Rx For an Ailing Society

Written by admin on October 13, 2010. Posted in Dewing Things Better, On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

To change the tone, we must first change the discourse By Bette Dewing “Help!” was the final word of my last column, “Overcoming Heedlessness,” and will be the last word of this column. But how to help and change things? Well, many years ago during the city’s acute water shortage, then-Mayor Ed Koch urged everyone
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The Rise of One-Downmanship

Written by Jeanne Martinet on October 13, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

When did complaining become a competitive sport? By Jeanne Martinet The cocktail party was crowded, as every self-respecting cocktail party should be. I was therefore making depressingly slow progress in my foray to the bar, during which I overheard the following conversation: “So how are you doing these days?” asked one man, sipping his drink.
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Sign of the Times

Written by admin on October 6, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

“Crazy Carl” could ride voter rage to Gov’s mansion By Alan S. Chartock Everyone wants to know whether Carl Paladino can really be elected Governor. The answer is yes, he can. That is astounding to everyone who thinks he is a mad, crazy, Tea Party kind of guy—a rip-off artist who has made tons from
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Remember the Golden Rule?

Written by admin on October 6, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Cutthroat behavior, not kind words, drives modern-day behavior By Lorraine Duffy Merkl Behavior that gets kids detention now, could get them elected governor later. “Pig.” “Cheater.” If these were the taunts of siblings at the dinner table, the parent would intervene and chastise, “That’s not a nice way for people to talk to each other.”
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Overcoming Heedlessness

Written by admin on September 29, 2010. Posted in Dewing Things Better, On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

An out-of-the-box message to new district attorneys By Bette Dewing For the record, what I wrote in the recent New York Times’ “Spokes” column (“I strongly fear there are too many bicycles in New York”) left out the next sentence after that: “I mean those who break every law in the books.” And very much
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The Noiseless Crime

Written by Jeanne Martinet on September 29, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Are silent transgressions better than noisy ones? By Jeanne Martinet It was the Lincoln Plaza Cinema—and a film I had been dying to see. I had the perfect seat. I had the perfect movie companion. I had the perfect popcorn. The movie started and suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that
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Football for the Everyday Life

Written by admin on September 22, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Manhattan women and sport—not so far apart By Lorraine Duffy Merkl The New York Jets and Giants are back, and if, like me, you’re not a gridiron fan (or sports reporter like the beleaguered Ines Sainz), then when the men in your life start to talk about “the game,” it’s as though they’re speaking another
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More than One Type of Blood Sucker

Written by admin on September 22, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Bedbugs have a lot in common with their Tea Party brethren By Malachy McCourt Concomitant with the rise of the Tea Party, we are now infested with the rise of that disgusting horror known as the bedbug. Some people would rather deal with al-Qaeda than the newest threat to our city. Very little is known
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Inside the War Room

Written by admin on September 22, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Cuomo vs. Paladino will be a real barnburner By Alan S. Chartock OK, let’s play war games—Paladino versus Cuomo. You are sitting around the war room table in both camps. If you are Andrew, do you debate? (Not unless Paladino is coming on strong and then only very early or very late in the game.)
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Urban Eavesdropping

Written by Jeanne Martinet on September 15, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

New York, just one big cocktail party By Jeanne Martinet I was biking along the crowded Hudson River Greenway, all my focus on avoiding pedestrians, roller-bladers and darting toddlers, when suddenly two guys whipped by me on their bikes (passing on the right, no less) at super high speed. Annoyed at their recklessness, I was
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