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 | November 5, 2008
Keith Olbermann fantasized about Sarah Palin being shot like a moose from a chopper.
MarkF | November 4, 2008
During this evening's election coverage, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews spar over Obama's broken pledge to take public financing for his campaign.
MarkF | November 4, 2008
Saying "demographics is destiny," Pat Buchanan predicts that immigration will prevent the political pendulum from swinging back in favor of conservatives.
MarkF | November 3, 2008
Joe Scarborough unloads on Paul Krugman for calling Republicans "racists" in his latest column.
MarkF | October 31, 2008
The intrepid Willie Geist of Morning Joe ventures out onto the sidewalks of the Upper West Side, whose denizens live up to their reputation as a monolithic block of elitists.
MarkF | October 29, 2008
What could be a more broadly acceptable sentiment than to suggest that God has blessed America with many riches? But when Sarah Palin expressed that thought in a speech today, Chris Matthews mocked her.
MarkF | October 29, 2008
Obama supporter Prof. Jeffrey Sachs is stumped when Joe Scarborough asks him to name Obama's most significant accomplishment.
MarkF | October 29, 2008
Appearing on Today, a smirking Chris Matthews literally laughs off the notion that the polls might be tightening.
MarkF | October 28, 2008
When Ed Rogers, an Alabaman, clearly speaking in a political sense, says that Barack Obama has never done anything hard, Bob Shrum declares that a southerner shouldn't accuse a black man of not having done hard things.
MarkF | October 28, 2008
Spike Lee calls Obama "pre-deortained," says history divided into A.B. and B.B. eras, Before and After Barack.