Three years ago, two hurricanes brushed New York City. The subways flooded, the system shut down and people were left stranded with no way of knowing when or how they would get to work or back home. More...

My family often travels to the Poconos, Pennsylvania area, where I pass several mystifying signs once we cross the Delaware Water Gap on Interstate Route 80. The signs say,"Bridge may be slippery". First of all, there are no bridges. More...

City Hall seems to have decided to deal with the pesky problem of franchises and concessions, which exist mostly in parks and other public spaces, by eliminating the public from the public review process. More...

A week or so ago, as I was finishing up a work project on my computer, I was literally startled out of my chair by something that sounded like a tuba crossed with a screeching cat next to my ear. More...