By Ron Rosenbaum 3/13/06 12:00am

Eleventh-Hour Plea: Scrub Freedom Tower, A 1,776-Foot Blight

The hour is growing late, politicians and public officials are sleepwalking toward disaster, so forgive me if I take up, once again, my lonely crusade against the tragic folly of the so-called “Freedom Tower.”

I was prompted to return to the question by a moment that dramatized the absurdity of the reassurances we have been Read More

By Philip Weiss 7/12/99 12:00am

Radar Shows ‘Getaway Boat’ Fleeing Flight 800 Crash

The third anniversary of the crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 is July 17, so it’s a good time to look into what even the Government reluctantly concedes is a mystery about the crash: “the 30-knot track.” The 30-knot track is the radar trail of a boat that was the closest vessel to the Read More