re: #111 recusancy
Cause it was written by the Manhattan Institute. Why would a partisan think tank’s article be anything but above water? ;)
The Manhattan Institute is the place from which Rudy Giuliani’s highly successful “Broken Windows” policing strategy was born. That plus this excellent coverage of urban issue has long had me as a fan of them. City Journal is an excellent publication that has so far remained free of Bad Craziness.