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"As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man, upon easier terms than I was formerly."
- Dr. Samuel Johnson, Boswell, Life of Johnson, Sept. 1783
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Eliot "Schadenfreude" Spitzer - or Fractured Fairytales from the Empire State We must say, we rather enjoy the mess Governor Spitzer has created for himself. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Today the steamroller is not only out gas, but appears to have run over his own foot in recent months before coming to a halt on the shoulder. Despite Spitzer's campaign pledge that everything would change, recent months have revealed nothing appears to have changed, and as the State and New York City begin facing the reality that tax revenues are DOWN (we muse sotto voce whether the fact that residents, not counting illegal aliens hoping to get driver's licenses, are leaving the state have had an effect), the music chair of the coming budget fandango should be amusing to behold to all but NY taxpayers as the long line of interest groups Spitzer has made promises to knock on his door to collect. Tuesday, September 11, 2007
"The World Needs Anger." You've probably never heard this statement voiced in polite company in recent time. Yet the common man of just two generations or more ago would have understood it. We here at Angry New Yorker know it to be true. The world DOES need anger. But not the blind, fist-pumping, burn-an-effigy anger all too common in many corners of the world and B-roll footage. Rather, the world needs "righteous anger" that takes umbrage at evil and injustice and channels the angry energy into appropriate action. It's the type of anger we try to cultivate here. So we were pleased to note on an essay by David Rusin in today's Pajamas Media that makes just this point on the anniversary of 9/11. The essay is worth a read, and is entitled "Looking Back in Anger" and quotes Father Bede Jarrett who understood well that, "The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough. " When I was a kid the big question in NYC was, "where were you during the blackout of '77?" In the 21st century the generational question now is, "where were you on 9/11?" I'm sure each of us remembers vividly where we were that morning, though, as to be fully expected, some in America have either unconsciously forgotten or decided consciously to forget. Time has a powerful way of healing all wounds and wounding all heels. And every disaster that in its time "changed everything" eventually faded, regardless of those who'd prefer they didn't. Memories were designed to fade, and it's probably better they do, else much of life would be unbearable. Who today even knows about, let alone actually commemorates or remembers, the General Slocum disaster in NYC? Monday, August 13, 2007
After spending upwards of 40 years as citizens and residents of New York city it's actually a bit stunning that we're leaving. That's right, we're moving out. Good bye NYC, so long New York State. Of course, we aren't exactly moving, unfortunately, to "red state" country -- only up I-95 to Fairfield, CT. But still, it's OUT OF NEW YORK CITY. One expected benefit going forward is that our perspective, removed from the eye of the tumult, will henceforth be more measured, more prospective and introspective, than it has been to date as the rain upon rain of inanities and misguided policies flowed down on our collective heads year after year. Without having to keep one hand on the umbrella and the other guarding our wallets both hands will now be free for more productive endeavors. There's a tremendous amount we'll miss -- after all NYC is in our DNA -- but still more that we won't. Nevertheless, with many many friends and family members firmly ensconced in NYC and surrounding environs we'll be back, often. However, for now... the new issue of City Journal is out.
A PREVIEW OF THE SUMMER 2007 John Robb Steven Malanga Heather Mac Donald David Gratzer Sol Stern Myron Magnet Arthur C. Brooks Judith Miller Theodore Dalrymple War and Peace Studies Victor Davis Hanson Bruce Bawer Nicole Gelinas Departments In Prospect Soundings Street Cleaning in Philly Do Immigrants Still Nourish Cities? Four Score and Seven Manatees Ago Time Out Londonistan Letters Contributors Jerry Weinberger Friday, April 20, 2007
The new issue of City Journal is out!
A PREVIEW OF THE SPRING 2007 Christopher Hitchens Peter W. Huber Adam D. Thierer Guy Sorman Nicole Gelinas Steven Malanga Kay S. Hymowitz Sol Stern Stephen B. Presser Urbanities Christopher Hitchens Stefan Kanfer Departments In Prospect Soundings Time for the Truth About Black Crime Rates Out-in-Left-Field Trips Engineering Souls Many Happy Returns The Most Reckless State Ban the Bats, Hold the Fats Broken Windows Turns 25 Theodore Dalrymple Letters Contributors Andrew Klavan Wednesday, January 31, 2007
A PREVIEW OF THE WINTER 2007 ISSUE OF CITY JOURNAL: Nicole Gelinas Heather Mac Donald Kay S. Hymowitz Steven Malanga Christopher Hitchens Mexifornia, Five Years Later The flood of illegal immigrants into California has made things worse than I foresaw. John Kekes Reflections on the Revolution in Hungary After half a century, does it seem worth it? John Leo Free Inquiry? Not on Campus And the college speech police threaten the liberty of us all. Heather Mac Donald No, the Cops Didn’t Murder Sean Bell And here’s what decent black advocates would say. Sol Stern This Bush Education Reform Really Works Reading First, though much maligned, succeeds in teaching kids to read. Urbanities David Garrard Lowe Departments In Prospect Soundings The Truth About Poverty Muslim Mau-Mauing Dhimming the Light Bonus Boom, But . . . Rewarding Bad Behavior The Real Meaning of Barbarism The Big Lie, Clothbound The Garden State Wilts Theodore Dalrymple Letters Contributors Theodore Dalrymple Saturday, January 13, 2007
New boss, same as the old boss. Now that Eliot Spitzer is Governor, and the rather oily Andrew Cuomo is, amazingly, Attorney General, it's a depressing time for New York republicans, who more and more are essentially stuck "behind enemy lines" here. But like the commandos in WWII, there's still much we can accomplish. Stay tuned. |
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