Joe Nocera

In this Nov. 14, 2018, file photo protesters carry anti-Amazon posters during a coalition rally and press conference opposing Amazon headquarters getting subsidies to locate in the New York neighborhood of Long Island City, Queens in New York.

Guest Commentary: The lesson for cities from Amazon in New York is “don’t be arrogant”

February 18, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

The thing I don't understand, with all the finger-pointing that's gone on since the announcement Thursday that Amazon.com Inc. was abandoning its plans to set up shop in New York...

Brian Hooks and Charles Koch. (Photo provided by The Seminar Network)

Commentary: Let’s root for Koch Brothers in this trade battle

August 3, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.

Never in a million years did I expect to write these words: Thank goodness for the Koch brothers!

Broncos cornerback Domonique Foxworth attempts to tackle Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens during a 2008 preseason game. During a recent Aspen Institue forum, Foxworth was adamant that his son would never play football at any level because of the risk of brain injury.

Nocera: Brain damage, the Super Bowl and me

February 2, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.

If the NFL and the NCAA can鈥檛 find a solution to brain injuries, the game is likely to go the way of boxing, replaced by the sport parents are putting...

President Donald Trump congratulates Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell while House Speaker Paul Ryan watches at the White House after the final passage of tax overhaul legislation by Congress on Dec. 20.

Nocera: Workers won’t profit from corporate tax windfall

December 21, 2017 at 12:42 p.m.

Companies are going to use the influx of cash from the new tax code to reward capital instead of labor, which is the exact opposite of what Republicans claim.

Former Broncos running back Terrell Davis speaks during his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last Saturday in Canton, Ohio.

Nocera: Brain science and football’s looming day of reckoning

August 11, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.

For all the recent stories about CTE and football -- for all the fear CTE has created among players and ex-players -- the game's moment of truth has not yet...

Only 5 percent of people in Sweden smoke.

Nocera: How Sweden got nearly all of its citizens to stop smoking

June 12, 2017 at 4:51 p.m.

If the West really hopes to achieve a tobacco-free world by 2040, Sweden has pointed the way. Like it or not, harm reduction is the only answer.

ESPN broadcaster Mike Tirico before an NFL game between the New England Patriots and the Buffalo Bills on Monday, Sept. 14, 2009.

Nocera: ESPN can’t afford to go on like this

May 3, 2017 at 3:01 p.m.

ESPN, which laid off 100 people last week, has a multitude of problems, but the basic one is this: It pays too much for content and costs too much for...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper holds a press conference on Thursday in Raleigh to announce that he signed a HB142, a compromise replacement bill for HB2, that the N.C. General Assembly passed earlier in the day.

Nocera: In North Carolina, basketball wallops politics

March 31, 2017 at 4:45 p.m.

There is -- let's be honest -- something ridiculous about a state government changing its laws because it's being deprived of college basketball games.

People wait in line to see the Broadway play "Hamilton" on Nov. 19, 2016, in New York.

Nocera: Broadway’s “Hamilton” fights the laws of economics (and loses)

March 24, 2017 at 2:18 p.m.

It doesn't take a degree in economics to understand what is going on here. The Richard Rodgers Theatre, where Hamilton resides, has 1,319 seats. But the demand for tickets vastly...

This photo provided by Budweiser shows a scene from the company's commercial for Super Bowl LI. The scene depicts when Anheuser-Busch co-founder Adolphus Busch, foreground left, is welcomed to St. Louis after traveling by boat from Germany.

Nocera: “Political” Super Bowl ads weren’t about politics

February 8, 2017 at 9:13 a.m.

What was the target audience for those Super Bowl commercials that were less about selling a product than conveying a sentiment about America?

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