NYC’s underground, as inspiring as Everest

NYC’s underground, as inspiring as Everest

by | Jan 5, 2011 | Get This

Lower Manhattan and part of Brooklyn, subways Erling Kagge, a Norwegian climber, has started exploring the sewers and subway tunnels of New York City. “The opportunity to see New York in a way no one else has, from the inside out, is, for me, as inspiring as...

1920 or 2010?

by | Dec 27, 2010 | Get This

The New York Times on Sunday featured an article about a 19-year-old about to take part in a debutante ball. The point of the item was that here was a debutante who is smart. Suggesting that she’s unusual and that, therefore, other debutantes are not high...
Thoughts on consumption, part 2

Thoughts on consumption, part 2

by | Dec 9, 2010 | Get This

Harper’s Weekly, December 25, 1880. People making wreaths. I am not a grinch—really. But I can’t help but think of Thorstein Veblen, the man who gave us the term “conspicuous consumption,” at this time of year. “Conspicuous consumption of...