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The summer wind comes blowing in

Ah, summer. Long time arriving, you鈥檙e over all too quickly.Summer, in brief, is ritual, which suits me just fine, since I鈥檓 a creature of habit anyway. (Proof: I鈥檝e eaten the same breakfast for years now. I watch three or four episodes of Seinfeld nearly every day. I sit in the same ...

America has a housing problem

Earlier this week, the business magazine Fortune reported on a young Philadelphia-area couple that has been looking for a house in southern New Jersey for the last two years, and have had absolutely no luck.They have come up empty-handed even with a budget of $600,000, outdone in one furious ...

OP-ED: Oh, the humanity! Back to the office

Employees unhappy over orders to return to the office are evidently tearing their garments with grief. But they may need the garments to keep their current employment, and we鈥檙e not talking about pajamas.Many who enjoy working from home are upset at the idea of having to do facetime to earn ...

OP-ED: ‘Affordable housing’: Affordable to whom?

What is meant by 鈥渁ffordable housing鈥? The term suggests a certain level of shelter at a moderate price but offers no details. That makes it irritating.The question really is: Who can鈥檛 afford what kind of house? A new study insists that half of New York City households can鈥檛 afford to ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> Most of us work for both love and money 鈥 we hope to be stimulated and engaged by the work we do and earn enough to pay the bills, purchase a few small luxuries along the way and retire with some security. Dr. Charles Machesky, the ...