Mark Finkelstein
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Mark's undergrad degree is from Cornell. He has law degrees from SUNY Buffalo and Harvard. He practiced law in NYC, Mexico City, and Paris, before doing a stint as a pro tennis manager and tournament organizer. He returned to his college town of Ithaca, NY and got involved in real estate development and politics.

In 2011, Mark moved to Pecan Plantation, TX, and in 2018, to Oak Island, NC.

Mark's a dog lover who has used his small plane to do many dog-rescue flights. He speaks Spanish and French.
 

MarkF | December 20, 2010
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough states that off the record, the late Richard Holbrooke agreed with him that Afghanistan is a "losing proposition."
MarkF | December 17, 2010
On Morning Joe, Richard Haas, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Joe Scarborough rip the press for failing to ask the tough questions on US policy in Afghanistan.
MarkF | December 16, 2010
After calling John Kyl and Jim DeMint "un-Christlike" for their criticism of Harry Reid, Joe Scarborough later says "I of course don't judge" the Republic senators.
MarkF | December 16, 2010
Criticizing GOP senators Jon Kyl and Jim DeMint for their invocation of Christmas in condemning Harry Reid for keeping the Senate in session until close to the holiday, Joe Scarborough cites the biblical passage: "judge not lest ye be judged." He then declared Kyl and DeMint to be "un-Christlike."
MarkF | December 14, 2010
On Morning Joe, Jon Meacham and Mark Halperin opine that Pres. Obama is not ideological and is not a doctrinaire liberal.
MarkF | December 13, 2010
On Hardball, commenting on the MSM hoopla about Bill Clinton's White House press room solo, NBC's Chuck Todd says there are many "Clinton Kool-Aid" drinkers in the media.
MarkF | December 13, 2010
Scarborough observes that with Pres. Obama and the congressional Dems supporting the extension of the Bush tax cuts, George Bush "has won."
MarkF | December 2, 2010
Arguing for the extension of unemployment benefits during the Christmas season, Dem congressman Jim McDermott, on Hardball, mockingly invokes "little baby Jesus and all that stuff."
MarkF | December 1, 2010
On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz brags that when he's done with him in his 'Psycho Talk' segment, he'll have Republican congressman Mike Pence of Indiana "praying to the porcelain god."
MarkF | November 30, 2010
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough claims that--off the record--"all" conservative leaders and talk radio hosts with whom he's spoken share his criticism of Sarah Palin.