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And Now for Something Completely Different… Bed Bugs
By Luce My History of Medicine professor immediately caught my attention this semester by suggesting we think about the sudden increase in bed bug coverage in the New York Times as representative of...
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The New York Post’s Complete 100% Consistency on Sex Work
By Wiz I probably shouldn’t be taking the bait about stuff like this, but every morning on my way to the subway I peruse the daily tabloids. The last two days, the New York Post– everyone’s favorite...
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Tony Judt’s New York, and Yours
by Weiner Like Tupac Shakur, the late Tony Judt keeps pumping out hits even after his death. His latest, an op-ed in the New York Times about his love of New York City, is absolutely brilliant. The...
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Consider the Hipster
by Luce There is a certain joy to be found in contemplating the hipster, perhaps even universal for any who have had the dubious privilege of living in their vicinity. Figuring out where they “live” is...
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A Very Fair Comparison of NYC and Cambridge
by Luce This blog might have a history of ragging on Boston (or Cambridge) in favor of New York, and I might feel a little lousy contributing to it, but after having spent my first “working week” (as...
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The Euro Crisis, Geography, and Globalization: Is Ireland like Detroit?
By Wiz There’s a lot to chew on in Paul Krugman’s new magnum opus on the failures of the Euro. But I wanted to riff off this point he makes: “America, we know, has a currency union that works, and we...
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The Critic is a Judge, the Judge is an Academic
by Luce It’s already known that for Janet Malcolm, no profession is sacred, not even her own. Yet while remaining hyper-aware of her role as journalist in her latest book Iphigenia in Forest Hills,...
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Two Cops, DSK, and DNA: Evidence and Experience in the Courtroom
Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata, the two NY cops charged with raping a woman, after their acquittal. by Luce For a while the alleged rape of a New York hotel maid by the now ex-managing director of...
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History in the Neighbourhood: Jumel Terrace of Washington Heights
by David Morris-Jumel Mansion, built in 1765, the oldest house in Manhattan I live in Columbia med school housing up in Washington Heights. It’s convenient for my wife, Julie, who goes to Columbia...
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Patsy’s: Neighbourhood History through Pizza
by David Mmm... pizza... Just ate at Patsy’s Pizzeria in Spanish Harlem with my wife and my parents. Founded in 1933, Patsy’s is one of only two coal-oven pizzerias in Manhattan (they’re no longer...
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