On Thursday, August 29, 2019, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., AT&T and the New York Yankees will co-host the ninth annual “Borough President’s Cup” Youth Baseball Championship game.The championship contest will pit two former champions against one another, Grand […]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749) Goethe was a German poet, dramatist,novelist, and scientist whose dramatic poem Faust is considered one of the world’s greatest poetic and philosophic creations. In it, here presents Faust, the legendary scholar who sold his soul to the devil, tragically, as a singularly modern figure who is condemned to remain unsatisfied by life. In his later years,Goethe was celebrated as a sage and visited by world luminaries.Which of Goethe’s novels is often called the first bildungsroman?More…
I am a lover and have not found my thing to love. Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941)
scarecrow Definition: (noun) An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds. Synonyms: straw man Usage: She was determined, therefore, to contrive as lifelike a scarecrow as ever was seen … so that it should begin its sentinel’s duty that very morning. Discuss.
By Rich Mancuso. Sports Editor This is the series at Citi Field for the Mets with the Chicago Cubs and perhaps a defining one that could determine if there will be meaningful games being played as the calendar gets close […]
New York City has a problem! And it’s name is Bill de Blasio , formerly Warren Wilhelm Jr . He changed his name claiming his father was an absentee parent. The real reason was, his mother’s maiden name would better […]
Statement by District Attorneys Darcel D. Clark, Eric Gonzalez, Michael E. McMahon, Cyrus R. Vance Jr. and Acting District Attorney John M. Ryan “As the District Attorneys who serve all of the residents of New York City, we are committed […]
Theodore Dreiser (1871) Dreiser was a novelist and pioneer of naturalism in American literature. After working as a journalist, magazine editor, and publisher,he published his first novel, Sister Carrie,which was denounced as scandalous. In 1915,the withdrawal of his autobiographical novel,The Genius, from distribution on moral grounds ignited a national anticensorship campaign supported by most of the leading literary figures of the day. Whose murder inspired his An American Tragedy? More…
In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider, it is hard to find rules without exception. George Eliot (1819-1880)
beseem Definition: (verb) Accord or comport with. Synonyms: befit, suit Usage: Therefore it beseems us as true knights to prick on bravely, not idly weep. Discuss.
Cases of Interest for the Week of August 26, 2019 Monday, August 26, 2019 NO CASES OF INTEREST Check website for updates. Tuesday, August 27, 2019 NO CASES OF INTEREST Check website for updates. Wednesday, August 28, 2019 ADAJudgePart #Status Defendant […]
Off Duty 43rd Precinct Officer Killed in Car Crash Twenty-seven year old off duty Police Officer Shane Sullivan died after his car hit a tree on Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx. There are reports of a medical emergency that Officer […]
With the announcement that he will not seek another term in congress, several people have announced their intentions to replace Congressman Jose Serrano. Since the last elected Republican was former State Senator Guy Vellela, the Democratic Primary is the real […]
Martin G. Mahar | NY State Senate Martin G. Mahar Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Inductee was nominated by Former Senator Joseph L. Bruno Martin G. Mahar, a decorated Marine Corps veteran who took part in some of […]
Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford (1676) Walpole was an English statesman. Elected to the House of Commons in 1701, he later served as secretary of war. With the accession of George I, he rose rapidly to become first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer. With his consolidation of power, he effectively became the first British prime minister. He avoided foreign entanglement and kept England neutral until 1739, when he was forced into the War of Jenkins’Ear against Spain. How did the conflict get its name? More…
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