Monday, April 8, 2013

Signs of Spring: 'The Water Song'

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Hot Tuna's The Water Song. Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Sammy Piazza. Spiritual. All natural. Uplifting. A classic.
Thursday, April 4, 2013

Not in the News: NYC Fast Food Workers Plan April 4 Job Action Over Low Wages

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Although it apparently has yet to be reported in the NYC media, the UK Guardian has reported that fast food workers acroiss the city are pla...
Monday, April 1, 2013

Getting Ready for the Season: Coney Island on My Mind

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The young gal laughed as she supported her companion who grasped his chest in mock agony and semi collapse: "No more 'Shoot the Fre...
Saturday, March 30, 2013

'And Nothing Else Compares'

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Traveling with our two beautiful, brilliant daughters, feeling so blessed, but struggling with next steps and college realities for "...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

The Boy from Weequahik: Newark Celebrates Philip Roth - and Vice Versa

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The New York Times' Charles McGrath reports on the retirement of author Philip Roth following his 80th birthday and a celebration that w...

Peace and Rockets: President Obama's Visit to Israel

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“I recognize that there are those who are not simply skeptical about peace, but question its underlying premise, and that’s a part of democr...
Friday, March 15, 2013

On the Trail of the Higgs Boson

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CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. "New results indicate that particle discovered at CERN is a Higgs boson....
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Et tu, Francesco?

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Well, from the Borgias on down, the Catholic Church, as an institution with government, finances and secrets, has been nothing if not pragma...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

"Habemus Papam": Francis, Vicar of Rome

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Quiet thunder in Argentina: as early as 2005 Jose Maria Poirer in the UK Catholic Herald was prognosticating the eventual election of Cardin...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

"Extra Omnes": Vatican Conclave Begins

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"Extra Omnes!" Ralph Kramden, iconic NYC bus driver could not have said it any better. "Everybody out!" With those word...

The View from Over There: Pravda - "U.S. System Grows Necrophiliac Psychopaths"

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"American reality today looks worse than darkest Hollywood movies" writes Vitaly Salnick in the Russian daily PRAVDA. "Some...
Monday, March 11, 2013

MIKE 'SODAMAYOR': Judge Foils Bloomberg's Big Drink Ban

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Good intentions aside, Mayor Mike "SODAMAYOR" Bloomberg's plan to ban large sugary beverages was overturned by a New York Stat...
Saturday, March 9, 2013

Tonight: Bushwick Galleries: In the Spirit of MCMXIII

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In the spirit of the alternative art movements that shook the art world in the original Armory Show in 1913, Armory Late Night Bushwick and ...
Friday, March 8, 2013

International Women's Day 2013: End Violence Against Women, Gaining Momentum, Remembering Women In Prison (including Members of Music Group Pussy Riot and Protestors Arrested in Moscow Today)

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The UN theme for International Women's Day 2013 is "A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women,"...
Tuesday, March 5, 2013

A Centennial of Contemporary Art: The Armory Show Comes to NYC's Far West Side

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Beginning Thursday, March 7, through Sunday, March 10, The Armory Show at Piers 92 and 94 (52nd Street and 12th Avenues)  on New York Ci...