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“W” Train Elimination – Some Worry, Others Don’t

By Smriti Rao

The W line that runs from Astoria, Queens, to Manhattan's South Ferry is the quintessential middle child. It has trouble attracting attention and competes with its three other siblings, the N, Q, and R lines. The elimination of the Astoria part of the "W" line drew howls of protest from local commuter, but what... »

Queens Day Laborers Draw Residents’ Ire

By Smriti Rao

On any given day, you would find day worker Jose Manuel at Hart Park, 69th at 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights. The painter from Mexico comes to the park each morning hoping to be picked up for work. On Tuesdays, a mobile soup kitchen run by St. John's Bread and Life provides him and his... »

The Skinny on Fat Chick

By Smriti Rao

Peer into any chick-lit lover’s bookshelf and you might spot the obligatory Bridget Jones’ Diary, The Devil Wears Prada and the terrifyingly titled Skinny Bitch. Page after soppy page details the travails of heroines who stumble and bumble through their diets, makeovers and professional lives—only to emerge skinny, chic, successful and finally with that... »

Tiger’s Loss, Leo’s Gain!

By MajorDomo

The Tiger saga continues to play out like a train wreck on a car wreck. In the third biggest endorsement loss this month, Swiss watch maker Tag Heuer has dropped Tiger Woods from their marketing campaign. »

Obama’s Afghan Troop Surge: Five Flawed Assumptions

By Janos Marton

Tony Karon's new Time Magazine defiantly denounces President Obama's call for a troop escalation. Its title, Five Flawed Assumptions of Obama's Afghan Surge, says it all, and the piece itself summarizes concisely points that this site and many others have been arguing for months: Expanding the ground war against the Taliban will in no way... »

An Argumentative Indian, Speaks!

By Smriti Rao

'Tis the Nobel season anyways, and while we are yakking up Obama and his Nobel Peace Prize, here is another winner. Albeit for economics, and from another year. Amartya Sen won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998 for his work in welfare economics. While I have never had the stomach to digest... »

Korean Americans – A Weak Political Voice?

By Smriti Rao

New York has 132,000 Korean Americans, yet none have been elected to the New York City Council, the State Legislature or any statewide office. "We still haven't found a sense of urgency to get involved in politics," says Kevin Kim, of the Korean American Community. So, is this tiny ethnic community losing out in... »

Ban Ki Moon: The Most Dangerous Korean On Earth?

By Smriti Rao

Labeled everything from "The Invisible Man" to "Nowhere Man," United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki Moon is having trouble making the grade with the international community and press. Will he redeem his reputation in time to earn a second term? »

[Video] Sarah Goes Rogue!

By Smriti Rao

Hey, anyone hear where Sarah Palin is these days? Nope? Well, the former Alaska Governor was last seen in a grainy video on news networks – as she addressed a group of business leaders in Hong Kong.  After that, zip!  Nothing! According to Newsweek, she’s laying low, turning down interview requests and speaking appointments. A new... »

The Afghan Quagmire

By Smriti Rao

As Afghanistan continues to simmer under the threats and attacks of the Taliban and the Al-Qaeda, America finds itself in a quagmire. Unable to win on the ground, it flounders helplessly. But what do Afghanis in New York think about putting more American boots on the ground? »

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