Gail Collins, New York Times columnist who visits this Tuesday, 4/30, writes about political corruption in New York.
"The charges involve politicians acting in such an insanely stupid way, it shatters our longstanding confidence that taking money was the one thing they know how to do well."
More: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/06/opinion/collins-a-new-era-in-political-corruption.html?_r=0
More about her visit: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/collins_gail13.html