... and a proud member for 6 years 39 weeks By day, I work in the bowels of an entity whose clients embody much of what progressives rail against (big media, big oil, big pharma, big financial . . . well, you get the idea). That pays the bills, but it does nothing to nourish the intellect. For that, we have fora like this one. As a native Gothamite (and current resident of Brooklyn), being a contrarian runs in my blood. My goal is not to run the world (or even the city), but merely to be its eminence grise.