The Playground Skill I Hope to Learn from my Four-year-old
Yesterday, after dropping by my wife’s job at CNN in Columbus Circle, our four-year-old daughter jumped eagerly in the Time Warner lobby: can we…
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One Century In The Shadow of the Great War
This past Saturday was the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Imperial…
June 30, 2014 -
Matt Lauer’s Full of It
Matt Lauer‘s a decent interviewer, and clearly a successful broadcaster. But he’s full of it if he thinks it wasn’t a classic example of…
June 30, 2014
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How did this column get its name, and what does THAT have to do with the Invention of The Beastie Boys?
Now, there is a reason these piles of sad, frightened, adamant, arrogant, deeply opinionated and frequently dilettante-ish words are…
June 27, 2014 -
Meringue, Merengue, and Further Evidence that the New York Times is Edited by Chimps (and not the cute suit-wearing kind)
In yesterday’s New York Times, an article about the heated congressional race between Charles Rangel and Adriano D. Espaillat…
June 26, 2014 -
Noise, The Column: If Only I Was Thor!
Apparently, I have a very similar email address to a Norwegian named Thor Sommerseth. Not infrequently, I receive emails…
June 25, 2014 -
Noise, The Column: The Long Echo of Steve Rossi and Stuart Sutcliffe
The incredible Josh Alan Friedman, one of the greatest annotators of the spirit of New York City, once wrote…
June 24, 2014 -
Noise, The Column: Dear NYTimes.com Are You Freaking Kidding Me?
On Saturday, I clicked on nytimes.com hoping for two simple things: an insightful piece marking the 50th anniversary of…
June 23, 2014 -
Hot Bird Bans Children, Reigniting the Kids in Bars Debate in Brooklyn, But It’s Really About Something Else
The New York Post reported today that Clinton Hill’s Hot Bird has “banned” children from the bar. The paper…
May 21, 2014 -
What Julian Castro Told Us About Running for President
Back in 2009, we got to interview San Antonio mayor Julian Castro, who is said to be President Obama’s…
May 19, 2014