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 | January 21, 2009
Noting how they've backed down on the Hillary Clinton confirmation, Norah O'Donnell asks on MSNBC whether the Republicans "have kind of lost their cojones?"
MarkF | January 14, 2009
On Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle looks down his nose at blogging, claim 99% of it isn't journalism, it's therapy for the blogger.
MarkF | January 13, 2009
Defending Pres. Bush against Eugene Robinson's charge that he violated America's traditions and values with the measures he adopted to fight terrorism, Joe Scarborough does a mocking impression of Olbermann's Special Comments.
MarkF | January 12, 2009
On Morning Joe, Chrystia Freeland of the Financial Times disagrees with Pat Buchanan that it would be moral to waterboard an al Qaeda member for three minutes to save the lives of nine planeloads of people.
MarkF | January 7, 2009
Mocking the alleged inarticulateness of former NY GOP Senator Al D'Amato in order to defend Caroline Kennedy, Andrea Mitchell uses a line very similar to one Maureen Dowd used in her column earlier in the day.
MarkF | January 7, 2009
Appearing on Today, Ann Coulter castigtes the MSM over its extolling of single-motherhood, and cites some chilling statistics.
MarkF | January 6, 2009
The Early Show devotes almost five minutes to the death of John Travolta's son, and nothing to the controversy surrounding the nomination of Leon Panetta as CIA director.
MarkF | January 5, 2009
GMA has time to tell us--twice--that Obama got choked up while packing up his old home, but doesn't get around to explaining that a possible pay-to-play scheme was behind his withdrawal as Commerce Secretary nominee.
MarkF | January 4, 2009
GMA devotes a segment to the story of Rev. Ed Dobson, an evangelical who had never voted for a Republican, who spent a year trying to live like Jesus and decided to vote for Obama.
MarkF | January 2, 2009
Good Morning America's segment on the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution suggests independence from the USA more important to most Cubans than freedom.