Mike Vogel is a produced playwright, op-ed writer, business writer, songwriter/club performer and lifetime New Yorker. His latest play (March Madness) was produced in Oct-Nov 2012 at NYC’s Abingdon Theatre Company. Mike also writes a weekly opinion column for amNY.
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Mike, I came across this after seeing your comment on a Times article online.
I love the blog, keep it up! I am a native New Yorker from Queens, who does comedy and storytelling around the city. Put me on the mailing list if you have one!
I today read your comments on an online Times article that hit home with me (essentially calling for Obama to get some balls and to stop trying to appease the schizophrenic GOP). Thanks for posting your blog URL, which I visited and read with great interest and in some cases amusement. Your views on your selected issues parallel mine, but I’ve never been able to express them as lucidly and as compellingly as you. You now have a fan in California (among many, I’m sure), although I’m another born and bred New Yorker.
Thanks for your gracious comment, Carmen–always good to have another person on my wavelength on the West Coast. Keep fighting the good fight, and welcome to NewYorkGritty!
Mike Vogel
I just saw your comment on Nicholas Kristof’s “The Opposing Party” NYT op-ed piece and had to check out your blog. You took the words right out of my mouth — especially in pointing out the error of Kristof’s ways in siding with the Republicans on tort reform. I, too, just watched “Hot Coffee,” one of the most eye-opening, view-altering documentaries I’ve seen in a while. If only it would be required viewing for everyone in this country.
True, too, your comment about an uneducated/ignorant populace. If people don’t know what the debt ceiling actually is (from what I see around me, few people get it and almost no one in a position to do so is helping to change that), and their only information sources lie to them about what it is and why it is significant, people will gleefully poll (and vote) against their own best interests.
In a country that seems to be filled by increasingly ridiculous and foolish citizens, I’m always happy to discover someone who doesn’t view critical thinking as optional.
You have my full attention. I like the way your site is set up. The articles are interesting and written well enough to spur thought. Thanks for the link.
way to go in your assessment of sen. olympia snowe in the ny times. she ceased to be an independent, thinking legislator long about 2000–when bush came in. she caved in a heartbeat.
i live in maine and am looking forward to voting for her replacement and hoping that he/she will be someone who will actually be someone who will vote with a true conscience and a brain. i believe that snowe started out well but couldn’t stand up when it counted. her voting record in the last decade has been abysmal save her vote on the blunt amendment.
I love the kind of barnacle critique you lash onto other Op-Ed writers. In a way it keeps the talking heads and opinion screamers (or whisperers) honest. Good stuff. Enjoyed your arts notes as well. New York Gitty is a good place.
MR / PARIS, FRANCE
Hello Mike, just read your column regarding “Mr Type A makes subway cell service a curse”. And after reading it, it dawned on me, while my initial feeling was that it will be great to have cell & wifi service in the subways, there was the concern about terrorists – but not only that. My main concern after reading your column was the reality and the serious danger of the “train operator”/”driver” texting and talking while operating the train.
Hey Mike,
I just read your article on cell service on subways from AM New York. To be honest, its NOT the ‘Mr. Type A’ personalities that I am worried about with cell phone service on the subways. It’s the “I got myself a free cell phone and I’m going to use it anytime I can” personalities I am worried about.
Otherwise I completely agree with you. Its going to be a nightmare.
Hi Mike,
It’s taken me a while to write, but I wanted to say that your column “Stigmatize pregnant teens? That’s the point” was phenomenal. Thank you for finally saying what a lot of people are thinking- that teens have a CHOICE whether or not they want to become parents and some people need to be told that having a child is a MAJOR responsibility, both financially and emotionally. And that the Mayor was right to run these ads. Keep up the good work Mike!