Profile America: Pleasing Squeezing — The Accordion
During June, fans of this neglected musical instrument have been celebrating National Accordion Awareness Month.
During June, fans of this neglected musical instrument have been celebrating National Accordion Awareness Month.
DISTRACT A DRIVER WITH YOUR TEXT AND YOU MAY NEED A CRIMINAL ATTORNEY by David P. Lesch, Esq. Few things could be more dangerous to the community than texting while you are operating a motor vehicle. If you haven’t […]
Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS Labs developed the 33 1/3 rpm long-playing record — first shown to the public on this date in 1948.
This week 50 years ago, the Beatles’ song “Paperback Writer” topped the pop music charts in America.
The Coming Council | Seth Barron In considering the run-up to the 2018 Speaker election, we have to remember that the next council will have a different composition from the current one…though not by much. Almost all of the existing councilmembers […]
American political history is the story of social movements turning into political movements. For every Debs, King and Friedan there is an FDR, LBJ or Bella Abzug. Movement leaders plant the seeds, organize the streets, get called names and are […]
The occasion dates back to 1910, when Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Washington wanted to honor her father, who raised six children by himself after his wife died.
The first Chinese student to graduate from an American college–Yale University–was Yung Wing.
The controversy over guns will remain as divided as American politics.
America’s first accident insurance company was chartered on this date in 1863 in Hartford, Connecticut.
Each year, there are more than 2.1 million weddings across the nation.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Why shouldn’t the spotlight be on public offenders, too? By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz You should know that there is a debate raging in the New York State Legislature about eliminating the statute of limitations on […]
Brad Lander’s ‘Spouse Donors’ | Seth Barron Brad Lander of Park Slope raised eyebrows recently when he called backers of Yungman Lee, who is challenging Nydia Velazquez in the Democratic primary, “scumbags.” Lander refused to retract the insult, saying […]
The first commercial computer, the 13-ton UNIVAC I, began its 12 year — or 73,000-hour — career of number crunching for the bureau in this date 65 years ago.
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