George Blecher Jul 22 3 min Stunned City After three months away from New York, my first impression was that someone had hit it in the stomach with a baseball bat. The city looke...
George Blecher May 20 5 min I Left My Troubled City Behind. Now I Feel Guilty. My adult son, worried about my health, urged me to flee. But New York doesn’t let go easily. I didn’t want to leave the city. If the thou...
George Blecher Apr 22 7 min The Confused States of America The first month of the pandemic in the US The Trump administration’s failing response to COVID-19 has prompted governors and mayors to st...
george.blecher Apr 20 14 min Ghosts on the Landing The following is an excerpt from a manuscript called HOW TO BE ALONE IN DENMARK, which centers around a 300-year-old peasant's cottage wh...
George Blecher Apr 2 3 min The Virus-Man A guy who says he's the virus-man keeps up with me no matter how fast I run. That's weird because he's sickly-looking, needs a shave, has...
George Blecher Apr 1 65 min Angst in the Time of Corona JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR: DAY 1 3/15/20 Starting Journal of the Plague Year on the Ides of March. Hmm. Today's stats: USA infected 2805...
George Blecher Feb 12 7 min Torn-Up Texts and Mini Mike Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address In the midst of a predictably partisan impeachment trial, Donald Trump said not a word about the ...
George Blecher Jan 21 13 min The Shelf-Life of Democracies An interview with George Blecher on US politics in the age of Trump George Blecher Adam Reichardt Media acceleration puts enormous emphas...
George Blecher Feb 13, 2019 8 min Old Soldiers and Women in White Donald Trump’s achievements thus far have been rhetorical. But whether Democrats can take advantage of his weakness remains doubtful. Fol...
George Blecher Aug 3, 2018 13 min Murder, Politics and Architecture: The Making of Madison Square Park LATELY, MADISON SQUARE PARK has provided a staging area for provocative art installations, pop-up food courts and outdoor work spaces. Pe...
