New York City Marathon
35,000 runners participated in the amazing spectacle that is the New York City Marathon yesterday. Of course the most amazing thing about it is that it's the only time you'll ever see anybody get to Midtown Manhattan from Staten Island in under 5 hours.

Neustadt Dies
Richard Neustadt, the father of modern American political science, died yesterday at 84. Neustadt will be best remembered for the huge impact he made on this country by providing generations of college students with an easy major.