Two blow dryers

The Good, the Fair, and the Right

Sometimes doing what’s fair doesn’t result in doing good. Smart people analyze how this counter-intuitive truth…

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SIR Tottenville

SIR: Tottenville, Staten Island

Saturday, March 26, 2011 Holy end-of-the-line, Batman, Staten Island is really far away! Like, it’s another…

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Times Square NYC

NYC Trivia

After 9-11, there was a brief period during which the rest of the country liked New…

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Everyone is Jumping

It’s the Israel Day Parade, and I’m on unicycle. Well, actually it’s before the parade, and…

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Welcome to Bay Ridge

R: Bay Ridge/95th Street, Brooklyn

Sunday, March 20, 2011 Ooph. No beautiful glowing glass art at this station. The first thing…

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L 14th St

L: 14th Street/8th Avenue, Manhattan

Friday, March 18, 2011 This trip feels oddly important. It’s the first time we’ve finished both…

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6 train last stop

6: Pelham Bay Park, the Bronx

Monday, February 21, 2011 We went to Manhattan. We went to Queens. Now we’ve gone to…

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You Are Here: Middle Village location MTA map

M: Middle Village, Metropolitan Ave., Queens

Saturday, February 19, 2011 Yesterday kids were playing basketball outdoors in t-shirts and shorts, but today…

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Bernie Goetz

Subway Shooting

When I was a kid one time in the playground someone started shooting at us. We…

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NYC subway token

Tokens

When the subway fare went up from $1.25 to $1.50, the Transit Authority issued a new…

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