(Queens, N.Y.) – Today, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus, announced the winner of the 2016 Congressional Art Competition for New York’s 14th Congressional District. Elmhurst resident Janice Lin, a senior at the High […]

I believe, my dears, that I am the proudest story-teller that ever lived…To have pleased you, to have interested you, to have won your friendship, and perhaps your love, through my stories, is to my mind as great an achievement […]

vibist Definition: (noun) A musician who plays the vibraphone. Synonyms: vibraphonist Usage: The singing group hired a vibist to spruce up one of the tracks on their latest record.

Milton Berle (1908) Berle was an American comedian and the first major US television star. He began acting in vaudeville at age 10 and went on to perform in more than 50 silent films, on radio, and as a nightclub […]

Mason Brings 30 Years of Government and Corporate Experience to Post   Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that Teresa Mason has joined the Bronx District Attorney’s Office as Chief of Staff. District Attorney Clark said, “Teresa Mason […]

A steady hand in governing of military affairs is more requisite than in times of peace,because an error committed in war may,perhaps, prove irremediable. Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

contumely Definition: (noun) A rude expression intended to offend or hurt. Synonyms: insult, revilement, vilification, abuse Usage: I can bear Dishonor, public insult, many shames,Shrill scorn, and open contumely, but he Who filches from me something that is mine … he […]

Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561) Góngora was a poet of the Spanish Golden Age who successfully wove Renaissance and popular poetry into an original and elegant form. Very influential in his era, he developed the difficult, complex poetic style that became known as Gongorism. […]

Cases of Interest for the Week of July 11, 2016   Monday, July 11, 2016 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Borko, N. Justice Boyle Part 32 Appearance TENISHA FEARON Charged with Murder for the death of […]

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, […]

unctuous Definition: (adjective) Characterized by affected, exaggerated, orinsincere earnestness. Synonyms: oleaginous, buttery, fulsome, smarmy, oily Usage: In David Copperfield, the unctuous Uriah Heep is notable for his cloying humility and general insincerity.

John Calvin (1509) Calvin was a French theologian and a major figure of the Protestant Reformation. In 1531,he became part of a movement that emphasized salvation by grace rather than by works. By 1555, Calvin had succeeded in establishing a theocracy in Geneva, where […]

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)  

debunk Definition: (verb) To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims of. Synonyms: expose Usage: When Rosa heard the ridiculous rumor being spread around the class, she decided to debunk the myth herself.