Now that's something to be nostaligic for

Revisionism note: On the advice of a commenter (see below), I reread Cullen's column. And the commenter is right: Cullen isn't longing for the old days, even though his first few paragraphs seem that way. Instead, he's explaining that what mobsters we have left are probably getting away with stuff because the feds are reluctant to launch investigations that would only lead to Connolly-esque sins of the FBI past coming up in court again. At least, that's what I'm thinking now. However, I still think the city would benefit from a columnist who spends more time investigating today's crop of murdering, drug-running thugs rather than worrying about the Big Cheese. My original, snarkier, comment below the jump:

So Kevin Cullen misses the good old days when our gangsters rivaled New York's for their murderous viciousness. It's kind of a weird column for somebody who's written so movingly about the victims of violence in the past. Perhaps Kevin needs to spend less time rhapsodizing over old Mafiosi and Winter Hill informants and more time out on the streets with some of today's brand of murderous, increasingly vicious thugs.