The United States is in a speech war. Normally, human beings fight over money or land or love, but that is not what is happening today. Today, people are fighting over words. People’s lives are being ...

Mr. Rohatyn is the chief executive of the Rohatyn Group, an investment company. New York City has had nine mayors in my lifetime (since I was born in 1960), soon to be 10; none, until now, has ...