Unfair fare?How much of the costs of building and operating mass transit should NYC bus & subway riders bear? More, it appears, but without any debate of the policy alternatives the MTA tells us via Newsday. MTA staff proposes a 6.5% fare increase Why not an increase in state/city funding instead?

Economic Integration?The hostility of the Supreme Court to racial integration has stirred enthusiasm for an alternative: economic integration – now advocated by John Edwards builds on the work of The Century Fund’s Rick Kahlenberg .

Breslin’s Best Ever I think all this impeachment talk is a waste of time. Progressives have the smallest of edges in Congress (non-existent in the Senate). But, if you want to read the best case ever for impeaching President Bush, read Jimmy Breslin’s column here

Phantom Voters? In NY State, incarcerated prisoners (who, pre-prison, largely resided in NYC) are counted for district-setting purposes as residents of the (mostly rural) districts in which NYS prisons are located (but, of course, they don’t actually get to vote). Monday’s NY Times notes that 16 districts get this artificially boosted head-count. Based on a report from the Prison Policy Initiative . Those of us interested fair elections and voting for state legislators should pay special attention.

Swooning Over Susan Many New Yorkers of a certain age, as I am, grew up with crushes on the writing, repartee, and appearance of Susan Sontag. Elliott Weinberger gives voice to my affection for her in Notes on Susan a review of a new collection of her stuff.