Deep In the Heart of Brooklyn

A lovely air, based on a classic folk song , as wonderfully interpreted and hypnotically performed by Mark Knopfler and The Chieftains. ...

Happy Holidays to All....

Wow, less than a decade old and having the feel of such a remarkable classic. Peter Jackson returns to the Lord of the Rings universe to b...

Photo by Tony Napoli 2011 Since shortly after Thanksgiving, the encampment on Willoughby and Bridge Streets stood, right outside of St. J...

The new Shake Shack, a luxe fast food restaurant by Danny Meyers, opens its first Brooklyn outpost today at 11 AM at a ribbon cutting ceremo...

While the late Hitch achieves a bit of post-mortem beatification, I wonder, around this time of year,  if he should have found himself belly...

God Is Not Great, wrote Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011), and in doing so, along with his many other writings, political positions, an...

Howard Fishman and Band perform this Basement Tapes classic from Bob Dylan and The Band at Housing Works in NYC in 2008

Among many other factors gleaned during the pre- and post-Internet years, my education continued and my thinking was enhanced by the work of...

Bob Marley and the Wailers

Dang! Wish I caught this last night at NYU - Nouriel Roubini and Roberto Saviano (author of Gomorrah about organized crime in Italy),  on It...

The "Before I Die" wall has been removed and in its place a gleaming glass and stainless steel exterior that promises to be a beac...

How will Historians of the Future view the civilization of current humankind today ? Lawrence Summers, former President of Harvard, former T...

Maybe the GOP will serve as President Obama's re-election committee. National Review editor comments on the current popularity of Newt G...