The Women’s Rest Room and Abortion
By Dr. Donna Schaper Call me a drama queen or call me a woman. At least call me focused: I have one thing I want […]
Eating the Brand
By David Porat Lexus, Starbucks and Restoration Hardware (RH) are all trying to make friends by tickling your taste buds and satiating your tummy. All […]
Kill the Zombie Park Already, Part VI: “I support affordable housing, but…”
By Alec Pruchnicki As the process to build the affordable and low-income housing called Haven Green on Elizabeth Street continues, Community Board 2 has held […]
Depressed About Trump? Go on Jury Duty
By J. Taylor Basker I received the dreaded letter demanding that I show up for grand jury duty right after the New Year. I had […]
It’s My Turn
By James Lincoln Collier In the recent rather rambling chase for the presidency, there seemed to be a good deal of feeling abroad that it […]
In Defense of Google
Dear Editors: I don’t agree with the sentiment that Google employees work online (WestView, January 2019) and on the phone and therefore don’t need a […]
Seniors in Our City Can Have Scary Choices to Make
By Arthur Z. Schwartz In mid-December I got a worried phone call from George Capsis. An older woman (who I will call Fran for purposes […]
Notes From Away: War Story
By Tom Lamia I write on the day of the memorial service for George H.W. Bush. Today and during the preceding four days, many have […]
If Only God Had Money
By George Capsis Carol Yost, who scans the news with a mesh grid, sent me a Daily News article of November 26 that offered that tenants and […]
Don’t Just Sit There, Resist—Part VIII: The Trump Effect
For each action in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction. —Newton’s third law. By Alec Pruchnicki After the Electoral College put President Trump […]
Jerusalem: No Winners
TAGS: POLITICS, NEWS, OPINION By J. Taylor Basker I have lived and worked in the Middle East since 2007, teaching at an American university in […]
Marcus Welby is Dead
By Alec Pruchnicki, MD During the 1970s when Marcus Welby, M.D. was on TV, I seldom watched it. But, the image of Welby as the […]
“I Have What?” A Toxic Diagnosis
By A. I. Freeman At this year’s annual physical, the doctor entered the examination room with a grim expression. He said, “Tests confirm you have the onset of […]
Don’t Just Sit There, Resist—Part VII: Elections Have Consequences
By Alec Pruchnicki The wheels of justice are slow to move, but when they do they grind exceedingly small. —popular axiom. The people of the […]
Glyphosate in Greenwich Village?
By Robert Klein Jr. Glyphosate is used more than any other herbicide in the world, thanks to Monsanto (now Bayer), and it has been detected […]
Who Else Did 9/11?
By Mark Channing Miller The US attorney’s office has just agreed to take another look at who did 9/11. The accepted view is that a […]
Bring Back Bleecker
By Robert Ragaini From the Summer 2018 newsletter of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation “The transformation of and vacancies on Bleecker Street have […]
The Story Emerges
By Tom Lamia Life everywhere has resembled a bad novel these past two years. Bad, but with all the ingredients needed for commercial appeal: good […]