Ludlum Elementary School in Hempstead, NY might be the first to rename itself for Barack Obama. The students developed a grassroots consensus, brought it to the school board and the board, in another national first, said “Hey, why not?”, and just did it. The school is in an almost entirely African American and Latino community. [...]
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27 Jul
The Angst Is Out There
Last Friday night we decided to take a break from dealing with sucky stuff and go to see the new X-Files movie on the night it opened. I’m not the X-Files freak that Mr. Yenta is. I can take it or leave it. Real life is noir enough for me, but, hey, he really [...]
23 Apr
Race card? We don’t say “Race card”, Bill
The term gets tossed around the media with no apparent thought. It’s working its way into our language and we ought to get rid of it real quick. “Playing the race card” is an ugly and racist turn of phrase. It sprung up when it became the national consensus that minorities have rights, too. It [...]
15 Apr
Obama’s Got Game!
On the way to thinking of something to blog about, we got distracted by HBO:Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. They were airing an interview and pick up basketball game with Barack Obama. Obama did well on both fronts.
In the course of the interview the air was thick with metaphor. In some cases it was kind [...]
12 Apr
All Along the Watchtower
We’re huddling in the house. Laying low, as it were. Why? Because about 15 minutes ago an unfamiliar car parked across the street. After a little while its passengers emerged and and sent residents into their homes faster than a swarm of killer bees. There were two nicely dressed young women and a man in [...]
7 Apr
This beer was made for you and me
One of my new favorite blogs, Soup Is Not A Finger Food reminds us that today is the 75th anniversary of the Volstead Act Amendment. It eased Prohibition a bit by allowing for beer. Go, read. It’s history. While celebrating I happened on a map of the USA created by Etiquette Systems. a label company. [...]
6 Apr
RIP, Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston died yesterday at the age of 84. His movie career was most notable for his starring roles in historical dramas of the type that featured “casts of thousands”. That was when you had to use thousands of actual people, rather than computer generated multitudes. No matter how many roles he played, on and [...]
27 Mar
We’re Number One!
Long Island at top of state’s mortgage crisis
Suffolk and Nassau counties accounted for 33 percent of subprime loans that were made in 2006 in New York State and that are now in foreclosure, according to a report to be released Friday by the Empire Justice Center, a nonprofit law firm that advocates for low-income [...]
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