9-20-2019


Please change "The St. Croix Hurricane of 1772 (dispute as to whether it was August 31 or September 14, but one way or another is paved way for Alexander Hamilton to wind up in New York to:

The St. Croix Hurricane of 1772 (dispute as to whether it was August 31 or September...

FROM What's been the most consequential year of your life?

If I have to confine it to a calendar year I'll pick 1972 or Jewish Year 5733, roughly embracing early September 9, 1972 to September 27, 1973. I'll cheat and include one important...

The other day I was walking down Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains, and its cross-major avenue East Post Road. The area is prosperous. The streets are well-maintained. Automobile and foot traffic is brisk. But there's something wrong with the picture. About one-fifth or more of the store fronts are vacant, some since May 2017, when my law practice moved to a Grade B commercial space.

I do believe there are a variety of culprits, including larger, more modern enclosed malls, aggressive...

The starting point for this thread was another fantastic thread, What was your turning point? I cannot recommend that thread highly enough and I didn't want to ruin it.

This morning I was at Torah Study, in the library that used to be the sanctuary in which I was Bar Mitzavedh on May 2, 1970. The woman I was chatting with asked me where I grew up. I pointed southward and said, "about 3/4 of a mile thataway." I mentioned to her that my father was not very...

2-28-2021

Here in the USA - Will we ever be able to again have open, honest discussions This is a topic I've been anxious to post on for some time. I have OP'd threads on closely aligned topics, Boston Public Schools Suspend Honors Program - Too Many Whites & Asians cited as reason, see School Reopening = White Supremacy, and PODS, or Parent Organized Discovery Sites Upending Public Education in Age of COVID being examples. Years ago, before the largely salubrious civil rights...