Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805) Smith was the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In 1827, he claimed that an angel directed him to buried golden plates containing God’s revelation, which he translated as the Book of […]

The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow. Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849)

Cicatrix Definition: (noun) A scar left by the formation of new connective tissue over a healing sore or wound. Synonyms: Scar Usage: It was clear from the cicatrix on his back that he had been punished at one time, but, […]

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $108 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 193 NEW YORK CITY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO END HOMELESSNESS Funding Will Be Used to Help Non-Profits, Local Governments Relocate Homeless Individuals & Families, Promote Self-Sufficiency Programs U.S. Senators Charles E. […]

On Saturday, Christmas eve, more than 800 youngsters and their families in the Northeast Bronx will be getting their jingle on with an afternoon of holiday fun. The 11th annual “Sharing is Caring” holiday event on Dec. 24, noon to […]

Branch Wesley Rickey (1881) Rickey was an American baseball executive. In 1919, he devised baseball’s farm system of using minor-league teams to train major-league players. In 1945, after he took over the Brooklyn Dodgers, he defied convention and broke a […]

I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

Vagrant Definition: (noun) One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood. Synonyms: Drifter, Vagabond, Floater Usage: When things started disappearing from their backyard, they began to suspect the vagrant who had recently […]

SCHUMER: VOLATILE E-CIGS CONTINUE TO EXPLODE & INJURE PEOPLE; SEVERE BURNS & PERMANENT DAMAGE ALL TOO COMMON; FEDS MUST NOW CONSIDER RECALL OPTIONS & GET TO BOTTOM OF WHY DEVICES—MANY FROM CHINA—CONTINUE TO EXPLODE; RECENT INJURIES & EXPLOSIONS PROVE FED […]

Leonid Llyich Brezhnev (1906) Brezhnev joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1931 and steadily rose through the ranks, eventually becoming general secretary of the CPSU (1964-1982) and president of the USSR (1977-1982). A protégé of Nikita […]