Interpenetrate Definition: (verb) Spread or diffuse through. Synonyms: Imbue, Permeate, Pervade, Diffuse, Riddle, Penetrate Usage: Crossing his arms on his chest, as if to control this new sensation of delight, he drank in delicious draughts of that mysterious air which […]

There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke. Herman Melville (1819-1891)

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908) Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer who is considered the father of photojournalism. His works, which were unmanipulated and achieved with simple techniques, are remarkable for their flawless capture of a situation’s “decisive moment.” He served in World […]

Smug Definition: (adjective) Exhibiting or feeling great or offensive satisfaction with oneself or with one’s situation; self-righteously complacent. Synonyms: Self-satisfied Usage: On his face was the smug look of a toad breakfasting on fat marsh flies.

Wilt Chamberlain (1936) One of the greatest offensive players in the history of basketball, “Wilt the Stilt” set many records and led the National Basketball Association in scoring every season from 1959 to 1965. He played in his hometown of […]

The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation’s greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power […]

STATEMENT FROM BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ RE: Confederate Monuments at the Hall of Fame for Great Americans “Our motto in this borough is ‘ne cede malis,’—‘yield not to evil.’ And we will not, no matter how old that evil might be. […]

The man who talks everlastingly and promiscuously, who seems to have an exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds so many words into his thoughts that he always obscures, and very frequently conceals them. Washington Irving (1783-1859)