When the Yankees got permission to build their $1.3 billion stadium complex in a Bronx park, the city promised to provide interim park space for local residents to use until new permanent parks are ready. How’s that working out? About … Continue reading
The public cost of the Yankees’ new “privately funded” stadium goes … you didn’t really think I was going to say “down,” did you? One of the enduring questions about the new Yankee Stadium, now rising like a supersized doppelganger … Continue reading
The Mets mull selling bricks outside their new city-owned stadium. Guess who won’t be getting a share of the cash? The Mets may be locked in a three-way battle for first place in the N.L. East, but don’t let it … Continue reading
Okay, looks like that New Year’s resolution didn’t go all that well. I may switch to a more continuous-blog format for this page shortly; in the meantime, here’s a two-month recap of my doings and whereabouts: I usually start things … Continue reading
In a perfect world, I’d have spent the whole of January wrapping up the manuscript of the new edition of Field of Schemes. (Note to Rob at U of Nebraska Press, if by some chance you’re reading this: Any day … Continue reading
If I’m making a New Year’s resolution, it’s to keep this page updated every month with links to my latest writings and other projects. Not only will that be a better service to you, whoever you might be who’s stumbled … Continue reading
August was a month for two major anniversaries: One year since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, and the 10-year mark since President Clinton signed “welfare reform” into law. Thanks to my Extra! article on poverty coverage in the wake … Continue reading
Whoops – it’s another month now, isn’t it? And I picked a bad month to miss the calendar turning over, given that July was jam-packed with action on the byline front. Let’s start off with my Exclusive with a capital … Continue reading
We were all set to head west for the four-day celebration of freedom for slaveholders, but nature has decided to remind us why they’re called floodplains, so we may go north instead. In the meantime, a recap of my writings … Continue reading
I’ve mentioned this before, but one of the odd things about freelance journalism is that you can be drowning in work, and yet the time lag from research to the printed page means there isn’t much to show for it … Continue reading