My latest column for The New York Post. On the weekend’s protests:

This weekend’s protests against the Republican National Convention were full of anger, radicalism, theatrics, crudeness, humor and comradery.

In other words, they looked a lot like America . . . or at least New York City.

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There’s something profoundly satisfying about watching Upper-West-Side grandmothers, Baby-Boomer lawyers, washed-up hippies, anti-war libertarians, radical-queer anarchists, college kids from Illinois, anti-trade activists and suburban New Jersey families all in the same place.

Read the rest here.