intransigent Definition: (adjective) Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising. Synonyms: adamant, inexorable, adamantine Usage: My father is an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency. Discuss.

(New York, NY)— The Partnership for the Homeless issued the following statement today about the latest extension of the federal eviction moratorium. “We agree with the moratorium extension as moving to evict people before existing federal rental assistance has been disseminated would […]

Cases of Interest for the Week of August 9, 2021 *Appearances/Proceedings May Be Virtual*   Monday, August 9, 2021 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Hirsch, E. McCarty 70 Conference Jonathan Davila Charged with second-degree Murder and additional […]

Rally Against Bruckner Blvd. Rezoning Plan for Eight Story Building Where Foodtown Supermarket Currently Sits By Robert Press Almost two-hundred people came to stand on the sidewalk, and in the street on the Crosby Avenue side of the Super Foodtown […]

To The Editor: I am aiming this piece toward all of the “moderates, “centrists”, and “independents” out there because I believe that they are the only ones who have any kind of an open mind about politics these days. As […]

With tropical plants, symmetrical pergolas and a tranquil pool, the Aquatic and Monocot Gardens offer an intimate and magical experience. In this special program on Zoom, watch and listen as Wave Hill Gardener Christoher Bivens takes you on a quiet […]

National Night Out in the 49th Precinct.  By Robert Press With the city and country rushing to reopen by July 4th, National Night out, the first Tuesday in August was also on the calendar. Comras Mall in Bronx Park East […]

Clarence Leonidas “Leo” Fender (1909) Few people in recent history have transformed popular music—rock and roll in particular—the way Leo Fender did. A self-taught radio repairman, Fender began inventing electronic instruments in the 1940s and is responsible for the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar, the first widely used electric bass, and many other revolutionary instruments. His Fender Musical Instruments Corporation remains a leading manufacturer of electronic instruments and amplifiers. What are Fender “Nocasters”? More…

To the boy of twenty it seems impossible that he will not love as wildly at sixty as he does then … His love will never fall, whoever else’s may. Nobody ever loved as he loves, and so, of course, the rest of the world’s experience can be no guide in his case. Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)

cantankerous Definition: (adjective) Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable. Synonyms: bloody-minded Usage: I am an extremely considerate neighbor, yet the cantankerous old lady next door is constantly lodging complaints about me with our landlord. Discuss.

Susie Baker King Taylor (1848) Born into slavery, Taylor was secretly—and illegally—educated during her childhood. As a young woman, she served as a Union army nurse during the American Civil War. She became the first African American to openly teach former slaves in Georgia and the first African-American woman to publish a memoir of her wartime experiences, Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers. How did she end up with Union troops in the first place? More…

One can sometimes do good by being the right person in the wrong place. Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936)

banality Definition: (noun) The condition or quality of being banal; triviality. Synonyms: unoriginality, predictability, dullness, ordinariness, staleness, vapidity, triteness Usage: My friends pursued their course with uneventfulness; they had no longer any surprises for me; even their love-affairs had a tedious banality. Discuss.

Third Annual Yemini-American Parade in Morris Park By Robert Press The 2019 Yemini-American Parade was a huge success, and people were looking for even more the next year, but due to COVID-19 the 2020 Yemini-American parade was a parade of […]