New York City's Washington Square Park has been in the news for its rampant drug use, partying, and cops alternating between doing nothing and clamping down like riot police. I…
Yesterday, walking south along the Hudson River, I saw a guy running sprints on a pier. The temperature hovered around 50F (10C). It had rained on and off all day…
You might remember my writing about the needles I'd find in Washington Square Park last fall. I presumed they came from heroin users, though I don't know what drugs people…
I see more people in my neighborhood, especially my neighborhood park---Washington Square Park---addicted to I don't know what. My whole life, I've never been far from seeing addiction. I don't…
I wrote before about how the longer I go without flying, the more people talking about flying sounds like they're talking about heroin. They sound like they're craving. They don't…
Continuing my series of alternative responses to the New York Times column, The Ethicists, looking at the consequences of one's actions instead of imposing values on others, here is my…