John Kerry’s defeat in the Presidential election should not have come as a surprise. During the past 70 years, there have been only two Presidents elected from the Northeast or New England: Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932 and John Fitzgerald Kennedy in 1960. Since the Depression, Americans have consistently favored candidates from the South and Read More
Lost amid the fireworks, laser shows and shots of hundreds of thousands of millennial revelers in Times Square on New Year’s Eve was the symbolism of all those new neon lights. In another era, the lights of Broadway, of Times Square, were associated with the theater. Now, the neon of Times Square is associated with Read More
A few early-summer thoughts …
Most of the lucky young men who play baseball for a living in the Bronx reside in New Jersey. Almost half the fans who watch the young men live in the northern suburbs. The Yankees’ principal owner, George Steinbrenner, lives in Tampa, Fla. And the visiting teams stay in Manhattan Read More
