Richard Hatch, Battlestar Galactica’s Captain Apollo, dead at 71

I was seven years old when Battlestar Galactica debuted. It was one of the first shows I can remember watching religiously with my dad, and being old enough to mostly follow the show. (We watched a lot of Six Million Dollar Man and Rockford Files together too, but that was mostly just me sitting with … Read more

Madison Square Mall is closed to the public

Demolition is scheduled to begin February 6. My friend Lucy Berry DeButy, who has journalistically shepherded Madison Square through its senescence, has written the last piece on the mall. I can’t believe it’s been most of two years since I went in there. When I was going and actively writing about it, every time I … Read more

Conference championships, etc.

The playoffs have produced especially satisfying conference championship games, and a Super Bowl in which I’m guaranteed to be interested. The Packers are one of my two favorite teams, but should their luck run out Sunday, I’ll have Julio Jones to pull for. And the AFC game is evil vs. evil. There are several reasons … Read more

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