What had always been a unifying force in America’s melting pot city, the one thing that drew every New Yorker and visitor together, has now been blown… Read more “MARATHON EASY TARGET FOR HURRICANE IRE”
Category: Opinion
DEVASTATING CHOICE FOR A DEVASTATED CITY
A visibly emotional NYRR President and CEO Mary Wittenberg stood alongside New York City Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson in the New York City Marathon media center tonight… Read more “DEVASTATING CHOICE FOR A DEVASTATED CITY”
DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON’T
There was no right answer in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Instead organizers of the New York City Marathon were faced with a classic damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t proposition.… Read more “DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON’T”
MAYOR BLOOMBERG DOING HIS JOB
Just as democratic U.S. President Barack Obama and republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie were able to put their political differences aside yesterday in the face of the… Read more “MAYOR BLOOMBERG DOING HIS JOB”
THE WILL TO OVERCOME
I more than suspect that New York City is deeply conscious of being challenged – that it feels the millibars of pressure exerted by Hurricane Sandy not… Read more “THE WILL TO OVERCOME”
STATEMENT FROM PATRICK MAKAU, MARATHON WORLD RECORD HOLDER
STATEMENT FROM PATRICK MAKAU, MARATHON WORLD RECORD HOLDER A story has surfaced in the international media, from a minority interest website in recent days, alleging my link… Read more “STATEMENT FROM PATRICK MAKAU, MARATHON WORLD RECORD HOLDER”
INNOCENCE UNVEILED?
18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–778) asserted that “…nothing is so gentle as man in his primitive state, when placed by nature at an equal distance from the… Read more “INNOCENCE UNVEILED?”
BEHIND ANOTHER SET OF BARS
I received a reply to my latest post TIME FOR TRUTH & RECONCILIATION from a fellow traveler, John Dehart, who suggested that criminal penalties and prison time… Read more “BEHIND ANOTHER SET OF BARS”
TIME FOR TRUTH & RECONCILIATION?
With yesterday’s decision by cycling’s federation to bow to USADA’s comprehensive report of massive doping violations and conspiracy, UCI has stripped American cyclist Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de… Read more “TIME FOR TRUTH & RECONCILIATION?”
LANCE IN DESCENT
Massive brewer Anheuser-Busch joined massive shoe company Nike today in dropping sponsorship of cyclist and cancer fund-raising champion Lance Armstrong after USADA’s Pyrenees of evidence linking the… Read more “LANCE IN DESCENT”
