The Convention

The Democratic Party’s “virtual” convention last week seems to have gone pretty well. All the stars of the Party’s firmament were on hand and spoke in “virtually” one voice in their assessment of the individual who currently occupies the White House and of his performance in carrying out the duties of the nation’s

“The board is set. The pieces are moving. We come to it at last.”

With these words, Gandalf the White acknowledged that the decisive battle for control over Middle Earth had been joined.[i]

So it is now for the U.S. Presidential election scheduled for November 3, with both major parties having identified their respective

We frequently hear about the many wealthy foreigners who acquire investment interests in New York real property, and the complex tax considerations relating to such investments. Yet, we sometimes forget that there are many US persons outside of NY (New Jersey is still part of the US, right? Oh well) who are drawn to an