This was no ordinary Christmas tree lighting because the giant tree used for years at the corner of Boston Road and Allerton Avenue could not be used this tear. Due to the inclement weather a smaller tree could not be […]

Officers of the 49th Precinct came to the Morris Park Community Meeting late Wednesday night. They explained that they were at training for the new New York State Criminal Laws that take effect January 1, 2020.While the officers are to […]

On Thursday, December 5, 2019 (TOMORROW), Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will host the borough’s annual Bronx Christmas tree lighting ceremony along with special holiday festivities.The evening will include a visit from Santa & Mrs. Claus, who will bring hot […]

Paul Painlevé (1863) A mathematical prodigy, Painlevé embarked on a career devoted to science, but he turned to politics after the Dreyfus Affair sparked his interest. In World War I, he held several French cabinet posts and was briefly premier in 1917. He was premier again in 1925 and was later minister of war and minister of aviation. In mathematics, Painlevé ranked among the best minds of his time, and he made important contributions in the field of differential equations. What are the Painlevé transcendents? More…

The soldier never becomes wholly familiar with the conception of his foes as men like himself; he cannot divest himself of the feeling that they are another order of beings, differently conditioned, in an environment not altogether of the earth. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

fracas  Definition: (noun) Noisy quarrel. Synonyms: affray, altercation Usage: A loud and violent fracas took place between the infantry Colonel and his lady, who were dining at the Cafe de Paris. Discuss.

UNION CARPENTERS AND CONTRACTORS BRING HOLIDAY CHEER TO FAMILIES IN THE BRONX WITH NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER MARCOS CRESPO AND COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL SALAMANCA Union Carpenters And Contractors Donate $100,000 This Holiday Season To Families In Need The New […]

Samuel Butler (1835) Butler was a British novelist and critic. Descended from clergymen, he grappled for years with Christianity and evolution in his writings, first embracing, then rejecting, Charles Darwin’s theories. He is best known for his autobiographical novel The Way of All Flesh. During his lifetime, his reputation rested on the utopian satire Erewhon (1872), which foreshadowed the end of the Victorian illusion of eternal progress. What prediction did Butler make about human evolution? More…

By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless it is unpopular it cannot be a masterpiece. Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936)

lettered  Definition: (adjective) Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding. Synonyms: knowledgeable, well-read, learned Usage: They are few in number, but it is a choice audience, a lettered audience. Discuss.

It was a couple of days before Thanksgiving, and out and about throughout the Bronx elected officials were giving out frozen turkeys or vouchers to local supermarkets for a free turkey for Thanksgiving. The Bronx Borough President’s office handed frozen […]