Last Tuesday, on the heels of his worst week as governor, Andrew Cuomo unveiled yet another new plan to renovate the catacomb of misery known as Penn Station. On the surface, Cuomo’s announcement to build a new station using the … Continue reading
It’s been quite a week for St. Louis and the Rams, with St. Louis’s plans for a new stadium to keep the Rams in St. Louis, and also the Rams’ plans to move to Los Angeles, as well as the … Continue reading
You probably missed it if you’re not keeping up with the daily news from Alberta, Canada—in which case, you’re also missing all sorts of excitement over the provincial official who called his health minister “morbidly obese” on Facebook—but two Mondays … Continue reading
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is wearing two hats at the moment. On the one hand, he’s running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, on a platform of being the guy who successfully reined in state spending, beating public employee unions … Continue reading
For readers who turned to today’s New York Times site (4/28/15) this morning for news of the ongoing Baltimore protests following the death in police custody of Freddie Gray, they found a terrifying tale of rioters throwing cinder blocks at … Continue reading
The battle over whether the St. Louis Rams get a new stadium, move back to Los Angeles, or must endure yet another season in their oh my God almost 20-year-old building just got even freakier. The melodrama has already featured … Continue reading
When the Washington, D.C. city council unanimously approved spending $183 million in cash and tax breaks on a new stadium for D.C. United earlier this month, reactions were split, to say the least. Some in the media celebrated a long-awaited … Continue reading
If there’s one thing the media seem certain about this election season, it’s that the choice between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will come down to one thing: the economy.The “rhetorical debate question” from Ronald Reagan’s debate with Jimmy Carter, … Continue reading
The June issue of Extra! is out, and with it my article on how coverage of state budget battles back in the spring swept under the rug the question of how much of the budget crises were caused by past … Continue reading
If you’ve been wondering where my non-baseball writing has gone to recently, I have a bunch of stuff in the pipeline that’s going to start showing up in print (and in pixels) in coming weeks. And the first of these … Continue reading