In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd toaim at making proselytes by fire and sword.Heresies in either can rarely be cured bypersecution. Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804)

chloasma Definition: (noun) A patchy brown or dark brown skindiscoloration that usually occurs on a woman’s faceand may result from hormonal changes, as inpregnancy. Synonyms: mask of pregnancy, melasma Usage: She developed chloasma on her face during herpregnancy, but it […]

Bobby Fischer (1943) Fischer was a chess legend who, at the age of15, became the youngest grandmaster inhistory at that time. In 1970 and 1971, he wonan unprecedented 20 straight games to qualifyto challenge Boris Spassky for the world championship. […]

Failure or success seem to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wriggling, of fighting with their star or against it, and in the whole universe the only really interesting movement is this […]

deprecate Definition: (verb) To belittle. Synonyms: depreciate Usage: The teacher should not deprecate his student’s efforts.

André Michaux (1746) Michaux was a French botanist who traveled extensively in Europe, Asia, and North America. In 1785, the French government sent him to the US to spearhead the first organized investigation of North American plants that could be […]

Tonight’s photo is courtesy of Cyndi Prisco who writes “Why did the chicken cross the road? – Car plays chicken on the City Island temporary bridge”. We believe this was caused by impatient drivers driving in the fire lane resulting in […]

All of us have in our veins the exact samepercentage of salt in our blood that exists inthe ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in ourblood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied tothe ocean. And when we […]