Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door. Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

cornucopia Definition: (noun) The property of being extremely abundant. Synonyms: profuseness, richness Usage: The cornucopia of job opportunities overwhelmed the immigrants, who had come from a town with only one employer. Discuss.

BRING BACK THE FINS! I am so irritated with government telling people they know what’s best for them. Government has consistent issues running their own programs, yet they continue to regulate for their own best interest. Those programs are usually […]

Emery Perry HONOREE PROFILE 2019 VETERANS’ HALL OF FAME   US Army | Private First Class Emery A. Perry was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and moved to the Bronx at age six.  In 1961, he enlisted in the United States […]

Helen Gurley Brown (1922) Propelled to fame by her 1962 bestseller Sex and the Single Girl, Brown became editor-in-chief of the struggling Cosmopolitan magazine. By directing the magazine toward single, young career women and by being an outspoken advocate of women’s sexual freedom, she not only revived the publication but also played a part in the sexual revolution. By the end of her 32-year tenure with Cosmopolitan, the magazine ranked sixth at the newsstand but first in what other kind of store? More…

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. Henry James (1843-1916)

involution Definition: (noun) The act of involving or complicating or the state of being involved or complicated. Synonyms: intricacy, elaboration Usage: The tale itself is a mere sketch, with no involution of plot, nor any great interest of events. Discuss.

On Wednesday, February 24, the newest Bronx Chipotle – which opened earlier this month – will host its first fundraiser, raising money toward school supplies for students at PS 105 Senator Abraham Bernstein Elementary School.  The Details: When: Wednesday, Feb. 24, […]

Jacobi Pediatric Trauma Center Virtual Teddy Bear Clinic and Emergency Department Tour March 25, 2021 at 9 am RSVP by March 19, 2021 Available via Zoom for K through 1st Grades Program includes a tour of the trauma bay, Teddy Bear […]

New York City Councilman Fernando Cabrera demands an end the practice requiring New York City Correction officers to work triple shifts. “ The City administration must end this abusive policy, which not only endangers officers but inmates as well.” councilman cabrera […]

Isabelle Eberhardt (1877) As a Swiss explorer traveling in North Africa, Eberhardt often dressed as a man to move more freely through Arab society. Intensely independent, she took the side of Algerians fighting against colonial French rule. She converted to Islam, was initiated into a Sufi brotherhood, and married an Algerian soldier. She wrote about her travels in books and newspapers. She survived a murder attempt—in which her arm was badly injured by a saber—only to die at the age of 27 in what unlikely fashion? More…

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

perpetrate Definition: (verb) Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation. Synonyms: commit, pull Usage: Only a sadistic, depraved person could perpetrate a crime like this. Discuss.

Irena Sendler (1910) Working with Polish resistance groups and a network of helpers, Sendler saved 2,500 Jewish children during WWII by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, sometimes hidden in suitcases. After changing the children’s names and arranging for their care, she buried records of their identities in jars, hoping to someday reunite them with their parents. Though she was arrested, tortured, and reportedly executed in 1943, she actually survived the war and lived to be 98. How did she survive the Nazis? More…

There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents…and only one for birthday presents, you know. Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)