Rantings of a New Yorker

Kids are just as safe as they were in the 1970s, but we have created such a culture of fear that most parents can’t even comprehend sending their kid across the street without help, yet alone all the way across town. A prime example is Lenore Skenazy, who let her kid ride the subway in [...]

The Washington Post explains why it’s so expensive to be poor. The poorer you are, the more things cost. More in money, time, hassle, exhaustion, menace. This is a fact of life that reality television and magazines don’t often explain. “The poor pay more for a gallon of milk; they pay more on a capital [...]

Photos of NYC’s plans to go green. Trees in urban environments provide shade, help contribute to cleaner air, reduce asthma-causing pollution and add to the city’s overall beauty.

An explosion hit a bench outside Starbucks on the upper east side, causing law enforcement officials to worry over whether this is similar to past events. The time of day echoed that of a pattern of unsolved early morning blasts that have occurred outside the British Consulate, the Mexican Consulate and the Armed Forces recruiting [...]

A very interesting panorama of the Situation Room, which is to be used for emergencies.

The LIFE Archive has a collection of historical photos of the Brooklyn Navy Yard that’s quite interesting.

It’s the water, silly!  It’s also the same reason the bagels are so good.