Category: Police

How New York should handle Ahmadinejad’s proposed visit to Ground Zero

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Bookworm

Much cyber-ink was spilled today about Ahmadinejad’s insistence that he visit Ground Zero. The upset, of course, was that we knew he wanted to go there, not to mourn, but to gloat. As it is, the matter was a tempest in a teapot, since his request was denied. (But see

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Second guessing cops

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Bookworm

I’ve taken a news story and put the facts in a different order. The story essentially starts with the last point, and organizes the facts based on that point. I’ve put the last point last, because it’s an after-the-fact conclusion that should not color the report. I wonder if you’ll agree

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