At a time when many New York small businesses are indeed still recovering from the disruptions caused by the attacks of Sept. 11th, these reports of abuse of the STAR program and the profligate use of scarce government resources are indeed inexcusable,

The shortest unit of time in the multiverse is the New York Second, defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning green and the cab behind you honking.

Instead of probably redeeming an award next time going to L.A. or New York or Dallas, you'll probably start thinking of international destinations, like going to Australia.

I think there should be an analysis of what happened. The time to do that is after some time passes,

It took time to build a base, but I already had a lot of friends in [New York City] from college. Then, I started very early on building my own e-mail list and Web site and all that. That really helped generate more and more people and compelled the word of mouth,

I have been at the New York City marathon several times to watch but this time I'm delighted and excited to be competing myself. The field is very strong.