Index of Humanitarian Affairs

For two weeks I lived in a cramped hotel room, happy to have a place other than my home. An office I have had for a decade was off-limits, and a neighborhood I have come to love was damaged beyond recognition. Sandy invaded lower Manhattan. Residents north of Chamber Street don’t have the foggiest idea of what I am describing. For a few days, they were without power. In most cases, that has...  Read More

My grandmother used to say: "The rich suffer too but they suffer in comfort." Apparently for the wealthy deposed IMF chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, suffering in comfort won't come easy. He has been denied the right to live in one comfortable NY apartment after another as a consequence of his alleged sexual assault upon a hotel maid. Without making judgments about "DSK" who will soon enough...  Read More