New yorkers are ass holes

Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. When it rains , it pours—especially in New York, where my fellow citizens behave so selfishly in poor weather that they make wading through puddles and scrambling from awning to awning exponentially worse than it ever has to be.

How important is having the right amount of self-esteem? Does the right amount even exist? But as I dug into the research, I learned that many American parents have been woefully overvaluing and misunderstanding the concept. Having healthy self-esteem does not ensure that kids will fare well or stay out of trouble. And although self-esteem is a tricky concept to study, research suggests that the steps parents take to foster self-esteem in their kids often have the paradoxical effect of undermining it. Our over-the-top efforts to ensure that kids feel valued and adored can actually make them feel inept—whereas intentionally exposing our kids to disappointment and failure, which so many parents are loath to do, can give children a satisfying sense of self-efficacy. For decades, Americans have been a little obsessed with the concept of self-esteem , a measure of how much confidence and value people feel they have.

You are great. You know it, we know it. Unfortunately everyone outside of the Tri-State Area might not know it.

Democracy is supposed to be OK. It's supposed to reflect the will of the people. A president who is not only the biggest asshole of all presidents ever, but also the biggest asshole among all current world leaders, the biggest asshole among all current business leaders, the biggest asshole among all rich New Yorkers, the biggest asshole among all assholes from Queens, the biggest asshole sitting on any gold toilet, and maybe the biggest asshole among all contemporary members of the human race extant, with the possible exception of Ted Cruz?