by Richard Rothman | Mar 23, 2020 | Musings
This certainly isn’t an entry I could have imagined writing as the third installment of my Subway Diary–an ode to my love of the New York City subways. But what a difference a few weeks can make— and not just for Joe Biden and Bernie. The heretofore...
by Richard Rothman | Mar 16, 2020 | Musings
This is the second in a series of Subway Diary entries: snapshots of life’s noteworthy experiences underground in NYC. The events described here took place in late January as I zig-zagged my way around Manhattan on crowded subways before COVID-19 restricted my ability...
by Richard Rothman | Mar 2, 2020 | My Two Cents
Back in 2016, with a lot of time on my hands while recovering from a bone marrow transplant, I posted a list of favorite books after a friend suggested that we exchange lists of books that had “moved us.” With one exception, I get all the books I read from a small...
by Richard Rothman | Feb 13, 2020 | Featured Post, Musings
A lot of people these days bitch about our New York City subways–with reason. The MTA’s finger-in the-dike campaign to repair our antique system continually scrambles the system and peoples’ lives: They’re late for work; they can’t get home when they’re weary...
by Richard Rothman | Jan 12, 2020 | Professional
You may have read the cover article in last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine about the quest for parole by James Morgan, a man serving a life sentence in California. If not, I would recommend it…you can read it here.The article provides an important...
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