When Irina Kom parts the exotic pink and gold silk curtain to reveal her living room-cum-bedroom-cum-dance studio, the incense refreshes the senses like a walk in a spring shower.
President Obama, through luck, talent, and a Clintonian ability to adapt to new times, appears to have the proverbial nine lives of a cat.
In the undeniably partisan climate of today's American political scene, the idea of Democrats and Republicans coming together definitely seems novel and different. But was it really?
Winter majestically enters, making his presence known with oblique light bestowed upon a peaceful land set in the middle of sparkle.
Christmas comes but once a year, and the mob always tries to make the most of it. That's the finding of a waterfront probe that has now spanned two holiday seasons.
Due to my own procrastination, this guide is woefully late for Chanukah (I apologize), but just in time for all those celebrating (tolerating) Christmas, Kwanzaa, and my personal favorite, Festivus.
Does Bloomberg regard himself as a Rupert Murdoch of the political center or a presidential candidate in waiting? Or is he just afraid of becoming irrelevant?
The NY City Council's Progressive Caucus has introduced a plan to place a temporary city/state income tax surcharge on the wealthiest -- precisely the amount of the tax windfall they will get under the new tax plan.
On September 11, 2001 and in the weeks that followed, thousands of Americans reported to the site of the World Trade Center to help in whatever way they could. These heroes did not let us down 9 years ago, but on December 9th, the US Senate let them down.
A number of seafood-centric writers and scientists recently gathered to tackle a not-so-common question: Can New York seafood be local again?
New York is not particularly efficient at supplying even needed services, like public schools and home health care. The idea that it could deliver quality, low-cost OTB was so ridiculous as to be almost touching.
Mars Bar, the East Village dive, long a haven for punks and outcasts, will be replaced by an apartment building. The pangs of loss have been reverberating through the city. This is a big one.
Watching The Scottsboro Boys, I was made painfully aware of my own racism. I judge people by their skin color, their religion, their sexual orientation. The fact is, we all do; it doesn't make us bad people -- it makes us human.
Now is as good a time as any to think about whether the high school "match" system created by Schools Chancellor Joel Klein should survive.
You don't have to be a Trotskyite to see that Mika Rottenberg's provocative video is politically problematic on a number of levels. Her indictment of Western managerial exploitation? It leaves much to be desired.
A ruling is expected in New York City as early as this week. But regardless, it's safe to say that the current teacher-evaluation system is broken -- and that value-added analysis is here to stay.
The first scandal of the Bloomberg administration has exploded publicly. It comes with the indictment of six individuals for a series of crimes involving the theft of millions of dollars.
Will Yao Ming ever play again? The big Houston center, who's been sidelined with a bone bruise, now has a fractured ankle. He's out indefinitely.
Ed Koch, 2010.12.21
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