Sometimes, perspective isn't the best thing, it's the only thing. There's a whole pissing contest going on in New York City - Manhattan specifically - about 'congestion pricing' where the City basically goes in and take everything out of your wallet if, god forbid, you actually have to drive in to Midtown Manhattan during the day.
Traffic congestion in Midtown is nothing new, however. 100 years ago, in 1926, New York was just beginning to build roads that could handle modern traffic, like what’s shown here on Fifth Avenue. Over on Sixth Avenue, residents and shop owners were scrambling to find new locations as the city got set to lengthen and widen the street; over 160 buildings would soon be knocked down. It was a major undertaking that would solve some of the traffic congestion. Temporarily.
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Arcadia, California Mayor Eileen Wang reached a federal plea agreement after being accused of acting as an unregistered foreign agent for China, promoting the country’s propaganda.
Wang admitted to posting Chinese government-directed content, including articles denying Uyghur persecution in Xinjiang. Wang stepped down as mayor after the case became public Monday afternoon.
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they didn't think that all the way through.
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If you think American speech has slid from a “PG” to an “R” rating, you’re not alone. It appears that cursing like a motherfucker is becoming more common in America. A corporate research company recently studied transcripts of conference calls. It found the use of 'expletives' (love that word) among call-attendees rose 80 percent between 2018 and 2025. And it appears younger generations are more expletive-prone. According to one report, Baby Boomers use profanity 10 times a day, but members of Gen Z swear 24 times a day.
The study did not cover Boomers like me born in New Jersey. We use 'descriptive adjectives and pronouns' at least 1,994 times a day.
Swearing certainly isn’t anything new to Americans. In the 1800s, Saturday Evening Post editors were already denouncing the users of what they referred to as 'rough speech'...
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