New York state 'out' of mind

(JNS) — “Start spreading the news. I’m leaving today . . .”

Oh, sorry for the lyrical misdirection, but this version of the Frank Sinatra standard has the crooner fleeing New York! Hold onto those “vagabond shoes,” after all. Don’t jettison those “little-town blues,” just yet. New York might become the “city that doesn’t sleep” for more redoubtable reasons. A day may come when we might actually not “wake up” at all!

Not a valentine, but a requiem for what was once the world’s cosmopolitan wonderland.

After this past week’s mayoral election that saw an avowed socialist and proud anti-Zionist ta...