Radical City Council member Charles Barron has set his sights on retiring Representative Ed Town’s seat in Congress in next week’s special election. The prospect of Mr. Baron, the flame-throwing former Black Panther, going to Washington led a slew of New York politicians—including former Mayor Ed Koch and Congressman Jerrold Nadler—to call him out for his inflammatory anti-Israel rhetoric over the years and his support of a bevy of dictators. The Daily Beast runs down the eccentric politician’s likes and dislikes, from Robert Mugabe to Wal-Mart.
