The Press Holds a Mirror up to Cuomo
By George Capsis The ultimate and fatal flaw in women is their emotions and in men it is their egos. A woman sees “truth” […]
Bump in the West Village
By George Capsis I returned from the weekend to see an enormous BUMP sign painted in white just outside my desk window. Soon after, a […]
You Don’t Pay Me Enough to Think
By George Capsis As I reached the kitchen counter to make morning coffee for our French guests, Isabelle and Kumiko, I glanced through the […]
July VID Meeting Brings New Proposals
On Thursday, July 9th, the Village Independent Democrats met in St. John’s Church on Christopher Street. Club Vice President Linda Jacobson substituted for several absent […]
No Avatar City
By George Capsis On NY1 a very intense Mark Peters, the city’s Commissioner of Investigation, was cataloguing the horrors in the city homeless shelters […]
“One if by Land” Defaced
ARCHWAY REMOVED WHILE OWNERS ARE AWAY: In early July, while the owners were away in Europe, the company leasing the West Village restaurant at […]
Race and the City
The Crisis Continues By Arthur Z. Schwartz I had an interesting experience a couple months ago, entering the R Train at City Hall, just before […]
Lenox Health Passes First Year Anniversary
By Alec Pruchnicki, MD On July 17th, the Lenox Hill Healthplex, now to be renamed Lenox Health Greenwich Village, celebrated the first anniversary of […]
Bernie Sanders Can Be Elected President. Amazing!
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Last Sunday, I ran into a neighbor who I hadn’t seen in a while, and she said: “Are you really […]
Father Walter’s Private Passion
Intro By George Capsis “Please, I want you to meet Father Walter” was the daily refrain from Nelida Godfrey—the diminutive fount of energy fighting […]
St. Vincent’s Triangle Gets a New Park
By Brian J. Pape West Village residents and tourists will soon welcome a new public park on the site where the Loew’s Sheridan Theatre, […]
Now Get Out
By Keith Michael Summer is golden. Millie hruffs inside from a sweltering walk, shedding a trail of fur-wisps behind her. Corgis were bred for […]
Bringing Poetry to the People
Greenwich House Joins with Poets House By Joseph Salas The New Country By Edith Merle cold and unwelcoming as unrelenting as the falling snow […]
Food is love
By John Barrera Have you ever cooked for someone and noticed the other person’s face? I can almost guarantee that person was smiling. How […]
Summer in the City: Not a Bad Place to Dine
By David Porat August in the city, with weather being cooperative, is a great time to enjoy restaurants that are not as easily available at […]
An Orgy of Killing Discovers the Brotherhood of Life
By Erwin H. Lerner Not very many of us truly can Remember Pearl Harbor, or even recall the Korean War for that matter. […]
I’m Mad at You, George
By George Capsis “I’m mad at you, George—you told Carol Yost that just because she was old she didn’t need to live in the […]