Bronx Chronicle Photo of the Day: February 17, 2016
SUNY Maritine looking out towards NYC Photo by Debby Kawalick
SUNY Maritine looking out towards NYC Photo by Debby Kawalick
THOMAS MALTHUS Profile America — This month — and some sources cite this date — is the 250th anniversary of the 1766 birth of Thomas Malthus in Dorking, England. Given that birthplace, he perhaps naturally became an economist, demographer […]
Internet Censorship on the Rise Frank V. Vernuccio, Jr., J.D. Free speech on the internet continues to take a pounding on several key fronts. Under pressure from heavy handed governments abroad and threats of lawsuits and left wing agitation […]
COLLEGE FOR THE DEAF Profile America — The nation’s first college for deaf students traces its beginning to this date in 1857, when Congress incorporated the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. In 1864, […]
The First American Computer For many Americans nowadays, it’s hard to conceive of life without computers. But such a life is within the living memory of America’s seniors. The first electronic computer was publicly demonstrated on Valentine’s Day […]
VALENTINES AND WEDDINGS Profile America — Sunday, February 14 — While today may not be an official holiday, Valentine’s Day is one of the most popular in the year’s calendar. Its origins are a mix of legends involving two […]
WITH FAITH AND A FEW STONES by Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv. 1 Samuel 17:4, 50 (NLT) “Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel. He […]
Ex-Governor George Pataki has joined the voices of those elected officials who are demanding for the name of Donald Trump to be removed from the parkland that Mr. Trump donated to the State of New York.
FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL Saturday, February 13 — This date marks the anniversary in 1635 of the idea of America’s first public school — the Boston Latin School — long before there was a United States. Established in April that […]
NAACP FOUNDED One of the nation’s major civil rights organizations is 107 years old today — the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Founded to combat lynching and segregation, the NAACP continues to work toward greater opportunities […]
The Next Big Income Tax Scam By Anthony Rivieccio, MBA, PFA Have you seen enough of the income tax commercials yet? Get your simple taxes done for free, they say! Absolute zero, they call another program. “Pay nothing, file for […]
AMERICA’S FIRST HOSPITAL Profile America — Among his very many achievements, Benjamin Franklin played a leading role in the founding of America’s first hospital, decades before the Declaration of Independence. Together with Dr. Thomas Bond, he obtained a charter for a hospital to serve […]
Diaz: “I believe it is time for New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo to also do something (ie, IDNYC) of this magnitude for all residents of New York State.”
DOE’s Special Ed Blunder By Letitia James Michael is a six-year old Autistic boy living in the Bronx with his mother Modisha. As a student with disabilities in New York City, Michael is supposed to have access to therapists […]
FIRST WOMAN D.D.S. Profile America — This month 150 years ago, Lucy Hobbs Taylor received a doctorate in dentistry from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery. She was the first American woman so credentialed, and it’s believed she was also […]
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