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(Fred Froehlich)
With the announcement this week that more city parks will offer free wireless internet, expect to see more laptops in a playground near you. But a recent support says prostitution and drug abuse are also on the rise. Today Parks Commish Adrian Benepe takes your questions, comments, and helpful suggestions for keeping the city leafy and green. Plus: Rolling Stone's Eric Boehlert critiquing the White House press corps, calls measuring this year's World Cup fever, and how common are our ancestors?
Monday Morning Politics
Eric Boehlert, contributing editor to Rolling Stone Magazine and author, Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush (Simon & Schuster, 2006)
- on the news of the week and covering the White House for Rolling Stone
» Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for ...
- on the news of the week and covering the White House for Rolling Stone
» Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for ...
Trenton Turnaround
David Chen, New Jersey State House Bureau Chief
- on the end of the budget standoff in New Jersey
» "Six Days That Shook New Jersey" by David Chen in the New York Times.
- on the end of the budget standoff in New Jersey
» "Six Days That Shook New Jersey" by David Chen in the New York Times.
Breaking News
Cindy Rodriguez WNYC Reporter
- On the building collapse on the Upper East Side.
- On the building collapse on the Upper East Side.
Family Ties
Matt Crenson, national writer for the Associated Press
- on his article that says we all share a common ancestor
» "Roots of human family tree are shallow" by Matt Crenson of the Associated Press.
- on his article that says we all share a common ancestor
» "Roots of human family tree are shallow" by Matt Crenson of the Associated Press.
Park Life
Adrian Benepe, Commissioner, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
- on what’s going on this summer in the New York City parks
» New York City Department of Parks
- on what’s going on this summer in the New York City parks
» New York City Department of Parks
ZZ blows his Top
listeners thoughts on the World Cup final.
Using The Head
The Zidane moment everyone's talking about.
Finger Lickin' Good
One of the most inappropriate, and definitely one of the funniest in recent memory:
Another Way To Look At The Headlines
Bumperactive has an idea.
Required Reading: July 10, 2006
In which: more soldiers are charged in rape/murder case in Iraq, the city foots the bill for parochial schools, YouTube gets political, demand for electricity threatens the upper Delaware River, and a Hasid joins New York's Finest.
"5 More Soldiers Facing Charges" (LA Times)
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