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Why is Trump Fixated on Judge Engoron’s Law Clerk?
Trump knows he’s lost this case and that this judge isn’t going to let him off easy. His only recourse is to attempt to illegitimize…
“Powell was never my attorney!” “I was never indicted!”
There’s been a week of jaw-droppingly deranged statements by Trump, which to summarize include: that he beat Obama in 2016 and said so twice during…
Is Stoop Dog a Closet Metalhead?
Not really. Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Metallica are the deepest dives I’ve made into heavy metal. I own no Maiden, Sabbath, Priest or Crüe.…
The Wayback Box
Last week I was cleaning up my basement and ran across a dusty cardboard box I’d not opened since I relocated to Brooklyn from Manhattan…
Rebar Rethinking
Stoophang introduces a new article category today, construction. Given that my other blog, Brooklyn Row House, is mostly about construction it was overdue here. On…
The Disappearing Brooklyn Stoop
Brownstoner posted a terrific, in-depth article about something topically relevant to this site. But it’s also something that I’ve noticed all over NYC since the early…
A PSA PSA — Men Over 50 Should Read!
What do these guys have in common? Telly Savalas Frank Zappa Francois Mitterrand Johnny Ramone Timothy Leary Merv Griffin … and about 30,000 lesser-known people…
The Herd Immunity Paradox
There’s a built-in fallacy to herd immunity that shows the difference between a mathematical model where there’s an assumption of even distribution and the practical…