Acting dispassionately on behalf of one’s own home isn’t easy. “It’s important when you are a board member not to get stuck on trivial matters and stick to the big issues,” said Tim Gildner, a member of his co-op board on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. “You also need to th...
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Couple the “build it and they will come” belief with the short-term focus politicians have in order to impress voters before the next election cycle, and you have a recipe for a lot of impressive-seeming actions without substantial results. Politicians approach the problem from this angle bec...
The number one town was Bethlehem, PA. Bethlehem likely topped the list because it was once home to the first Christmas tree in the United States, back in 1747. Kingston, New York ranked fifth. KingstonBelow is what Secret NYC had to say about Kingston: ...
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store –Set in Pottstown, Pa (outside of Philly), James McBride’s latest novel at first glance is a murder mystery, but really it is the story of Jewish immigrants and Blacks struggling and co-existing in early 20th Century America. Racial and ethnic tensions...
Worldwide, more than 1.5 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the virus emerged in China in December.
Worldwide, more than 1.5 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the virus emerged in China in December.
What made 2020 so unusual was that several once-in-a-generation crises – the deadly spread of COVID-19, the economic shutdown, the uproar over the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, a chaotic election cycle – disrupted everyone all at once. As politicians, government ...
The posted description said: “When US agents fired tear gas grenades at civilians along the San Diego-Tijuana border November 2018, photographs showed that the weapons were made by the Safariland Group, one of the world’s major manufacturers of co-called less-lethal munitions. The Safariland ...
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