The Gothamist, Ramsey Khalifeh, September 19, 2023 Both Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul have described the influx of migrants and asylum seekers into New York City as unprecedented. “We are facing an unprecedented state of emergency. The immigration system in this nation is broken. It has been broken for decades. Today, New York […]
(CNBC) John Bowe, December 18, 2022 Passive-aggressive behavior isn’t always intentional. As a speech and communications expert, I’ve found that people who have these tendencies often just struggle with being honest about their emotions. But when you send mixed messages by failing to be straightforward, problems and tensions can go unresolved and people make assumptions about how […]
By Carla M. Cherry, Posted: September 9, 2022 Are you still moving to Texas after you retire, I asked a friend. “Nope,” he replied. “I’m staying right here in NYC. At most, I’d go upstate. It’s the best place to be. Politically. The weather isn’t too crazy, we don’t get hit with a lot of […]
(FWD.US) September 23, 2021 Today, FWD.us released “People First: The Use and Impact of Criminal Justice Labels in Media Coverageâ€, a new research report that confirms that dehumanizing labels— like “inmate†“offender†and “felon†— are still widely used by leading U.S. newspapers and other media outlets, and the use of these terms biases readers […]
(NPR) Interview, June 31, 2021 What do we owe innocent civilians who are killed or injured in war? This is one of the thorniest ethical questions that any military faces, but it was not abstract for anti-war activist Marla Ruzicka. Marla arrived in Afghanistan soon after 9/11 with the goal of stopping the war by […]
Pecuniary / pi-kyoo-nee-er-ee / adjective DEFFINITION Of or relating to money CITATION Whatever Mr. Penson’s civic convictions, he also has a pecuniary interest in the outcome. —CHARLES V. BAGLI, “OWNER OF GRAND CENTRAL VIES WITH DEVELOPER OVER SKYSCRAPER ON AN ADJACENT BLOCK,” NEW YORK TIMES, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 ORIGIN Pecuniary, “relating to money,” comes from the Latin adjective […]
(DICTIONARY.COM) April 23, 2021 SUSTAINABILITY / suh-stey-nuh–bil-i-tee / noun DEFFINITION The quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance CITATION Sustainability is based on a simple and long-recognized factual premise: Everything that humans require for their survival and well-being depends, directly or indirectly, on the […]
(USA TODAY) K. Sophie Will, April 20, 2021 The Tyrannosaurus rex may not have been as solitary as we believed. In a groundbreaking discovery of the first T. rex mass death site in the southern U.S., announced Monday by the Utah Bureau of Land Management, scientists found evidence of packlike behavior among the famous ancient […]
Foible, foi-buhl, noun DEFFINITION A minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect. CITATION Though it has its darker moments, no Bergman venture has ever been so warm, so understanding, so forgiving of human foibles. —KENNETH TURAN, “CRITICS CHOICE: RARE SCREENING OF FIVE-HOUR ‘FANNY AND ALEXANDER’ AT THE WILDER,” LOS ANGELES TIMES, JUNE 20, 2018 […]
(MEDIUM) Max Ngamla, January 21, 2021 Hardly anything is known about them. Neither how they were physically, nor what cognitive abilities they had, or even where they lived. Nothing. In fact, what is known about this group of archaic humans, was discovered only 13 years ago, and is so little that they have no scientific name. […]