Thursday, August 30, 2018

What a Con Wants ...

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... is Ivy League graduates, apparently. Allow me to explain. Donald Trump is an obvious fraud, a con man (Trump University, anyone...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Is Louis CK Back?

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Digital Gentrification: The End of "Taxicab Confessions"

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Gentrification isn't just happening to the NYC streets, skyline, and pocket books -- now it's hit our TV. Specifically HBO. ...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Memo from NYC

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Another title for this post might be "Profiles in Shame, Weirndness, and Dignity." Today we live in a culture defined by thes...
Monday, August 27, 2018

Neil Simon RIP

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Few playwrights were as prolific, successful, and intrinsically New York as Neil Simon. His plays were funny, moving, and exposed the ...

US Open @ 50

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The US Open has started out in Flushing, Queens and this is the 50th anniversary of the famous tennis event. Here's some fun facts abo...

John McCain RIP

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Never voted for the man but he was a giant of American public life and a great patriot. He was about service and country ahead of every...

Back from Arcadia

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The radio silence has ended. The blog is back in business. I've returned from my personal nirvana or, as I like to pretentiousl...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Fusion Craziness

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So much of NYC and New York State politics is crazy but a lot of it has nothing to do with politicians but the structural forces they opera...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

NYC Blackout: 15 Year Ago Today

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