So, surely you’ve seen the video of the boy–three-year-old Jesse Koczon–in the car crying because he’s too small to be governor of New Jersey. It’s a fine video for a morning like today, when Amtrak and NJ Transit trains came to a near-total standstill because one of the TWO tracks between Jersey and New York …
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Man Marries Son, Doesn’t Get Arrested (I hope)
I both enjoy and kinda dread the process by which JP figures things out regarding his life as a child whose parents have divorced. I enjoy it because I enjoy being witness to his development emotionally and mentally, and because it’s often funny (ever see a kid try to figure how to take off his …
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To Go or Not to Go: the Juarez Question
I spoke last week on a panel on how journalists cover immigration, hosted by the rather ominously-named Deadline Club. It was a nice little event–a couple old friends showed up, I met some good people for the first time. I learned a bit more about NYU’s intriguing Beyond the Border student journalism project. There was also …
“I don’t know if I’m smelling my own lunch or someone else’s.”
In which Matt and Nathan discuss flying, phobias, irrationality, and Asia via Skype: NT: you in asia yet? MG: yep. sitting in Jean’s childhood bedroom in Taipei NT: ah, how nice. congrats on getting there. how’s the babe? MG: man, what a nightmare NT: really? MG: “I scared! I scared!” NT: oh no! The flight? MG: yeah NT: wow MG: she didn’t want to sit in her own seat …
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