In which I learn from the comment thread that metric jokes don’t go over very well in the U.S.: While CC (or as I prefer to think of him, mL) Sabathia was raising eyebrows with the figure $160 million, even … Continue reading
Fun with Google caching! Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion is “in hot water” after blurting out to Yale students that he’d already been picked for a top job in the Obama administration, as well as the target of “an anti-Adolfo … Continue reading
Ever since news broke that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich allegedly tried to trade Wrigley Field stadium subsidies for getting Chicago Tribune editorial board writers fired, I’ve been getting lots of calls from radio stations on the topic. So far the … Continue reading
Another day, another subsidy demand by New York’s sports teams: The blogosphere is hopping with news that the Yankees and Mets are looking to get additional tax-free bonds for their new stadiums. Read carefully, though, and you’ll notice they aren’t … Continue reading
I review Joel Berg’s new book “All You Can Eat: How Hungry Is America?” If there’s anyone in America who knows more about the politics of hunger than Joel Berg, they’re well hidden. First as a top staffer in the … Continue reading
The short answer: Only if your business is netting more than a quarter-mil a year. Which pretty much rules out any American businesses this year. Joe the Plumber must be pleased: President-elect Barack Obama has recently hinted he’ll delay his … Continue reading
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
E-mail records reveal that the Bloomberg administration traded parking spaces and billboard revenue for a free luxury suite for city officials; who got the better of the swap? It was buried about as far as you can bury something without … Continue reading
The Florida Marlins put off their new stadium for a year, after previously saying that they couldn’t wait another second, as they were being evicted: It’s hard to get too excited about given that the thing was originally supposed to … Continue reading
It’s the moment none of us were waiting for: Astroland’s rides have begun to be packed away for what’s almost certainly the last time. Take a look at Astroland from a passing Q train, and you might not notice anything … Continue reading