Biggest RIOC Scandal Resonates Now, Look Back at Fernando Martinez
The biggest RIOC scandal — for now, at least — forced three resignations and a jail sentence. But more important today, it shines a glaring light on current failures in accountability.
From Peace, Love & Understanding to Soulless Careerists, a Generational Divide
On the cusp of the hippie movement, the pathway for soulless careerists was already under construction. Hooks were, also, in the water, fishing for strays. From discoveries about who and what we […]
Writing Isn’t Always Profitable, But You Don’t Have to Miss the Mortgage
By Patrick Young Assorted Ideas, Large & Small Whether you’re working on a children’s book, the next novel to rival the Harry Potter series, or a poem to define a generation, making […]
RETHINKING WORK — AND LIFE
Americans are quitting bad jobs in record numbers because they’re rethinking what matters. By Jim Hightower | December 1, 2021/ OtherWords Assorted Ideas, Large & Small Rethinking Work As a writer, I get stuck […]
Modern Republican Values: One nation under Trump, with mendacity and COVID-19 for all.
By Khalil Bendib | December 1, 2021/OtherWords.org More from Assorted Ideas, Large & Small
Roosevelt Island Daily News
Good Morning. It’s Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 In August, we hoped for change, but this week, Governor Hochul led a conga line of Democrats throwing shade at Roosevelt Islanders with a truckload […]
Andrew Cuomo’s Smear Team: His Brother and Top Advisers, Transcripts Reveal
Josefa Velasquez, Samantha Maldonado, and Clifford Michel, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Nov 29 at 10:45pm ESTby THE CITY/Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. […]
On a November Saturday, a Twist & Turn as Seasons Change
Seasons change in a flash sometimes, and on this occasion, it was a flash of lighting with a twist of possible tornado by day’s end. By David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large & […]
The East River is not a true river. It’s really a sewer.
The East River, separating Manhattan from Queens and Brooklyn, is many things, but river is not one of them. Basically speaking, it’s a sunken valley. Realistically speaking, it’s a sewer. By David […]
UPEND THIS DAMAGING NARRATIVE ABOUT SPENDING
Polls say Americans should love the Build Back Better Act — but most are only hearing talking points about its price tag. By Sonali Kolhatkar | November 10, 2021/Previously published in OtherWords.org Assorted Ideas, […]
Making Noise at COP26
These meddlesome young people sure act entitled to a habitable planet.By Khalil Bendib | November 10, 2021
