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Guest Commentary: The lesson for cities from Amazon in New York is “don’t be arrogant”
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...
Commentary: Let’s root for Koch Brothers in this trade battle
Never in a million years did I expect to write these words: Thank goodness for the Koch brothers!
Nocera: Brain damage, the Super Bowl and me
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...
Nocera: Workers won’t profit from corporate tax windfall
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.
Nocera: Brain science and football’s looming day of reckoning
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...
Nocera: How Sweden got nearly all of its citizens to stop smoking
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.
Nocera: ESPN can’t afford to go on like this
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...
Nocera: In North Carolina, basketball wallops politics
There is -- let's be honest -- something ridiculous about a state government changing its laws because it's being deprived of college basketball games.
Nocera: Broadway’s “Hamilton” fights the laws of economics (and loses)
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...
Nocera: “Political” Super Bowl ads weren’t about politics
What was the target audience for those Super Bowl commercials that were less about selling a product than conveying a sentiment about America?