Victor Borge (pronounced BOR-guh) was a Danish pianist and comedian who combined those talents in a way that made him a star of American television in its early years. Among the many topics Borge explored in his sophisticated brand of stand-up (and often sit-down, from the piano bench) was punctuation, as in this video: Phonetic Punctuation […]

Housing is news. Sales of new and existing homes are an important indicator of the state of the economy. And in New York, a city of tiny living spaces, housing is practically an obsession. (So is its cost. “The New York question” is “How much?”) When you’re covering  housing issues, it’s important to get the […]