JAPANESE INTERNMENT Friday, February 19 — On this date in 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued an executive order requiring Japanese-Americans living along the Pacific Coast to be relocated inland. This order affected some 77,000 citizens and 43,000 resident aliens. The […]
Financial Focus: I got an IRS letter for an audit; what do I do? On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the worst), being audited by the IRS could be a 10. Audits can be bad and can result in […]
OH, CANADA Although Canada has been self-governing since 1867, it wasn’t until this date in 1927 that the U.S. established formal diplomatic relations through recognition of a Canadian ambassador in Washington. Until that date, the Dominion of Canada’s […]
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz District 32 Bronx Eliot Spitzer vs Hiram MonserrateYou should know that back in 2009, my friend and former New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate was accused of slashing his girlfriend […]
SUNY Maritine looking out towards NYC Photo by Debby Kawalick
THOMAS MALTHUS Profile America — This month — and some sources cite this date — is the 250th anniversary of the 1766 birth of Thomas Malthus in Dorking, England. Given that birthplace, he perhaps naturally became an economist, demographer […]
Internet Censorship on the Rise Frank V. Vernuccio, Jr., J.D. Free speech on the internet continues to take a pounding on several key fronts. Under pressure from heavy handed governments abroad and threats of lawsuits and left wing agitation […]
COLLEGE FOR THE DEAF Profile America — The nation’s first college for deaf students traces its beginning to this date in 1857, when Congress incorporated the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. In 1864, […]
The First American Computer For many Americans nowadays, it’s hard to conceive of life without computers. But such a life is within the living memory of America’s seniors. The first electronic computer was publicly demonstrated on Valentine’s Day […]
VALENTINES AND WEDDINGS Profile America — Sunday, February 14 — While today may not be an official holiday, Valentine’s Day is one of the most popular in the year’s calendar. Its origins are a mix of legends involving two […]
WITH FAITH AND A FEW STONES by Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv. 1 Samuel 17:4, 50 (NLT) “Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel. He […]
Ex-Governor George Pataki has joined the voices of those elected officials who are demanding for the name of Donald Trump to be removed from the parkland that Mr. Trump donated to the State of New York.
FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL Saturday, February 13 — This date marks the anniversary in 1635 of the idea of America’s first public school — the Boston Latin School — long before there was a United States. Established in April that […]
NAACP FOUNDED One of the nation’s major civil rights organizations is 107 years old today — the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Founded to combat lynching and segregation, the NAACP continues to work toward greater opportunities […]
The Next Big Income Tax Scam By Anthony Rivieccio, MBA, PFA Have you seen enough of the income tax commercials yet? Get your simple taxes done for free, they say! Absolute zero, they call another program. “Pay nothing, file for […]
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