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Doctors Without Borders, a/k/a Medicin Sans Frontiers, is holding a recruitment information session in New York on September 28th (this coming Wednesday). Details of that and other events, regarding recruitment, and some high-concept fund-raisers (an art auction in San Francisco, can be found on this page. The New York recruitment event will be held, as [...]
According to USA Today and the AP, the distribution of New Yorkers by age is shifting upwards. See Aging boomers strain cities built for the young, which we caught by the WNYC News Blog, brought to us by WNYC’s news staff. Since no single human beng, not even WNYC’s Robert Hennelly, can compress information so that [...]
Governor Christie seems to be contending – as an intermediate premise which is part of a larger argument against public health insurance, that he paid $55 for an inhaler through health insurance provided to him as part of his employment with the United States Department of Justice; and $15 for what is implied to be an identical inhaler purchased during his employment as Governor of New Jersey. Conversations with two former Assistant United States Attorneys and an official with Justice Department headquarters and public-health experts all had questions about the Governor’s premises and reasoning
The short version: new martial-arts school has opened in the neighborhood. Ages 4 and up. Looks pretty good, and if we were in the wagering trade, we’d bet that they give good classes, they’re going to do well, and in the course of that, make a good contribution to our community. It’s been my experience, [...]
I wrote this letter to Mayor Bloomberg on August 12th. As of this writing (October 19, 2009) there’s been no response. August 12, 2009 Hon. Michael Bloomberg City Hall New York, NY 10007 Dear Mayor Bloomberg, A child living on my block, the block of Stratford Road, Brooklyn between Caton and Church Avenues – lost [...]
Thomas J. Lueck (copy) and Tyler Hicks (images) of my hometown paper have reported that in the most prominent, and well-kept, public park in New York City, rats play as though they were squirrels. Notwithstanding municipal efforts to persuade them to relocate. From November 10, 2007, “Where the Rats Come Out to Play”: The rat [...]