Nah, I’m not starting a new category. But I am coming in high praise of the New York Times’ marvelous essayist and journalist Ginia Bellafante.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, in a Big City piece called “When ‘Affordable’ Is Just A Word,<\/a>” she dissects in her mordant way the gross distinctions between what the City calls “affordable” housing for low-income people and the kind of prices very rich people can afford to pay for their own housing.<\/p>\n It’s a great piece. And Ms. Bellafante just gave me two terrific sub-categories for my putative Rich People Behaving Richly category:<\/p>\n Ginia Bellafante is my new bestest friend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nah, I’m not starting a new category. But I am coming in high praise of the New York Times’ marvelous essayist and journalist Ginia Bellafante. Yesterday, in a Big City piece called “When ‘Affordable’ Is Just A Word,” she dissects … Continue reading \n