off-color Definition: (adjective) In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent. Synonyms: indelicate Usage: The shareholder’s meeting was entirely the wrong forum for his off-color joke. Discuss. 

With the MTA fifty-five billion dollar capital budget passed earlier Wednesday morning three state legislators, two community board member, the executive director of a nearby hospital, and a wheel chair bound advocate for accessibility cheered the addition of an elevator […]

Lewis Hine (1874) Hine was an American photographer whose career began shortly after he bought his first camera in 1903. Devoted to capturing images of the dark side of the industrial revolution in the US, he documented the poverty of immigrants and the plight of child laborers. The power of his images placed him at the forefront of 20th-century documentary photographers and helped bring about the passage of child labor laws. Some of his most famous images document the construction of what iconic skyscraper? More…

When a subject is highly controversial…one cannot hope to tell the truth. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold. One can only give one’s audience the chance of drawing their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the prejudices, the idiosyncrasies of the speaker. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

undersell  Definition: (verb) To sell goods for a lower price than (another seller). Synonyms: undercut Usage: The executive instituted a store-wide sale in an effort to undersell the popular new competitor. Discuss.

Since the departure of Joe Thompson as the Executive Director of the White Plains Road Business Improvement District several stores have closed, and his replacement is nowhere to be found. I made several calls that have gone unanswered, stopped in […]

Tuesday evening the Bronx Progressives held a meeting which covered several items. First up was a discussion on Ranked Choice Voting, question one of the ballot proposals for the November General election.  Currently election results are showing that with several candidates […]

Mark Rothko (1903) Largely self-taught, Rothko was an American painter who became a leading exponent of a uniquely personal strain within the larger movement of abstract expressionism. By 1950, he was creating his so-called color-field paintings, works with large rectangles of color that express moods. In 1970, he committed suicide shortly after completing what some regard as his masterwork, a group of murals for a chapel in Houston, Texas. For what record-breaking price did one of Rothko’s paintings sell in 2007? More…

No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home. L. Frank Baum (1856-1919)

hombre  Definition: (noun) An informal term for a youth or man. Synonyms: guy, bozo, cat Usage: I am the kind of hombre who enjoys a good steak for dinner. Discuss. 

Saturday Senator Jamaal Bailey hosted his 2nd annual Unions and Caribbean celebration parade. The parade started on Nereid Ave. / 238th Street and went down along White Plains Rd. to PS 41. The event featured the vibrant colors and culture found […]

Summer is over  – no worries “swing into fall fitness” to maintain your perfect beach body. Across the boroughs, City Parks Foundation is kicking off its 2019 Fall Sports Program for seniors this month. This Fall, 500 seniors in 26 neighborhood parks and recreation centers are […]

Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin (1739) Potemkin was a Russian army officer who helped bring Catherine II to power in 1762. After fighting in the Russo-Turkish War, he became Catherine’s lover and perhaps the most powerful man in Russia. He played an important role in the annexing of the Crimea, but he underestimated the cost of colonizing it and left many projects incomplete. His success in disguising his shortcomings led to the claim that when he gave Catherine a tour of the region, he showed her “Potemkin villages,” which are what? More…