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 | March 18, 2008
In his speech about race and religion today, Barack Obama dodged the question of when he became aware of the worst statements by his preacher, Jeremiah Wright.
MarkF | March 16, 2008
Gen. David Petraeus was diplomatic in his answer, but the head of U.S. troops in Iraq left little doubt that if a new president wanted to pull out sooner than he thinks wise, Petraeus would be happy to go home.
MarkF | March 15, 2008
How's this for a balanced "Today Show" panel to discuss the impact of Jeremiah Wright's extremism on Barack Obama: two left-wingers who agree it shouldn't hurt him and one who suggests it might even help?
MarkF | March 13, 2008
CNN's Anderson Cooper is frustrated by the focus on the outrageous statements of Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's spiritual adviser. Cooper said such reports have "nothing to do with actual issues."
MarkF | March 12, 2008
On "The Today Show" of March 12, financial expert Jim Cramer got choked up over the plight of his friends, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and wife Silda.
MarkF | March 11, 2008
Washington Post editorialist Ruth Marcus wants people to know that Silda Wall Spitzer, the wife of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, is a "serious" person, not a stand-by-your-man type.
MarkF | March 10, 2008
If Hillary Clinton's gambit of floating Barack Obama as her vice president had been a play and "The Today Show" crew the theater critics, they would have left at intermission to begin penning their critique.
MarkF | March 9, 2008
ABC's David Wright thinks it's a problem that Hillary Clinton's "It's 3 a.m." ad about presidential experience worked effectively against Barack Obama.
MarkF | March 6, 2008
Democratic National Committee chief Howard Dean called "complete nonsense" the suggestion by NBC's David Gregory that a Democratic nominee chosen by party elites would be undemocratic.
MarkF | March 5, 2008
Appearing on "Hardball," Newsweek's Evan Thomas claimed that contrary to Hillary Clinton's "it's 3 a.m." ad, at that hour she would be angry or icy, not steady and cool.