shogunate Definition: (noun) A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.). Synonyms: monocracy, dictatorship Usage: The people had philosophical problems with the shogunate, but they had […]

Due to the impending snow storm this concert has been moved to Saturday, January 30th @ 8pm LEHMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS presents The Third Annual Best of DOO WOP! ROCK & ROLL IS HERE TO STAY! Featuring Charlie Thomas’ Drifters, The Platters, […]

    Following a request by Assemblyman Dinowitz, the DOT has agreed to install two speed humps in North Riverdale; the first on Liebig Avenue between West 263rd and West 259th Streets, the second on West 263rd Street between Riverdale […]

hostelry Definition: (noun) A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers. Synonyms: auberge, inn, lodge Usage: Three large rooms were assigned to them in the monastery hostelry.

Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death!…Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)

All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us […]

beatitude Definition: (noun) Supreme blessedness or happiness. Synonyms: blessedness, beatification Usage: You have it in your power to raise two human beings from a state of actual suffering to such unspeakable beatitude as only generous, noble, self-forgetting love can give.