From Harpers:

http://harpers.org/blog/2014/06/the-nea ... -terminal/

Be forewarned, to a certain extent this is rather critical of the capitalist system, or at least certain prominent people in it. At the same time, take note of the last reader comment about how he thinks the loss of Penn Station was a "necessary evil."

And a bit on the lighter side from the same source:

http://harpers.org/blog/2014/06/the-twe ... ten-maybe/