Articles by: The Bronx Chronicle
Bronx DA: Bronx Man Indicted for Attempted Murder of Police Officer in Shooting Involving Two Off-Duty Cops
BRONX MAN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER OF POLICE OFFICER IN SHOOTING INVOLVING TWO OFF-DUTY COPS Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been indicted for Attempted Murder in the first degree and additional […]
Whose Birthday Is It? October 11, 2021
François Mauriac (1885) The strict Catholic upbringing of Nobel Prize-winning French writer François Mauriac had a profound impact on his literary output. His austere, psychological novels, for which he is best known, often grapple with the problems of sin, grace, and salvation, as exemplified in Vipers’ Tangle, his masterpiece. He also wrote polemical works against totalitarianism and fascism in the 1930s, worked with the Resistance during World War II, and later wrote the foreword of what Holocaust memoir? More…
Quote of the Day: October 11, 2021
Thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful! Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Word of the Day: October 11, 2021
inviolate Definition: (adjective) Free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage. Synonyms: intact, whole, untouched, undisturbed, unsullied, unpolluted, unstained, undefiled Usage: The old America had only one foreign policy, and that was to hold inviolate the Monroe doctrine. Discuss.
Whose Birthday Is It? October 7, 2021
Rosalba Carriera (1675) One of the greatest Italian portrait and miniature painters of her day, Carriera became known for her miniature portraits on snuffboxes and was an originator of the Rococo style in France and Italy. By the time she was 30, she had been elected to the Academy of St. Luke in Rome, the Academy of Bologna, and the Florence Academy. As her career progressed, she gained a reputation for her pastel portraits and was even commissioned to create one of King Louis XV. What tragedy befell her late in life? More…
Quote of the Day: October 7, 2021
Revolutions are usually accompanied by a considerable effusion of blood, but are accounted worth it—this appraisement being made by beneficiaries whose blood had not the mischance to be shed. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
Word of the Day: October 7, 2021
bewitch Definition: (verb) Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something. Synonyms: hex, jinx, enchant Usage: After reading Harry Potter, I spent hours on end trying to bewitch a broomstick to fly. Discuss.
Bronx DA: Bronx Man Indicted for Manslaughter for Driving Under the Influence and Colliding Into MTA Bus
BRONX MAN INDICTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND COLLIDING INTO MTA BUS Passenger in Defendant’s Car Was Killed in Crash Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been indicted on Manslaughter, […]
Whose Birthday Is It? October 6, 2021
Frederick VII of Denmark (1808) The last absolute monarch of Denmark, if only for the first year of his reign, Frederick VII faced popular demonstrations calling for political reforms almost as soon as he ascended the throne. He acceded to many of the demands, appointing a liberal ministry, renouncing absolute rule, and adopting a representative government, but he rejected a proposal to cede a portion of Schleswig to Prussia. His position on this issue eventually led to war with Prussia. What was the popular king’s motto? More…
Quote of the Day: October 6, 2021
Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. But what does he do if there is no forest? … He grows a forest to hide it in. Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936)
Word of the Day: October 6, 2021
mellifluous Definition: (adjective) Pleasing to the ear. Synonyms: mellisonant, dulcet, sweet Usage: Her mellifluous voice could make him agree to anything. Discuss.
Snowplows in September! DSNY’s Snow Training Begins Sunday, September 26
Snowplows in September! DSNY’s Snow Training Begins Sunday, September 26 New York City residents may notice a strange September sight – snowplows and salt spreaders on city streets! The New York City Department of Sanitation has announced that its annual […]
Whose Birthday Is It? October 5, 2021
Chevalier d’Éon (1728) The inspiration for the now-obsolete term “eonism,” describing the adoption of female dress and behavior by a male, the Chevalier d’Éon was a French noble, soldier, and spy who lived first as a male and then as a female. His cross-dressing appears to have begun as part of his covert activities, but by the 1770s, rumors reached France that the Chevalier was actually a woman masquerading as a man, and he was ordered to live as a woman thereafter. When was it proven that he was anatomically male? More…
Quote of the Day: October 5, 2021
Are not there little chapters in everybody’s life, that seem to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history? William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
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