Earlier this year, former governor David Paterson announced he was joining the faculty of NYU. Now it turns out he'll be a visiting professor teaching a seminar called, "The Art of Governing," which might possibly be code for "Being Dysfunctional in Albany" or "Admitting Coke Usage, Affairs Days After Becoming Governor."
The Wall Street Journal reports, "The new course will meet once a week for 2½ hours and is open to freshmen students enrolled in the College of Arts and Science's honors program. Mr. Paterson will offer students a 'view into the day-to-day working knowledge of politics,' according to a course guide." Originally, Paterson wanted to teach history but was convinced to teach about the sausage factory known as Albany; he told the WSJ that usually courses on the government are "either excessively academic or they don't seem to have any direction at all... It's not always political horse-trading, or quid pro quos. It's using creativity to find a way to get people to work on the same page."
It's unclear if the course will cover "Waiting to Fire Your Staffer Who Beat Up His Girlfriend," "Lying About Free World Series Tickets," Signing 6,709 Line Item Vetoes," "That Time I Was Maybe Going To Make Caroline Kennedy Senator" or "My Aide Couldn't File His Taxes On Time."
