Category Archives: Crime

Passing Paper

September 1, 2012 – 1:54 pm

Back in the late 80s my friend worked as a narcotic detective for the NYPD. The 27 year-old Brooklyn native belonged an elite squad trained to raid crack houses and dealers’ apartments in Red Hook, Brooklyn’s biggest housing project. His job was simple, but dangerous. Once their battering ram smashed down the reinforced door, Rocco […]

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It Wasn’t King Kong

August 24, 2012 – 12:13 pm

Since 9/11 murders in NYC have averaged around 500 per year and this morning a disgruntled garment worker assassinated his former boss in front of the Empire State Building. One passer-by said, “It was like CSI, but it was real.” According to the NY Daily News another eyewitness told their reporter, ““He shot the guy […]

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Imagine John

August 21, 2012 – 6:58 pm

Almost 32 years ago Mark Chapman bought CATCHER IN THE RYE at a NY book store. He wrote ‘this is my statement’ and ‘Holden Caufield’. Around 5pm John Lennon exited from the building with his wife Yoko Ono. Chapman introduced himself and held out a Lennon LP. Later that evening John returned to the Dakota […]

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Permanent Record

August 10, 2012 – 1:17 pm

My permanent record began with my name written in the birth certificate from Boston’s Lying-In Hospital. Vaccination dates were added in my childhood without my knowledge, however the nuns of Our Lady of the Foothills were fast to warn their students that any wrongdoings in the classroom were indelibly noted in our ‘permanent records’. I […]

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The Legacy of Joe Paterno

July 27, 2012 – 12:30 am

Joe Paterno coached Penn State’s Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2011 racking up the most wins by a coach in NCAA football history, however yesterday the NCAA fined PSU over $60 million, vacated all wins dating back to 1998, and banned Penn State from awarding any football scholarships for the next four years in response […]

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