Zacarias Moussaoui will be sentenced to die. It’s a foregone conclusion. Ever since the judge in the sentencing trial cleared the way for execution, and the jury agreed, despite the bungling performance by government lawyers, Mr. Moussaoui has been doomed. Continue reading “To Kill, or Not to Kill”
Month: April 2006
The Wound
Every resident of New York City has their favorite neighborhood. Sometimes it’s the neighborhood where they live, sometimes where they work or play. My favorite is the East Village, more specifically Alphabet City, the clean cousin to the north of the Lower East Side. Its one of those neighborhoods where people who have been in the city long enough are heard to utter the refrain, “It’s just not the same as it used to be.” Mostly this is meant as a lament. Things change, as they say. The merits or minuses of gentrification aside, it’s the neighborhood that most feels like home, even though I hang my hat in Queens. Continue reading “The Wound”