Francis Menton is a retired attorney and long-time resident of New York City.   

I found his blog "Manhattan Contrarian" a while back and really enjoy reading his views on a wide range of subjects including; poverty, energy policy, the environment, critical race theory, income inequality, and even Trump.  

He writes new articles a few times a week and I have not read one yet that was not interesting or that I did not learn something new.  I asked him to come and he agreed. We had a wide-ranging discussion about NYC politics, schools, energy policy, China, CRT, and of course some Trump.   

I hope you will check out his writing at:  https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/