Fear City
Stoop Dog
August 5, 2020
For those of us who lived in New York City in the 1970s/80s, the long-running drama of NYC vs. the Mafia and the ultimate demise
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I Love Fado
Stoop Dog
August 2, 2020
I remember the exact moment I got into music. My parents always had records playing on our Motorola cabinet hi-fi: Frank, Dean, Sammy, Broadway, Beethoven.
We’re In A Two-Front War
Stoop Dog
August 2, 2020
As cases of Coronavirus continue to grow in the US, along with panic about the economy, unemployment, rising crime and how long it will be
No, It’s Not The Flu!
Stoop Dog
July 25, 2020
When it comes to naked politicization of things that have no political component, nobody does it better than the modern Republican party. Global warming, school
The USA is Now a “No Fly Zone”
Stoop Dog
July 18, 2020
This past Thursday Governor Cuomo issued a new order prohibiting bars from serving liquor without food. The order seeks to fix a growing problem of
My Weirdest July Fourth Ever
Stoop Dog
July 11, 2020
In October 2012, I was riding with some friends upstate when I rounded a blind curve on a farm-country, tertiary road and my 700 pound
Hollow Silence from the Benghazi Party
Stoop Dog
June 30, 2020
It’s Day 162 of the Coronavirus epidemic in the US. Covid-19 was first diagnosed in the US on Jan 20, 2020 — ironically, exactly one
Does Trump Deserve Another Term? Seriously?
Stoop Dog
June 27, 2020
Let’s go to the numbers with the most pressing issue of the moment: Coronavirus. Here are the number of New Cases as of yesterday, June
A Tale Of Two Covid-19 Americas
Stoop Dog
June 22, 2020
Today, New York City enters Phase 2 of Governor Cuomo’s staged Coronavirus reopening. NYC met the seven criteria needed to move forward. Meanwhile,1350 miles to the southwest of NYC,
No, It Doesn’t Mean What It Says
Stoop Dog
June 13, 2020
The “Defund the Police” chant was heard at protests all over the country last week and then hyped by right-wing media shills desperate to distract