On the ground in Manhattan after 9/11
Life in Manhattan, September 2001
Manhattan
Monday
Tuesday
Can COVID-19 tell whether a protest is progressive?
Clearly the virus targets especially working-class and middle-class workplaces and industries…
Monday
In defense of drinking in the street
It’s the only good thing to come out of lockdown
Wednesday
Bill de Blasio unites cops and protesters — in disgust
Andrew Cuomo deserves a share of the blame too
Tuesday
Mayhem in Manhattan
Last night’s property damage was, by most accounts, worse than Sunday’s
Tuesday
In Central Park, an unstoppable Karen meets the immovable Karen
The outrage mob destroys one of its own
Thursday
Born again: My Year of Rest and Relaxation, by Ottessa Moshfegh, reviewed
For all her wise-cracking, the history of parental neglect, bereavement and social savagery that has brought her low is genuinely affecting.
