I fully support the legalization of marijuana! Alcohol is far more dangerous, leading to car accidents, myriad health problems, and even exacerbating domestic abuse. Plus, think of all the revenue the state could use to fix the MTA or for public schools or for housing the homeless! Also, how can New York be so behind on this issue!? Come on, Cuomo!
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Ms Haber man, you set the Record Straight, every time. Thank you
Maggie, you are tenacious and as you said in your advice, fearless. Thank you for all you do to keep us informed and our leaders accountable. AND you are a mom of three! #WonderWoman
This seems to be Maggie Haberman day all around. She was on TV while I was having breakfast (well, my coffee anyway), now she was just on again while I was breaking for lunch!
A friend just reminded me today of the time Ms. Haberman's father was standing on the line just a few people ahead of me for the ferry to Governors Island to go see a full-day play. She says I was excited to be on the same boat as Clyde Haberman, but I sounded more like a teenager who’d just spotted Bobby Sherman or Donny Osmond in person instead of seeing a renowned newsman. (Guess that makes me the product of my own parents’ odd priorities when it comes to who’s a celebrity!)
A friend just reminded me today of the time Ms. Haberman's father was standing on the line just a few people ahead of me for the ferry to Governors Island to go see a full-day play. She says I was excited to be on the same boat as Clyde Haberman, but I sounded more like a teenager who’d just spotted Bobby Sherman or Donny Osmond in person instead of seeing a renowned newsman. (Guess that makes me the product of my own parents’ odd priorities when it comes to who’s a celebrity!)
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Here is why Maggie Haberman is a great reporter.
She is a throwback to the great reporters of the past both in print and TV.
Yet she is also as new and fresh as any young reporter around.
She is always gracious even under circumstances that would try the patience of Job.
Never does she lose her "cool" and never does she voice the slightest falsehoods or engage in the narrow minded concept of "fake news."
If a young person's dream is to be a reporter they need to look no further than Maggie Haberman and make a commitment to read and listen to everything she does. Period!
She is a throwback to the great reporters of the past both in print and TV.
Yet she is also as new and fresh as any young reporter around.
She is always gracious even under circumstances that would try the patience of Job.
Never does she lose her "cool" and never does she voice the slightest falsehoods or engage in the narrow minded concept of "fake news."
If a young person's dream is to be a reporter they need to look no further than Maggie Haberman and make a commitment to read and listen to everything she does. Period!
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We have a market bigger then California just in NYC alone.
Billions in taxes and thousands of jobs.
We have a giant upstate region with cheap electricity with an abundance of under employed or unemployed workers.
We have a thriving agriculture industry already in place.
We are in desperate need for revenue for our MTA and public schools.
It would positively impact the opioid epidemic.
It would make one less reason to need to go to Brooklyn which would also help with the L train shut down.
There is no downside.
Billions in taxes and thousands of jobs.
We have a giant upstate region with cheap electricity with an abundance of under employed or unemployed workers.
We have a thriving agriculture industry already in place.
We are in desperate need for revenue for our MTA and public schools.
It would positively impact the opioid epidemic.
It would make one less reason to need to go to Brooklyn which would also help with the L train shut down.
There is no downside.
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Thanks to Ms. Haberman and all her colleagues who work tirelessly to keep us informed.
Long Live The Fourth Estate!
Long Live The Fourth Estate!
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Yes, I am in favor of cannabis legalization for both medical and recreational use. It is more benign than alcohol and with proper regulation will not only raise tax income to the state and help improve transportation and health services, but will also erode the power of mafia-like distributors and prison profiteers. It is a welcome wave of cultural change all over the country and we should join it, add a referendum this November.
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SUMMONS TO HEAVEN
I dreamed I died in my favorite place,
In the driver's seat of my Chevy
And found myself outside heaven's gate,
A rose-and-mum-covered levee.
Although quite strange it was also familiar,
A place so inviting you'd pick it,
With even a strong Park Slope reminder--
On the windshield, a parking ticket.
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Whoever her parents are, the quality of her work stands out. In this piece, for instance, you can blur out the name and the advice is sound. Plenty of people have bright connected parents and don’t go anywhere. Focus on what’s important, people.
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keeping marijuana illegal helps support New York state's (outside NYC) largest industry: prisons.
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I’m s real MH fan, in print and in the cable News scrum , she prevails. And really, this dad discussion - it’s petty. She’s an adult. Not daddy’s little girl.
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It's not petty, and it should have been addressed. Any person who is working in the same field, much less the same organization as a famous parent has to expect it.
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Ms. Haberman is an excellent reporter and has accomplished much.
But with respect to the point of this article, it is relevant to mention that her father was a reporter.
But with respect to the point of this article, it is relevant to mention that her father was a reporter.
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We’ve revised the piece to note that Ms. Haberman’s father was also reporter here. Thanks for the comment!
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To quote a meme turned Twitter profile pic, “HABERS GONNA HABE”
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Since THC can impair driving and is involved with uncountable worker accidents and definitely can impair the developing young brain leading to lifelong underachievement etc--since those things can and do sometimes happen, with legalization should come the kind of labeling, media and commercial warnings that have been effective with tobacco.
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Recently a Republican announced his plan to run against Cuomo on the platform of legalizing cannabis with the proceeds going towards fixing the subways. That is certainly a winning formula in this state.
By amazing coincidence, staunch prohibitionist Cuomo (whose medical cannabis program is a joke) now is looking into full legalization. Wow. This man is the epitome of an opportunist politician. He deserves to lose on this issue alone.
And yes, I support the full legalization of cannabis. Why? Because we have natural rights and the government should only be allowed to restrict our freedoms when it has an overwhelming interest in doing so to protect society at large. Protecting the pharmaceutical, alcoholic beverage, and private-prison industries does not count.
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add deBlasio to opportunist list
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Yes, I support the legalization of cannabis. The idea that it is in the same class of drugs as more potent narcotics is laughable.
One by one, states will legalize, and New York should too, if for no other reason than the money from taxes and licences will go someplace else if we don't.
There are far bigger health risks to be dealt with than this. Let's legalize, take the money the state will get from taxes on the sale and licenses, and use it to improve treatment programs for more dangerous substances.
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Thank you Maggie for your excellence.
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Never be afraid! Go Maggie!
Be who you are, not just as a journalist, but whatever you do. You have one person to see in the mirror and that is you.
I recently was left out of a position on a hospital board, I know, because I am a Democrat who has not spoken publicly about “Party” but about issues which have been supported by “Party” - such as The Affordable Care Act.
This is a rural, for the most part, hospital system. Basically, even though not “spoken” many constituents are Republican.
I was not chosen for a committee position I wanted and definitely would have been the most experienced and skilled candidate. I had served as a volunteer on a subcommittee for three years, and brought to the table suggestions and recommendations I learned through my decades of healthcare and nursing experience for which were used. I had worked in large and small hospitals and numerous community endeavors as well.
When I was not asked to serve on this larger board position, I resigned from the subcommittee.
But I can guarantee it will be someone who will not ask questions, who will not bring Democratic values, even if not identified as Democratic ideas, and who will never say “That is the wrong direction for fair and just healthcare for our communities.”
They know in my senior years, I am not afraid. I am who I am. I’m not a loud mouth or an eccentric, but one who would indeed question and expect answers.
I say, do not be afraid. Be true to yourself. That is the truth.
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Here's one bit of advice Ms. Haberman clearly forgot to mention about breaking into this field, and I say this as a fellow journalist; it doesn't always matter what you know -- but it always matter WHO you know.
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IMHO, adults should be able to decide for themselves whether or not they want to smoke grass. Didn't we learn our lesson early last century with the failure of prohibition? Adults should be responsible for their own health and conduct without a nanny state deciding what is good for them.
Anyway, it will last only until someone creates a report claiming the second hand smoke is hurting others, or that it is influencing children to start smoking. The anti-tobacco people are relentless and will eventually put a stop to it. You can count on that.
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Obviously, you don't know about vaping and all the other forms of cannabis use and shouldn't be speaking on the subject.
Probably marijuana does nothing good for a young brain, but I can say that the second-hand marijuana smoke I breathe, along the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan and in front of where I live, makes me gag. What a noxious stench.
Smells as though I've driven past a dead skunk on a slow country road, with my windows wide open.
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Holy Smokes,
If I am not mistaken she is the daughter of Clyde Haberman, a NYT reporter for many decades. Do you think her Dad's connections might be the reason she in journalism now?
We know ownership of the NYT is a family operations. I'm sure it helps to have a family connection to become a "Trump Whisper ".
Why didn't the writer of the piece at least mention it? Why didn't the editor pick this miss also miss this.
Sometimes breaks in life come from who you know.
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This is such an interesting conundrum, but it’s clear she’s gotten so far beyond that point of being the product of any breaks. She and her work are certainly the product of the great talent she got from the very beginning, but aren’t we all the product of what we’ve done with what we’ve been given, for good, bad or indifferent?
Even the talents we have are results of who happen to be our parents and not our own doing - and no one would ever think to say dismissively that person got their break because of their talents. (I don’t get the difference.)
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Forgive me, it is NOT an interesting conundrum. As has been pointed out elsewhere, it is very often WHO you know rather than WHAT you know, certainly at the start of any career.
Talent, drive, and good fortune are wonderful to have. Everyone needs an "in."
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@Danny: And sometimes the breaks in life come from what's in your DNA plus HARD WORK. Same as if one or both parents are physicians, there's a good chance at least one of their children will become a doctor as well. Same with lawyers, bakers, teachers, nurses, musicians, physicists.
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I appreciate Maggie Haberman's work - but shouldn't the NYT have mentioned here that her father Clyde Haberman was a reporter for the NYT?
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