New York New York

New York New York These vagabond shoes Are longing to stay And step around the heart of it New York, New York.

“ I would hope that Mr. Weiner would use the opportunity to reflect on whether he can effectively proceed. I don’t see how he can, and I hope he would make that judgment. - Steny Hoyer One can always hope and yearn for change. Those are the words Democrats live by.  Mr. Weiner can take hope himself in new polling by Marist College that suggests that neither his constituents nor New Yorkers generally think he should quit. They like his politics ... . PRUDEN: Weiner’s refuge in the Age of Therapy ” And this — The columnist Christopher Hitchins tells of a Victorian custom at Oxford, surviving still, of a stretch of beach along the Thames reserved for nude male bathing by dons and clergymen. One Sunday afternoon a group of proper ladies ignored warning signs and beached their little boat to the embarrassment of themselves and of rows of naked gents taking the sun. “Pairs of hands darted down to cover midsections. All but one, the hedonist and classicist Sir Maurice Bowra, whose palms went up to conceal his craggy visage . . . ‘I don’t know about you chaps,’ [he growled], ‘but I’m known by my face around here.’ “ How long, asks Mr. Hitchins, will this traditional view endure? In the age of Weiner, it may have already sailed past.