Capital New York

A reverse migration from post-crack New York. The sky in Georgia looks impossibly blue

David Carr’s dog, preparing for the Super Bowl. (via)

You can prepare by reading Greg Hanlon on Bill Parcells, the coach who deserves credit from both teams, and the entire football league, for what he has done for the sport. (Quotes from Tuna on his football philosophy beyond the click).

Will national audiences see beyond the “hipsters in Williamsburg” joke and find a genuineness in Greenpoint?

That’s basically the question posed by MTV’s new show “I Just Want My Pants Back.” Writer/creator David Rosen has some thoughts. [Read more]

NEW YORK IS IN DANGER, UNDERWATER: A panel of climate change researchers and scientists say that New York City’s sea level will rise as much as two to five inches in the 2020s, and reach the double digits as early as the 2050s. “I think it’s not understood how serious the situation will be in coastal areas and what the costs will be to society at large,” Professor Klaus Jacob of Columbia’s Earth Institute, a member of the panel, said in an interview. “This will go into any urban area that’s on the coast into tens of billions of dollars.” [Read more]

Remembering Wall Street Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl on 10th Anniversary of His Murder

Komen’s C.E.O., which cut off Planned Parenthood, supports Santorum, Cantor and Bush

Nancy Brinker, the founder and C.E.O. of the Komen foundation, has long supported conservative, pro-life candidates, giving more than $100,000 to Republican candidates and causes across the country.

Roseanne Barr is officially running for president. (via Azi’s morning briefing)

Daily News: “EVIL,” read the huge white letters on today’s front, over a picture of a feral-looking Luis Ortiz. (This is a man with the nickname “Baby,” but who my sister said looked to her like the kind of Lifetime Movie Network villain whose onscreen soundtrack would be some kind of industrial metal—”bad guy music,” in other words.)

I like when Tom’s The Front gets a little intimate about how he processes the front pages.