Did you see Ric Burns' documentary on New York a couple of weeks ago on PBS? It had a nice way of serving up basic yet little-known facts about its subject's history with a storyteller's sense of rhythm so that facts became episodes and episodes became turning points and before you knew it the grid was laid down and the subway was built and the Empire State Building was the tallest skyscraper in the world. Sometimes, though, the storyteller homed in on perfectly respectful subjects to the detriment of other, perhaps more deserving ones. Case in point: His complete inattention to the fact that the city of New York helped sire the great... More >>>