Have you been? I had the great good fortune to have to take a bunch of people there just this week. One of the things I find most inspiring about it is, unlike most museums, at Ellis Island you actually walk where the immigrants walked, you can sit on the benches they sat on, you can almost hear those mispronounced names shouted and the 21 differen …
She was walking to work and fell in a pothole. Corey, who do we go after for this? So now we're in the ER, waiting for X-ray results or maybe some pain meds. At least we're not in Nepal. Or Baltimore. Acts of injustice done between the setting and the rising sun in history lie like bones, each one. -W H Auden
According to earthday.org: Each year, Earth Day -- April 22 -- marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. The height of hippie and flower-child culture in the United States, 1970 brought the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water …
If you've ever served on a board, a co-op board or an association board or a not-for-profit board you know it's not easy to get things done. Things just seem to go around in circles and never get anywhere. Well, there's one place where that's not true, one place where they hear you, listen to you and you can write your own ticket with other like-mi …
I read recently that Jeb Bush inadvertently checked the Hispanic box in his voter registration form in 2009. His response was, “My mistake! Don’t think I’ve fooled anyone." It reminded me of a the silly mistakes I make and how foolish it is to get angry about them. How many times have I frantically searched for my glasses only to find them on the t …
When I was growing up, Easter was a really big deal. This was suburban Southern California and Georgia in the 60s and 70s. We got a new dresses, had our picture taken, went to church and had an even more delicious Sunday dinner, than our usual one. My mother was an excellent cook, perhaps a little heavy on the alcohol... We had egg hunts and adorab …
It's not often that a Pacifist can support a battle, but on Sunday that all changed. If you were fortunate enough to be at The Knitting Factory, you heard a battle that would soothe the savage breast. Different genres, different ages, different colors, different orientations, different sexes and that's just the bands, you should have seen the crow …
You know what they say about birthdays, right? Sure beats the alternative. It’s certainly a mixed blessing, especially once you’ve reached “a certain age.” One day nearer the end, but the end could be another 50 - 60 years away… What do get for someone who doesn’t necessarily “have everything,” but doesn’t want anything? My sweetheart of 27+ year …
I know we have a lot of lawyers in the Tribe, but to this layman getting my fingerprints taken was an adventure. I walked into the 10th Precinct and was greeted cordially by every officer I met, but it sure isn’t like on TV. This Police Station is old and beat. I just wonder if we’d be having so many problems between the NYPD and the public if th …
With the tomorrow’s guest speaker, Shelby Rowe, being an expert in suicide prevention, at the LGBTQ meeting, it got me to thinking about the topic and what are the statistics for suicide in New York City. I was happily surprised to find that we are at half the national average, in other words, only half as many (still too many) are likely to kill t …
