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 | April 26, 2010
The Ed Show on MSNBC airs an ad depicting Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as a criminal holding a mug shot placard.
MarkF | April 20, 2010
On Morning Joe, sparks fly between Mika Brzezinski and Joan Walsh when the Salon editor claims she can't think of any voices on the left as "extreme" as Rush and Beck on the right.
MarkF | April 14, 2010
Ed Schultz brags he would confront anyone holding an Obama-Hitler sign.
MarkF | April 14, 2010
Ed Schultz says he would "have the courage" to confront protesters who put a Hitler mustache on images of Pres. Obama. Did he ever speak out on the innumerable occasions when Pres. George W. Bush was subjected to the same treatment?
MarkF | April 12, 2010
On Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle tosses softballs to David Axelrod about the difficulties of governing in a hyper-partisan new-media age, and chastises Republicans for their announced intention to oppose Pres. Obama's Supreme Court nominee.
MarkF | April 9, 2010
Supreme Court Justice John Stevens throws out a first pitch at a Cubs night game. Despite his very advanced age, his throw is stronger than Pres. Obama's at this week's Nationals Opening Day game.
MarkF | April 2, 2010
On Mornign Joe, Gayle King, editor of Oprah Winfrey's magazine, tells Mika Brzezinski not to read a poll showing Republicans ahead of Democrats in the generic congressional ballot.
MarkF | March 31, 2010
Chris Matthews suggests that Sonny Perdue, Republican Governor of Georgia, who requested his state Attorney General to join a lawsuit opposing ObamaCare, might also have been opposed to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
MarkF | March 30, 2010
On Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle accuses "talk radio" of serving as "allies" and a "megaphone" for the extreme right-wing fringe.
MarkF | March 29, 2010
When Kelly O'Donnell Kelly gently ribbed PBO over his wearing of a macho, faux-military leather jacket while addressing US troops in Afghanistan yesterday, Norah O'Donnell immediately piped up to point out that "Sarah Palin wears a leather jacket, too."