2012
The Minority Is the Majority under ObamaTaking a few minutes to escape from Obama-land in the St. Regis Hotel.
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November 19, 2012
Obama Is Passive-Aggressive toward IsraelHow kind of him to allow Israel to hit back.
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November 15, 2012
The Democrats Are Not Good Losers, but They Are Fine and Dandy WinnersIt's been pretty peaceful at Gleason's now that the election is over.
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November 13, 2012
Obama's Teary-Eyed SpeechI can't help but be dismayed by the blossoming of Obama's narcissism when he gets tears in his eyes addressing his Chicago staff.
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November 10, 2012
At the Dentist after the ElectionIf only the dentist could extract Obama. If only the voters had used the pliers on Tuesday.
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November 3, 2012
Number-One LoserWith gas lines snaking through the Northeast, it's clearer than ever that Jimmy Carter finally has competition.
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October 20, 2012
Binders Full of Women?Democrats make fun of the phrase "binders full of women" because they can't make fun of Romney's accomplishments for women in Massachusetts.
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October 12, 2012
What Biden Really Knows about the 47%What on Earth makes Joe Biden think he's anywhere near the middle class?
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September 30, 2012
Obama's Divisiveness Knocks Me out at Gleason's GymMore often than not it's the girls who frustrate me the most -- in politics and in the ring.
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September 29, 2012
Education: I Did It My WayWhen it comes to getting kids through school, we don't need what Obama is selling. I would know, because I was the kind of kid Obama claims to care about.
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September 25, 2012
Blame It on the RainSome people say that Obama is not responsible for the bad economy or the conflagration of the Middle East. Or Fast and Furious. They sing , "Gotta blame it on something / Blame it on the rain."
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September 22, 2012
Gleason's Gym after Chris Stevens was Killed in LibyaSo much politics talk lately that there's hardly any time to spar.
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September 15, 2012
Another Friday at Gleason'sYou might think boxing is like politics, but it's not. Boxing is more gentlemanly than politics.
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August 25, 2012
Obama Is God, I GuessWe've got a president deciding who lives and who dies. What would you call it?
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August 21, 2012
Don't Dismiss IDThe fact that liberals could even suggest something so stupid, naïve, and deceptive as that you don't need ID to vote is ridiculous.
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August 18, 2012
Romney's Tax Returns Don't MatterObama is insisting that Romney reveal his tax returns. And how exactly is that fixing Obama's economy?
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August 17, 2012
Obama Ain't No Ralph Waldo EmersonEmerson found genius in the individual. Obama invents it in the failed group collective.
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August 16, 2012
Doddering Biden in VirginiaSurprise, old man Joe Biden: you are not African-American.
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August 9, 2012
My Boxing Lesson with Global Warming BillMy student "Bill" is a treat. He smiles the length of an ear of corn. He is energetic, like ethanol should be. He is also a big global warming fan.
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August 4, 2012
Trainers in Front of Gleason's EntranceThere's political diversity even among people who punch each other in the face for a living.
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July 19, 2012
We Are Not As Rich As ObamaMy poverty as related to Romney is not very different than my impoverishment as related to Obama. Obama pretends that he is middle class just because he is poorer than Romney. He is still a thousand times richer than me.
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July 17, 2012
Obama, the StorytellerMaybe instead of telling a fairy story, Obama should start by telling the truth.
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June 15, 2012
Gone With The WindAmerica has gone with the wind, and that wind is the empty rhetoric of Barack Obama and his failed administration.
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June 11, 2012
Giving a Self-Hating Jew a Boxing LessonWe are in my office at Gleason's Gym, getting ready for Ari's boxing lesson. Ari tells me that he hates Israeli right-wingers.
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June 6, 2012
Sarah Jessica and Anna Throw a PartySarah Jessica Parker is inviting people to go to her house on 6-14 for a fundraising dinner for Obama.
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June 4, 2012
The ReturnJason hasn't been at Gleason's Gym in six years. He and his wife moved to San Diego. Now they're in town trailing a three year old son
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May 27, 2012
War or Thaw?Imagine...the Obama crew wants to defend our nation against environmental threats rather than against the Russians, Chinese, or Iranians.
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May 20, 2012
Why I Don't Give to BeggarsIn school they teach you to be generous to other people. Why?
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May 12, 2012
Afternoon WorkoutI'm working the mitts with Barbara, my boxing student. She's a rich woman who is slumming in boxing but doesn't admit it because she is a liberal who wants to identify with poor people.
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May 8, 2012
Capital Punishment At Gleason's Boxing GymLuke tells me that he is against capital punishment. He has just fought five hard rounds with Dmitri.
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April 30, 2012
On Self-Hating JewsBruce tells me, "There are too many self-hating Jews." Bruce doesn't know that he's one of them.
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April 29, 2012
Tennis And Politics"Keep it quiet," I tell Ben. "I love them but they're commies." It's funny saying they're commies to the son of the founder of the American Communist party.
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April 18, 2012
Lydia and AbortionLydia shows up for her boxing lesson at my home away from home, Gleason's Boxing Gym.
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April 9, 2012
Brooklyn EnvironmentalismThe Japanese cashier at Peas and Pickles in Brooklyn asks me if I need a bag. I say, "What do you think -- I plan to juggle my sushi, Gatorade and miso soup? Of course I need a bag."
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April 3, 2012
Obama and Pre-existing ConditionsWhen I received my insurance license back in 1976, we were all taught that the financial viability of insurance companies was based on the exclusion of pre-existing conditions.
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April 1, 2012
Liberal ArroganceWhy do liberals feel superior to me? They call me a right winger and assume I am stupid.
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March 27, 2012
The Ignorance of DemocratsMany liberals hate me for being a Republican. They are prejudiced. I don't hate them. I smile. They are the joke of angry ignorance.
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March 19, 2012
The Lack of Voter ID Cards is a Failure of IdentityObama's administration doesn't care about voter ID because ID cards are identification and his liberal regime lives in the arbitrary world of ideological values. People are ideas; they don't exist.
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February 3, 2012
Let the Poor and Middle Class Pay Their Fair ShareThe rich are already paying their fair share, but more importantly they are earning their fair share.
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January 29, 2012
The Broken Window Theory of Crime Applied to Broken MarriagesHow a tragedy has become a trend.
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January 6, 2012
Obama is Undercutting our Jewish FutureI do mind Obama's vendetta against the Jews and I am embarrassed by Jews who vote for their enemy
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December 3, 2011
Social Justice and the OccupiersThe protestors want other people to organize and work for institutions while they do nothing for the good of others around them or themselves.
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November 14, 2011
Joe Frazier is to George W. Bush as Mohamed Ali is to Barack ObamaJoe Frazier was blue collar, earnest, honest and came to fight. Ali used the fight arena as a platform to show off his ideas. Ideas? The man barely made it through high school. Frazier had no pretensions
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November 1, 2011
How I Fell out of Love with IslamBelieve it or not I considered becoming a Moslem before 9-11. I was in a federal joint for two years for tax evasion. I used to attend Black Moslem classes.
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October 19, 2011
OWS are groupiesThe OWS protestors are nothing but groupies. They don't care that rap stars rake it in, and Susan Sarandon earns millions of dollars a film.
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September 19, 2011
Obama and the kids at Gleason's GymStrangely enough while the poor black kids around the gym are capitalists in search of Lamborghinis and bling, the middle class white kids claim that they are socialists
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September 17, 2011
Petty jealousy of the richHow often have I heard from sallow, begrudging liberals that the gap between the rich and poor has gotten too great. Of course, these complainers are usually not really poor.
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May 19, 2011
An Incandescent Bulb In Obama's HeadObama is sucked in by nearlt every utopian idea that floats across his desk.