New York’s Forgotten Borough Is Persecuted
Some New Yorkers have a devolution message for our Manhattan elites: let us go.
The battle between liberty and runaway big government is a history of imperious empires crushing political, economic, and geographic minorities. We see such a battle in New York City, whose Manhattan-based municipal government, operating in a mostly one-party system, persecutes a unique part of the city called Staten Island as well other distant areas.
The city’s enforcement of covid regulations has been harsh on the island. Staten Island’s bars and restaurants have been badly hurt by city and state regulations. But Staten Islanders, whose political preferences are different from those of the city’s ruling powers, had had many grievances for years before the covid lockdowns.
Merkle s boner . . . as a Cub By JohnW53 on Dec 18, 2020, 6:28am CST +
Nearly a century after he played his final game, many baseball fans still know the name of Fred Merkle.
As a 19-year-old rookie, he was on first base with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of a crucial game late in the 1908 season between the host Giants and the Cubs, who were neck-and-neck for first place in the National League.
When the next batter smacked a clean single, a runner from third dashed home, scoring the tie-breaking run, as thousands of fans swarmed the field.
Merkle, wary of the fans, did not run to second base, but dashed toward the safety of the clubhouse, located beyond center field a customary act in that era.