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What Are Daniel Penny's Politics? Dec. 17, 2024
Is Daniel Penny a Republican, a Democrat or something else? As of this writing, his political leanin... Read More
Daniel Penny's 'Crime'? Wrong Race, Wrong Place Dec. 12, 2024
The same day Daniel Penny, the retired Marine and architecture student, pleaded not guilty to mansla... Read More
New York Jury Acquits Penny Dec. 11, 2024
WASHINGTON — It's no surprise that a jury of his peers acquitted Daniel Penny, 26, Monday on a... Read More
The Racists Who Wanted to Lynch Daniel Penny Dec. 10, 2024
History is replete with examples of bigotry and prejudice corrupting acts of "justice," such as wome... Read More
Hillary Was Right the First Time Apr. 04, 2024
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton was criticized for her use of the word "super... Read More
Bring Back New York's Transit Police May. 19, 2023
Visitors to Bath, England, learn that the town's namesake first-century spa deteriorated following t... Read More
Making Homelessness a Valid Lifestyle Choice Is Wrong May. 10, 2023
Americans must not surrender to the new normal of squalor and urban chaos — of tent encampment... Read More
What Happened on That F Train Remains to Be Determined May. 09, 2023
New Yorkers are divided on what happened on that F train when a former Marine, who was white, choked... Read More
People Shouldn't Live on the Streets. Period. Dec. 15, 2022
A lot of smart voices seem afraid to say outright that homeless mentally ill people should be taken ... Read More
How Can Mass Transit Adapt to the Post-Pandemic World? May. 13, 2022
More than two years after COVID-19 sent the country into a shutdown, life is looking close to the ol... Read More
The Civilizational Suicide of 'Criminal Justice Reform' Apr. 15, 2022
The long and disturbing rap sheet of Frank James, the black nationalist New York City subway shooter... Read More
Terrorists Lose by Not Changing Us Apr. 14, 2022
People are filing back into Kyiv. Against expectations, traffic has returned to Ukraine's capital ci... Read More
Fear of Crime Apr. 14, 2022
The shots were fired 3,000 miles away, but they were heard across the nation. In a flash, the sense... Read More
Coming to New York? Here's the Lingo You'll Need Dec. 16, 2021
New Yorkers have always had their own slang. For us, "Coffee, regular" means coffee with milk and su... Read More
Infrastructure Insanity Jun. 24, 2021
In the event that a group of U.S. senators cannot agree on committing enough money to a bipartisan i... Read More
They Failed To Coerce Americans out of Their Cars May. 12, 2021
Commuting by subway — or some other form of public transportation — and commuting by car... Read More
Mass Transit Has To Change for the Post-Pandemic World Apr. 11, 2021
The Biden administration has grand dreams for mass transit. In its blue-sky vision, subways and buse... Read More
The Weird Andrew Cuomo Boomlet May. 19, 2020
Usually, when a CEO severely underperforms peers, he or she is fired or handed a gold watch and give... Read More
God Rest Ye Merry, Subway Riders Dec. 19, 2017
Collective groans greeted the New York subway system's decision to stop referring to passengers as "... Read More
Public Toilets and Private Burdens Apr. 30, 2017
If there is anything more rewarding than making a personal sacrifice for a good cause, it's getting ... Read More
