Koch Against Koch

By Sam Roberts: Sam Roberts is the urban affairs columnist for The New York TimesPublished: June 11, 1989 A FEW MINUTES BEFORE 9 P.M. ON HIS 4,121ST DAY AS MAYOR OF New York, Edward Irving Koch fielded the final question from a diverse crowd of Brooklynites...

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Should Reddit Be Blamed for the Spreading of a Smear?

F.B.I. via Getty Images; Tripathi Family When a picture of Sunil Tripathi (right) was posted on Reddit alongside an image of Suspect No. 2 in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, it fueled speculation that they were the same person. On...

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Stephen King’s Family Business

Barbel Schmidt for The New York Times From left: Joe Hill, Tabitha King, Kelly Braffet, Owen King, Stephen King, Naomi King and Joe's dog, McMurtry. The family now boasts five novelists, four of whom have books out this year. Life in Maine, where...

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Smile! One of You Will Be the Next Mayor of New York

Bruce Gilden/Magnum, for The New York Times Top row: John C. Liu, Sal F. Albanese, William C. Thompson Jr., Joseph J. Lhota. Middle row: Anthony D. Weiner, Christine C. Quinn, Adolfo Carrión Jr., Bill de Blasio. Bottom row: John A. Catsimatidis, Erick...

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It’s the Economy: What’s an Idea Worth?

Illustration by Jasper Rietman Like a lot of accountants, Jason Blumer never really wanted to be an accountant; he wanted to play guitar in a hair-metal band. But like most guys who want to play guitar in a hair-metal band, Blumer eventually realized...

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Should Reddit Be Blamed for the Spreading of a Smear?

F.B.I. via Getty Images; Tripathi Family When a picture of Sunil Tripathi (right) was posted on Reddit alongside an image of Suspect No. 2 in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, it fueled speculation that they were the same person. On...

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Lives: My Fictional Grandparents

My mother was abandoned in a French orphanage in Fez in 1941. That year in Morocco, hundreds of people died in an outbreak of the plague; her parents were among the victims. Actually, no, they died in a horrific car crash on the newly built road from...

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Look: Gettysburg,Readdressed

The Battle of Gettysburg, a turning point in the Civil War, was fought in July 1863 over three days of unrelenting heat, smoke and death. "The ground was soaked with the blood of as brave men as ever fell on the red field of battle," a Confederate...

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Smile! One of You Will Be the Next Mayor of New York

Bruce Gilden/Magnum, for The New York Times Top row: John C. Liu, Sal F. Albanese, William C. Thompson Jr., Joseph J. Lhota. Middle row: Anthony D. Weiner, Christine C. Quinn, Adolfo Carrión Jr., Bill de Blasio. Bottom row: John A. Catsimatidis, Erick...

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Lives: My Fictional Grandparents

My mother was abandoned in a French orphanage in Fez in 1941. That year in Morocco, hundreds of people died in an outbreak of the plague; her parents were among the victims. Actually, no, they died in a horrific car crash on the newly built road from...

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Look |: Gettysburg,Readdressed

The Battle of Gettysburg, a turning point in the Civil War, was fought in July 1863 over three days of unrelenting heat, smoke and death. "The ground was soaked with the blood of as brave men as ever fell on the red field of battle," a Confederate...

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Smile! One of You Will Be the Next Mayor of New York

Bruce Gilden/Magnum, for The New York Times Top row: John C. Liu, Sal F. Albanese, William C. Thompson Jr., Joseph J. Lhota. Middle row: Anthony D. Weiner, Christine C. Quinn, Adolfo Carrión Jr., Bill de Blasio. Bottom row: John A. Catsimatidis, Erick...

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Lives: My Fictional Grandparents

My mother was abandoned in a French orphanage in Fez in 1941. That year in Morocco, hundreds of people died in an outbreak of the plague; her parents were among the victims. Actually, no, they died in a horrific car crash on the newly built road from...

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Look |: Gettysburg,Readdressed

The Battle of Gettysburg, a turning point in the Civil War, was fought in July 1863 over three days of unrelenting heat, smoke and death. "The ground was soaked with the blood of as brave men as ever fell on the red field of battle," a Confederate...

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Smile! One of You Will Be the Next Mayor of New York

Bruce Gilden/Magnum, for The New York Times Top row: John C. Liu, Sal F. Albanese, William C. Thompson Jr., Joseph J. Lhota. Middle row: Anthony D. Weiner, Christine C. Quinn, Adolfo Carrión Jr., Bill de Blasio. Bottom row: John A. Catsimatidis, Erick...

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