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Matthew Sheahan
Notes From A Polite New Yorker: The Call of the American Road
Sure, one can ride the rails and see a good bit of America that way, but a car gives you the power of self determination and destiny that Americans habitually crave.
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: Groupthink and Unfashionable Facts
The Trayvon Martin tragedy has sparked racial hysteria and groupthink typical of mainstream media....
Notes From a Polite New Yorker: Multiculturalism as 21st Century McCarthyism
If you refuse to listen to opposing points of view, you risk turning your head into a useless echo chamber....
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: Riding the Bus Like a Schmuck
No one would rightfully choose to take a bus when they can take a subway instead....
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: A Final Farewell to ZAK
You could say that the arrangements of ZAK's final resting place were made in PRT, or Punk Rock Time. ...
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: Commemorating September 11th, the Non-Bullshit Way
The Tunnel to Towers Run is a way to honor the heroes of September 11th, 2001 in a way that is positive and free of political exploitation....
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: Graceland Too
Everyone who had been described it to me as a very weird experience that words could not do justice, and they were right. ...
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: Getting Gay for Marriage
As it is part of the government's responsibility to make sure all of its citizens are treated equally under the law, gay marriage is just. ...
Notes From A Polite New Yorker: Farewell to a Brilliant Jackass
Ryan Dunn of "Jackass" brought laughter to a generation that had grown cynical and helped change television for the better. ...
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: All Politics (and Food and Education and More) is Local
The future will be more localized....
Notes From A Polite New Yorker: The Discontent of Our Winter
The New York City area got a big blizzard of snow beginning the night after Christmas. We haven't seen a day without snow on the ground since. ...
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend
There have been too many good times spent with the stuff, too many good memories forged with beer and whiskey to look upon them as anything but old friends. ...
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: The Vantastic Blue Betty, Part I
My luck with cars has been horrible. ...
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: Independent Pro Wrestling - Best Sport Ever
In New York, the independent pro wrestling show provides the best value for your sports dollar....
Notes From a Polite New Yorker: A Good Night in Hell('s Kitchen)
A tour of the dive bars of Hell's Kitchen....
Notes From a Polite New Yorker: Things To Do Before You Leave New York
New York attracts people from all over the world. They come to New York with a variety of dreams and ambitions. Many eventually leave. ...
Notes From a Polite New Yorker: One Year On
It has been a year since the world lost Russell Lewis and Elizabeth Quilliam. Neither one was a blood relation, but I lost two members of a larger extended family. ...
Notes From A Polite New Yorker: Sword Of Damocles
If you have a job today, you are lucky. If you can still afford your mortgage or the rent on your apartment, you are lucky. ...
Notes From A Polite New Yorker: Trust Me, I'm An Expert
Where we go wrong is putting blind faith in experts....
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: A Yankee In New Orleans, Part II
Polite New Yorker continues his journey through New Orleans. ...
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: A Yankee In New Orleans, Part I
Polite New Yorker journeys to New Orleans....
Notes From a Polite New Yorker: Captive Audience
If you ride the New York City subways with any regularity, you will be subjected to appeals for alms, sermons and dance and musical recitals whether you want to or not......
Notes From A Polite New Yorker: Built By Ruth, Destroyed By Greed
What is most tragic about this is that so many Yankee fans seem perfectly content to watch their history being pissed away so the Steinbrenners can pocket more cash at the city’s expense. ...
Notes From a Polite New Yorker: The Conferences of Consequence
Being out of the office is good, even if the most enjoyable part of the day is walking to and from the subway, watching the city life up close and just being out and about during the workday. ...Confession of an Upper Decker
NOTE: I received the article below from an author I respect who has asked to remain nameless. I offer this for publication so that the...Shady and the Atomic Star Monkey
They had had a rough trip; they weren't on speaking terms when they drove through Kansas. They cracked open a few beers. They combed their long hair over their faces, put on sunglasses and hats, and posed for a picture with my cat. It was a happy day....Vive le France
The French think Americans are ignorant and boorish. Americans think the French are effete snobs. We're both right....Profiling, Racial and Otherwise
The officers informed me and my fellow detainee that we fit the description of two assault suspects....
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Matthew Sheahan
Matthew Sheahan is a writer who lives in New York City. He has been writing Notes from a Polite New Yorker since 2001. His work has appeared in The Black Table, Knot Magazine, GetUnderground.com, Too Square and other publications. He works as a financial writer and also writes short stories and poems. He is trying to get as much writing done as possible before he has to retreat to an armed bunker somewhere in Idaho or Montana.