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I’ve gotten more death threats in the past week than probably the average politician does — all because I wrote a column for The Post with the online headline “NYC Is Dead Forever: Here’s Why.” I presented facts. Plus, I told the story of my own lifelong love affair with the Big Apple and lamented its impending demise. Now Jerry Seinfeld — sitting in the comfort and safety of his Hamptons mansion, with probably five dozen rare Italian sports cars in the garage — has written a response in the New York Times calling me a “putz” and insisting...

I love NYC. When I first moved to NYC, it was a dream come true. Every corner was like a theater production happening right in front of me. So much personality, so many stories. Every subculture I loved was in NYC. I could play chess all day and night. I could go to comedy clubs. I could start any type of business. I could meet people. I had family, friends, opportunities. No matter what happened to me, NYC was a net I could fall back on and bounce back up. Now it’s completely dead. “But NYC always always bounces back.”...

I first wrote about gold in early July at WSJ.com. I took a lot of heat then but the jury is still out. In fact, since July 9, stocks and gold have performed almost exactly the same. But with stocks trading at record low multiples over earnings (versus bond yields) and with gold at an all time high I can think of 11 straightforward reasons why the Gold Bubble is going to burst and stocks are the primary place one should put their money. * It has very few industrial uses. * Gold has no dividend yield. * Gold has...