Santorum & the Perils of Going Off Script

Written by Josh Rogers on April 10, 2012. Posted in Breaking News

As Santorum suspends campaign, Josh Rogers looks at his journey thus far The highpoint of Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign was his quasi-victory speech in Iowa the night of the caucus. Although it would be weeks before Santorum was declared the winner of that race, he was still the undisputed winner that night. If the Obama
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The Defiant Ones

Written by Josh Rogers on April 9, 2012. Posted in Breaking News, Opinion and Column, Sports

Cautiously surprised as Mets initially defy budgets and predictions By Josh Rogers It looks like the baseball season is going to last more than a week for me. The season does go at least six months for all teams, but it’s tough to root for a “small-market” ball club once it gets to the point
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What Comes After Affirmative Action?

Written by Josh Rogers on March 22, 2012. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Our Town Downtown

New ways to add diversity as the policy nears its rightful end Affirmative action’s defenders and attackers finally agree on something: The policy probably won’t be around too much longer. The recent decision by the Supreme Court to revisit the issue clearly puts it in peril. Even if the court ends up retaining the legality of affirmative action for now, using race as
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Talk of Occupy Pets and Politics Outside Zuccotti Park

Written by Josh Rogers on January 4, 2012. Posted in Breaking News

Occupy Wall Street rang in 2012 with a hard bang, and the movement was still feeling the hangover two days later. Zuccotti Park remained closed Jan. 2, after nearly 70 protesters were arrested New Year’s Eve. Less than a half-dozen people were standing outside the barricades, collecting donations and conversing with well-wishers on Monday afternoon,
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School Lines That Leave Many Parents Behind

Written by Josh Rogers on December 21, 2011. Posted in On Topic OTDT

Raise your hand if you’re planning to send your child to kindergarten in the next year or two,” someone said at the beginning. I wasn’t, so I didn’t. The message at my “first” meeting was clear. The city’s Department of Education was not thinking about where my toddler would go to school, even though I
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The Best in the Building Business

Written by Josh Rogers on September 28, 2011. Posted in Breaking News, Business

The woman or man who holds the door for you, cleans your office or fixes your apartment has a story to tell, and this week we have the stories of six of the best Downtown building workers in the city, as picked by the 32BJ Service Employees International Union. (For profiles of all of the
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Memorial is Ready

Written by Josh Rogers on September 7, 2011. Posted in Breaking News

The 9/11 Memorial plaza looked just about ready to open last Thursday as Downtown community board members took in the oaks and the empty square reflecting pools built at the Twin Towers’ footprints. The memorial pools with water flowing down the sides will open on the 10th anniversary of the attacks, during a ceremony Sunday
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Planting Roots at the World Trade Center Again

Written by Josh Rogers on August 31, 2011. Posted in On Topic OTDT

The trees are planted and, forest or not, you can see them. I look at the World Trade Center a little more broadly than I used to, and the most remarkable thing I saw on a visit there last week was the trees. It was not a surprise to me that they were there or
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