The downfall of Niagara Falls
The city, not the waterfall, which remains a source of utter befuddlement
New york
Tuesday
Monday
My New York nightmare
I’m back in a city where you can’t walk alone after dark. Thank you, Democrats!
The delight of Only Murders in the Building
In some ways, the series is about itself: the fun of following along with an investigation, however grisly
Sunday
Robert Icke’s smart pairing
The British director offers seven hours of Hamlet and Oresteia
Friday
The attack on Salman Rushdie is an ominous warning
The danger seemed to have passed but extremists continue to plague the world
Wednesday
Requiem for the New York Karen
You see it everywhere: the masks are gone, the social distancing signs have abated
Thursday
Throwing curveballs
Race and sex in Paradise Square and Take Me Out
Walking around the Ukrainian Village
Self-reliance is an old Ukrainian virtue, one the rest of the world is now seeing in action
Sunday
Trump isn’t guilty in Georgia either
Or New York or DC or…
Friday
Covid is over — if you’re famous and good at sports
Eric Adams invents new rules for the richest people in New York
Thursday
Anthony Weiner rises again
The disgraced New York congressman still has a need to be seen
The United States of Uber
What a delight when a driver tells you not to mask up
A eulogy for the Democrats of yore
Remember the last invigorating spasm before the body of the party achieved corpsehood?
Wednesday
Hands up if you want Andrew Cuomo to be governor again
The handsy ex-pol is considering a challenge to his replacement
Friday
The restaurant that set Miami ablaze
Café Habana came to town extolling Castro, and Cuban Americans pushed back
Saturday
The conservative case for reparations?
GOP candidate says conservatives need to ‘have a conversation’
Saturday
Goodbye Bill de Blasio, New York-hating communist
The outgoing mayor was disastrous from day one
Monday
Staten my preference
Staten Island offers the spiritual antonym to elitist performances such as the Met Gala and the Oscars that peddle a distortion of American life
Mark Twain in Buffalo
Mark Twain would be hopelessly out of favor with both wings of the modern duopoly
Bring back New York
The best city in the world is in decline and its denizens don’t seem to notice