In what he called ‘Throw Back Thursday’ Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. joined with his father Councilman (and 15th Congressional candidate) Ruben Diaz Sr. at the Moore Houses on Jackson Avenue to hand out five-hundred boxes of various foods […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor “One thing I noticed early on was that any time a great Mets player from recent years showed up, he would see Jay and break into a smile, and they’d immediately start talking like old […]
Councilman Mark Gjonaj came to the awaiting crowd at Keane Square Park in the Pelham Bay section of his council district with face masks and bags of food. Hundreds of bags were filled with various food item from canned goods […]
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807) Agassiz was a Swiss-born naturalist and geologist. Noticing the presence of huge alpine boulders in areas of Switzerland where there are no glaciers, he hypothesized that glaciers had, at one time, been widespread in the area and had dragged the boulders there. This lent credence to his theory of a recent ice age. He was also a renowned teacher and did notable work with fossils. Agassiz was a lifelong opponent, on religious grounds, of what now-accepted scientific theory? More…
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
extricate Definition: (verb) To remove or free from complication, hindrance, or difficulty. Synonyms: disencumber, disentangle Usage: It will take quite a hefty sum to extricate me from my financial difficulties. Discuss.
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor A few days after New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo gave the go ahead for New York sports teams to open practice facilities, the New York City Football Club opened their facilities to players for […]
As a money manager since 1992, I can tell you personally that one of things managers do, way before the US markets open at 9:30AM, is to look at the world financial markets- prior. One of the first would be […]
Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794) Cornelius was the patriarch of the famous Vanderbilt family. As a youth, he ferried freight and passengers in New York Harbor. As an adult, he gained control of most of the ferry lines around New York City and quickly expanded up and down the coast. He had similar success in the railroad business and died with an estate worth more than $100 million, the largest personal fortune accumulated in the US to that date. Why did Vanderbilt, who had 13 children, leave nearly everything to just one son? More…
There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshiper may one day be required to suffer. E. M. Forster (1879-1970)
conflagration Definition: (noun) A very intense and uncontrolled fire. Synonyms: inferno Usage: All the stock was destroyed in a warehouse conflagration. Discuss.
It was at the corner of Boston Road and Astor Avenue where the usual Monday Councilman Mark Gjonaj food and mask giveaway took place. It may have been Memorial Day, but over one hundred people lined up for Councilman Mark […]
Al Jolson (1886) Jolson was one of the most popular entertainers in the US in the 1930s. The son of a rabbi, he had planned to be a cantor but instead became a singer and comedian. By the age of 15, he was touring in vaudeville and minstrel shows. His 1909 blackface performance of “Mammy” was a hit, and he performed on Broadway and the radio. In 1927, he starred in the first feature-length “talkie,” The Jazz Singer. How do scholars differ in their analysis of Jolson’s use of blackface in his performances? More…
If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby “it.” Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)
drudgery Definition: (noun) Hard, menial, and monotonous work. Synonyms: donkeywork, plodding, grind Usage: The novelty soon wore off, and though she thought she was prepared for drudgery, she found it very tedious to go on doing the same thing day after day. Discuss.
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