Friends and Other Strangers — Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 1, 2015 Trigger Warning: Discussion of sexual harassment and assault. MTA New York City Transit recently teamed with those progressive folks at the NYPD to produce “ad cards” entitled “Sexual Harassment is a Crime in the Subway, too.” The advice (sic) they offer falls into three categories: Protect yourself in the subway Protect yourself ...

Michele Kaplan July 14, 2012 -- NEW YORK -- It all began when I got word that the MTA was making the Kings Highway subway stop on the Q & B line, wheelchair accessible. I was thrilled! Finally, I would be able to use the NYC subway system! A whole new world of options has been opened up to me. As you may or may not know, not every NYC subway station is wheelchair accessible. There are currently 7 ...

May 10, 2011 (International Socialist Review) -- I’ll begin with an interesting debate that took place some years ago between Carl Sagan, the well-known astrophysicist, and Ernst Mayr, the grand old man of American biology. They were debating the possibility of finding intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. And Sagan, speaking from the point of view of an astrophysicist, pointed out that the ...