Despite a court ruling ordering New York state to give New York City more money to reduce class sizes, city officials have resisted doing so: For public school parents, last week’s declaration by Gov. Paterson that next year’s state budget … Continue reading
As much as I hate to write about hunger during hunger season, it’s a key moment in what’s becoming a growing crisis, with need on the rise and donations on the wane: Just to dispel any misconceptions: There were no … Continue reading
Barack Obama hasn’t talked much about tax policy since his run-in with Joe the Plumber, but one of his biggest challenges will be fixing a system where the tax burden is increasingly skewed toward the little guy: Barack Obama, it’s … Continue reading
Is the sports bubble about to pop? It’s probably too soon to tell, but that won’t stop me from reading the tea leaves. Sports are all about omens. All it takes is for a baseball player to get called out … Continue reading
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg got his way last week when the city council voted to overturn term limits and allow him to run for a third term. He should be careful what he wishes for. When Fiorello LaGuardia was … Continue reading
In case you haven’t heard, New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg is pulling out all the stops to change the city’s term-limits law so he can seek a third term in office. The city council held public hearings last Thursday and … Continue reading
Once again, not my headline. (Mine was something about not giving it “a free pass” – baseball reference, get it?) In any case, though, even if we’re not really all at risk by shortstops rampaging across the land with bats … Continue reading
The bailout bill isn’t exactly working wonders, but one longtime Wall Street critic still think it was a necessary first step: When millions were cheering on the House of Representatives last week for initially saying no to the Wall Street … Continue reading
Now that the House of Representatives has torpedoed the Wall Street bailout bill, maybe they’ll be ready to consider the modest proposal I put forth in this week’s Metro column: Washington scrambled this past week to approve a $700 billion … Continue reading
The economy is crashing harder than Travis Barker’s plane, so why are some New Yorkers breathing a sigh of relief? I’d say it was about 15 minutes after Lehman Brothers suffered total existence failure that I got the first instant … Continue reading