Politics

David Brooks on “The Formerly Middle Class”

Posted to Politics on the topic of Readings on 18 November 2008, with no comments so far.

This is provocative: I’d been wondering whether the recession will cause people to bond more, socialize more, become less isolated. David Brooks writes in his column yesterday that he thinks, on the contrary, it will cause more anomie.

Yes, Please Tax Our Bags

Posted to Food on the topic of NYC on the topic of Politics on 7 November 2008, with 1 comment so far.

Three cheers for Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to charge six cents for every plastic shopping bag given out in the city. Even (especially?) if it drives down plastic bag use rather than raising a lot of money for the city, it will still be a big victory in my opinion.
I’ve always been appalled by NYC’s avid [...]

Union Square Greenmarket, October 24

Posted to Images on the topic of NYC on the topic of Politics on 30 October 2008, with no comments so far.

I’m endorsing Obama endorsing arugula.