Vincent J. Cannato

Vincent J. Cannato Undermining a Venerable Tradition

Kamala Harris’s decision not to attend the Al Smith Dinner may or may not hurt her electoral chances, but it makes our politics poorer.

Vincent J. Cannato Last of the “New York Intellectuals”

Ideas were everything to Fred Siegel

Vincent J. Cannato A Bridge Too Far

Pete Buttigieg’s remarks on Robert Moses’s “racist bridges” flatten history in service to an ideological fad.

Vincent J. Cannato Same Old, Same Old, Same Old

An ambitious new book aims to tell the history of Gotham’s last four decades but too often settles for shallow narrative.

Vincent J. Cannato No-Fault Liberalism

The John Lindsay era, without regret or apology