The USS New York is paying a call to the city for which she is named. This newest addition to the Navy is a San Antonio class amphibious assault launch craft, which means she will be packed to the gills… Continue Reading
Problem: You’re in custody for multiple armed robberies. This kind of sucks. You’d much rather be out at your liberty in the big, big city of New York. Solution: Wear a nice suit, politely and calmly ask a deputy where… Continue Reading
I offered the previous post because I found all the 9/11 rememberances popping up on my blog reader this morning morose and depressing, focusing on the violence of the attacks, the tragic loss of life, and the horror of that… Continue Reading
It seems cruel and evil to wish another person dead. But in this case, I’ll make an exception. Pakistani intelligence suspects that the leader of al-Qaeda is dead, and if they’re right, that is frankly cause for celebration. Especially on… Continue Reading
I am more than a little bit aghast at reading about the caloric and financial excesses chronicled at the New Yankee Stadium. Yet the author is right — this is somehow the very essence of what New York is about.… Continue Reading
When I travel by plane, I do not pay all that much attention to the part of the safety briefing about a water landing. Frankly, I’ve always assumed that if a plane went down in the water, it would simply… Continue Reading
But some laughably bad ones, at that. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke today at Columbia University in New York, having previously been denied permission to go to Ground Zero and lay a wreath there, ostensibly to pay respect to the… Continue Reading
Rudy Giuliani has quickly, and without formally declaring his candidacy, become the front-runner for the Republican nomination for President in 2008. How do I know this is true? Because the New York Times has run its first hatchet job of… Continue Reading
All of this week (and much of last) has been spent in reflection and rememberance of the attacks on America five years ago. It’s preferable to think about the future, however; certainly we should not forget but we also should… Continue Reading