Blog Category: Topical

I’ve watched the proceedings on Amy Barrett. Normally I would never watch this for obvious reasons. They are super boring.  But, as is common in American politics lately, these proceedings are hilarious.  I’ve never seen an improv group as good as these senators.  They basically KILL for eight straight hours. Democrats and Republicans. What talent! […]

I don’t care how many people talk about “grit” or “energy.” I don’t care about the history or the romance of a city. “Grit” won’t generate the money needed to pay garbage collectors, or teachers, or healthcare workers. People said to me, “Why don’t you focus on solutions instead of just writing that NYC is […]

In 2015, someone asked me, “Where do you see yourself in five years?”  I can’t remember my answer but I can tell you one thing for sure about how I answered: I was wrong.  In 2010 the iPad came out and Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his children use it for fear it would be too […]

I want to put to rest all of the controversy around my recent article “NYC Is Dead Forever… Here’s Why.” Two weeks ago, I wrote a viral essay on LinkedIn, which said that due to the coronavirus’s devastating effect on the city, NYC as we know it is dead, forever. A few days later, I […]

[Editor’s note: As many of you might have heard by now, I accidentally pissed off Jerry Seinfeld earlier this week… Well, I recently came across this article about the subject. This is being reprinted from Matt Tillotson’s excellent blog. An unfortunate and painful but also unusual writing lesson. Painful for me, I have to say, […]

It’s not easy. But they are there. Up to 50% or more. For several years I lived just in Airbnbs. I lived in every neighborhood of NYC. I would live for a few days or a month or a few months. I owned no furniture. And I was probably depressed. I didn’t want to settle […]

This article originally ran in the opinion section of The New York Post. I’ve gotten more death threats in the past week than probably the average politician does — all because I wrote a column for The Post with the online headline “NYC Is Dead Forever: Here’s Why.” I presented facts. Plus, I told the […]