-- In The Los Angeles Times, Christopher Reynolds publishes an account of The Pony Express, the short-lived service that connected the cities of the American West to the rest of the country.
-- Jason Kottke excerpts "Here Is New York" by E.B. White, a book worth reading in full.
-- Louisville must make a decision that will impact the city for decades. Urbanophile argues that the choice is clear.
-- Lauren Quinn travels to Havana, where she takes advantage of that city's low rate of violent crime.
-- Daniel Okrent compares yesterday's drug stores to the medical marijuana dispensaries of today.
-- Martin Schneider defends New Yorkers against critics who weighed in after my "The Tyranny of New York" post.
-- I've been negligent in failing to link this piece on Brooklyn's brownstone renaissance in our ongoing conversation about gentrification. It's one of the better things that New York Magazine has ever published, and that is high praise indeed. And although it shouldn't be taken as a definitive look at Park Slope, this post certainly affords a window into one of its more absurd subcultures.
-- Adam Karlin offers his take on post-Katrina New Orleans.
