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Would L.A. be better off without the Olympics? – LA Times

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Neil deMause

As epic collapses go, Boston’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics wins points for speed, if nothing else. On Monday, Mayor Marty Walsh announced that he didn’t intend to sign the International Olympic Committee’s required pledge to cover any cost … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Olympics, Op-eds

The NFL’s stadium game is heading overseas (Washington Post)

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Neil deMause

When news broke recently that the London football club (that’s soccer to us Yanks) Tottenham Hotspur was thinking of designing its new stadium to be fit for American football (that’s football), several thoughts no doubt ran through the minds of … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Football, Op-eds, Stadiums and Arenas

For New York, Taxing Rich Could Be Lesser of Evils

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Neil deMause

This article almost, but not quite, made it into a publication that shall remain nameless. Kill fee in hand, I now make it available to you here, free of charge. On the scale of recent Albany misdeeds – Client 9, … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Op-eds, Tax policy

Abortions — only for the rich? (Metro NY)

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Neil deMause

The Stupak Amendment follows in the long, sad tradition of restricting abortion access by class: Back when the debate over health care reform began — I believe it was a Tuesday, in the late Pleistocene — nobody expected that it … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Op-eds, Reproductive Rights

NYC: A view from the basement (Metro NY)

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Neil deMause

Sure, Brooklyn has become fashionable on Mayor Bloomberg’s watch, but can he make it livable? A few years back, when the New York real estate market still looked within reach of, say, itinerant op-ed writers, I got to spend some … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Housing, Op-eds, Welfare and Poverty

What next for Coney Island? (Metro NY)

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Neil deMause

Still more on Coney Island, this time an analysis of how we got here for Metro: It’s happy time in Coney Island! Sure, Astroland is still a vacant lot, as are the former batting cages and go-cart rides, and even … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Coney Island, Op-eds

No crayons, no peace (Metro NY)

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Neil deMause

Why public schools need their own bailout. And pay no attention to that other guy who ripped off my topic today. At my son’s elementary school, the news that Gov. Paterson is proposing $223 million in midyear cuts to city … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Education, Obama Administration, Op-eds

Illin’ in the Workplace (Metro NY)

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Neil deMause

There’s nothing like getting sick to make you appreciate the hazards of getting sick: I caught a cold last week. No, it was not the swine flu. Though my head felt like it was going to explode, and I ran … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Labor, Op-eds, Public health

Good Riddance Olympics (Metro NY)

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Neil deMause

Not everybody who’s happy Chicago didn’t get the 2016 Olympics is a right-wing Obama-hating loon: And so President Obama spent a day in Copenhagen for nothing: The 2016 Olympics will be held in Rio, not Chicago. Adding insult to injury, … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Olympics, Op-eds

The Heat Is On to Fix Our Climate (Metro NY)

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Neil deMause

Concern about global climate change isn’t actually doing much yet to forestall disaster: Remember global warming? It seems like only yesterday that we were watching bits of Antarctica flake off into the ocean — not to mention even less-gripping sights, … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Climate Change, Op-eds

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