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 16, 2009
Keith Olbermann says he'll break the law and go to jail if ObamaCare requires him to buy health care insurance.
MarkF | December 9, 2009
On Morning Joe, Donny Deutsch and Michael Steele get into it as the RNC Chairman refuses to dignify with a response Deutsch's suggestion that there was nothing wrong with Harry Reid's analogy between defenders of slavery and those who today oppose ObamaCare
MarkF | December 4, 2009
Pres. Obama tells a Pennsylvania town hall he wants to regulate health insurance companies to make sure people don't get "gypped."
MarkF | December 4, 2009
On Right Angle TV, Jackie Seals, a high school student ambushed by Norah O'Donnell while waiting on line for a Palin book signing, says most Palin supporters are well-informed about her positions, contrary to O'Donnell's assertions that they don't know what she stands for.
MarkF | December 4, 2009
On Morning Joe, Norah O'Donnell claims Palin supporters are too busy to have time to read the newspaper.
MarkF | December 4, 2009
On Morning Joe, Columbia Univ. Prof. Jeffrey Sachs says the CRU scientists at the heart of Climate-gate are being "swiftboated" and that "what happened is not a very big deal."
MarkF | November 25, 2009
On the Ed Schultz show, Markos Moulitsas of the Daily Kos explains he hates the Taliban not in terms of their responsibility for murdering Americans, but because they're not feminist or gay-friendly.
MarkF | November 25, 2009
Time's Rick Stengel and Fortune's Andy Serwer appear on Morning Joe to tout the Time cover story: The Decade From Hell. Synopsis: things were awful under Bush, will be better under Obama.
MarkF | November 24, 2009
On Morning Joe, Tina Brown of the Daily Beast says Sarah Palin's appeal is based on "total ignorance."
MarkF | November 23, 2009
On Morning Joe, Lawrence O'Donnell calls the Roman Catholic bishop who wrote Rep. Patrick Kennedy banning him from taking communion a "political hack."