Friday, September 17, 2010

Brooklyn, Kansas: Here Comes the Twister

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Leaving work, I made a stop at a bookstore on Court Street, but it started looking gray out, so I decided to take my usual stroll to DeKalb ...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Post-Primary: The Future is Unwritten

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One candidate, despite his stalwart and efective political image, is not readily available to the media for interview. The other acknowledge...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

NY Daily News -New "Voting Machine Headaches -- Even for Chuck Schumer"

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Daily News' Celeste Katz reports on the voting at PS 321 in Park Slope: "Apparently even Sen. Chuck Schumer isn't immune to ...

More Ch-ch-ch-changes: Board of Elections and the New Voting Devices

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Based on the thorough coverage offered yesterday by Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Heights Blog , it sounds like you must si...
Monday, September 13, 2010

I, Gaijin: From Brooklyn to Tokyo and Osaka and Back Again

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After weeks of hocking Gotham City Insider for news about his recent trip to Japan, as guest guitarist for another band of western, hardcor...
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The Brooklyn Griffin

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Photos by Brooklyn Beat Waterbury and Meserole Streets in Williamsburgh
Saturday, September 11, 2010

Nine Years Later: The Complexity of Freedom

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Frequent crossings into Manhattan this summer had me thinking about the World Trade Center site. While it was clear that an enormous amount ...
Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Days of Awe: Wrestling with the Known and Unknown

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A friend at work asked me if I am ready for the Jewish holidays. I guess. This year, we are going to a different congregation in Flatbush...
Thursday, September 2, 2010

West Nile Mosquito Spraying in Brooklyn Zip Codes Tonite

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Notification issued on 9/1/2010 at 4:00 PM. The Department of Health will be spraying for mosquitoes to help prevent West Nile Virus from 8...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Remembering Septembers

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from the classic and hilarious NY Observer article -- Why Have a Night Like This In times Like These?' by Frank DiGiacomo Just weeks a...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Midtown West

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Above: 99 Cent Pizza Top 2: George Segal's Commuters 1980, Port Authority, NYC Photos by Brooklyn Beat/TN August 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010

International View: Does 44 Want to Be Re-Elected in 2012?

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Few Americans consider themselves bigger than the presidency but Obama might be one of them. The man in the Oval Office, argues Toby Harnden...
Thursday, August 19, 2010

On Missing Gary Shteyngart and Pondering the Future of Books

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Circumstances, waning memory, and my eagerness for this reading resulted in our inadvertantly missing the Gary Shteyngart reading at BookCo...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Coney Island on a Tuesday Evening

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A cool breeze off the ocean offered delightful release as the sun began to set. The boardwalk and beach were busy but by no means crowded. W...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Bob Dylan and The Beats -- American Visions and Highway Dreams

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Photograph: Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Barbara Rubin, Bob Dylan, and Daniel Kramer backstage at McCarter Theater, in Princeton, New Je...