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 | June 16, 2009
Ed Schultz calls Sarah Palin "nothing but political slime."
MarkF | June 16, 2009
Ed Schultz tells the Morning Joe panel he "absolutely" believes Dick Cheney, for political purposes, wants Americans to die in a terrorist attack.
MarkF | June 11, 2009
On Morning Joe, Harold Ford, Jr. tries to explain away Letterman's sexual jokes about Sarah Palin's teenage daughter on the theory that the Palins are "unique."
MarkF | June 10, 2009
EJ Dionne doesn't want figuring out how to pay for it get in the way of nationalized health care.
MarkF | June 10, 2009
ABC's Claire Shipman consoles Juan Sotomayor when Sonia's younger brother gets choked up viewing a display about his sister at their old high school in the Bronx.
MarkF | June 1, 2009
On Morning Joe, former ad exec Donny Deutsch enthuses over the notion that the media is and should be more positive.
MarkF | April 17, 2009
Pres. Obama's hand-picked DNC Chairman denies the Obama administration requested Georgetown to cover up the IHS monogram representing the name of Christ. Confronted with a CNS story to the contrary, he claims unfamiliarity with the report and with CNS itself.
MarkF | February 16, 2009
David Shuster let's it be known that the new blogosphere segment on his 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue show on MSNBC will be limited to "progressives."
MarkF | February 8, 2009
On This Week, ABC's Claire Shipman says since no one knows the outcome of the stimulus plan, "the most important thing is speed."
MarkF | January 28, 2009
On Hardball, former Republican congressman from Texas Dick Armey, wrangling with Joan Walsh of Salon over the politics of the stimulus package, tells her: "I'm so damn glad you could never be my wife."