Month: November 2016

The Presidential Election Who & Why

In the Clinton vs Trump contest, you have seen every political dirty trick (demonizing lies, voter suppression) in the book by Republicans who historically are well-known for them and should speak for itself to a thinking person. If in power, Trump may evolve from a”rigged”paranoid/ “got all answers”megalomaniac to a narcissist psychopath like Hitler surrounded...

The Presidential Election Who & Why

In the Clinton vs Trump contest, you have seen every political dirty trick (demonizing lies, voter suppression) in the book by Republicans who historically are well-known for them and should speak for itself to a thinking person. If in power, Trump may evolve from a”rigged”paranoid/ “got all answers”megalomaniac to a narcissist psychopath like Hitler surrounded...

Today in History November 3

361 – Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia, on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor. 644 – Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is assassinated by a Persian slave in Medina. 1333 – The River Arno flooding causing massive damage in Florence as...
Walker Evans' Love Before Breakfast 1936

American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11

One of the lesser told stories of 9/11 is also one of the most inspirational. The new book American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11 examines this impromptu response of mariners to the water’s edge and explores what we can learn from the mobilization of boats that rescued hundreds of thousands of people...
Evacution of Lower Manhattan on September 11th

Fish Gotta Swim…

The River Project, a marine science field station that works to protect and restore the ecosystem of the Hudson River Estuary and New York Harbor through hands-on environmental education and habitat improvement, is inviting your kids (and you) to its annual Release of the Fishes event, on Thursday (November 3), from 4:00 to 7:00 pm,...