Powerful NY Democrat Accused Of Sexual Assault
The full schedule isn't even out, but the buzz is building for the 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival. And with good reason: it's the largest book festival on the northeastern seaboard.
It is way past time for common-sense gun law reform in America. Many of the victims of mass shootings have been strangers -- sometimes children -- who were personally unknown to the shooters but were simply in "the wrong place at the wrong time," even if the "wrong place" turned out to be going to class.
Chef José Edgardo Soto has been cooking for more than 20 years in some of New York City's finest restaurants. The one thing he had never done in his career before taking on Basil restaurant in Crown Heights is cooking kosher.
Just can't get enough, once sang Depeche Mode. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I'm listening to other tunes right now. Check out my August playlist for some desktop and mobile device-worthy tuneage.
If our state requires parental involvement for soaking up ultra-violet rays and piercing a belly button, then surely we can add an adult arrest -- and its life-long impact -- to this list.
In popular culture, Justin Long is mostly known for being two things: Drew Barrymore's ex-boyfriend and "The Mac Guy." Oh, and I guess he also has a career starring in critically acclaimed films.
You can't blame the mayor, and the bikers, for trying to get as much turf as they can before the next election arrives and a new politician takes over City Hall.
Why do we have a campaign focusing all their attention on esoteric, confusing, and misleading arguments about budget plans, medicaid plans, education and the like, but nobody is talking about this horrendous war killing and maiming our young people?
What's critical to compassion is that it unites this understanding of others' distress with the motivation to alleviate that distress. Helping behavior further requires the cognitive and behavioral resources to act on that motivation.
Amongst all the glitz, New York fashion pioneer Jeffrey Kalinsky says he never loses sight of the purpose of Jeffrey Fashion Cares -- funding grassroots AIDS and breast cancer charities. "We've created something too big to stop."
With the 2013 mayoral election in New York likely to produce a Democratic mayor supported by the teachers' union, education reform seems likely to join other major political disagreements in current U.S. politics, where the extremists dominate the debate and moderates have no forum.
While two years ago talking about films like Cairo Exit and City of Life drew blank stares in NYC conversations, these days it's becoming increasingly challenging to secure tickets for any film from MENA screening in the Big Apple.
The hunt for a church is both time-consuming and emotionally vexing. Luckily, I found a church I love. I have been attending it for quite some time now, but it wasn't until recently that I took the next step and signed up for a small Bible study group.
Spike Lee pulls from his wealth of experience to drop precious knowledge about directing, making controversial films, dealing with the haters, and getting attention for your work.
Women working in technology are on the cutting edge, creating jobs and changing our world in dramatic, powerful ways. But we can't do that if politicians in Washington restrict our ability to plan our families and our futures.
Modern dance lovers take heed: There are big doings this September at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in NYC, when the American Dance Guild (ADG) hosts their annual Performance Festival with more than 30 artists/choreographers featured over four nights.
As much as I like to point out that GW Bush's fiscal policy is a key factor in our past, current, and future budget deficits, the fact is that after-tax median household income has grown considerably faster than pretax over the recent slumpy period.
This week, Jews will read the Torah portion "Judges," which directs the Jewish people to establish a just rabbinic court system. Many people today are reluctant to appear before rabbinic courts, believing them to be unsystematic, disorganized and perhaps even outright corrupt.
Our country is in the midst of a cataclysmic health crisis, much of it caused by how we eat. There shouldn't be a distinction between what's healthy and unhealthy. Cooking and eating well is not just an issue of access or cost -- it's also an issue of education and understanding.
Charlie Carillo, 2012.24.08
Len Berman, 2012.24.08
Dan Collins, 2012.23.08
Len Berman, 2012.23.08
