Is Anthony Weiner Ready to Go Another Round?

The return of Anthony Weiner raises Big Societal Questions, and if that’s your thing, have at it. Then there’s this: Weiner is the cherry atop one of the most absurd primary seasons in New York City history. When Weiner left prison in 2020, a friend who owned the place and believed in employing the formerly incarcerated installed Weiner as its CEO. Technocratic intolerance for disorder was last a thing in New York City during the Bloomberg administration, but it’s hardly novel. “You know, usually we associate firebrands with an extreme kind of thing,” Weiner said.