Oxidative Phosphorylation: Life’s Energy Source
Abstracted from “A Scientists View of Almost Everything” by Mark M Green Let’s see how the food we eat is converted to the energy we […]
Palestinians Persecuted During the Pandemic
By J. Taylor Basker The Pandemic has not only caused illness and death to Palestinians but provides an opportunity for Israel to increase its persecution […]
Book Review: Children’s Piano Primer 1 2 3 Do Re Mi
An insightful new way to teach young kids (ages 4-9) to read and play music. By Hannah Reimann, illustrated by Lisa Kaiser New Piano […]
Urban Native Artists Show at the Revelation Gallery
By Jill McManus The charming Revelation Gallery has played a welcome part in the Village art and music scene for the last couple of years. […]
New York Time Capsule
By Robert Heide It’s Christmastime 2020 and I am finding myself walking down the street singing “Have Yourself a Merry little Christmas – Keep the […]
I’m From Joe’s Hometown
By Kieran Loughney On November 7th the flash came late in the morning, not from a cable network or a feed on the cellphone, but […]
Who’s the Dolly Parton Patron Saint of Curing AIDS?
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. There are two Dollys who have made impactful contributions in the annals of science and medicine, one is a sheep and […]
Wenceslaus
By Jeff Hodges When my daughter is at a symposium and the leader asks the participants to “tell us something we would never guess about […]
Holly Claus Awakens Our Dreams
By Brittney Ryan Holly Claus asks children, “What do you dream to be, and what will your special dream contribute to the world?” She inspires […]
DAVID NORMAN DINKINS, 7/10/1927-11/23/2020
By Carol Yost The whole city mourns the loss of David Dinkins, our first and, so far, the only Black New York City Mayor (1990-93). […]
Who You Are in Times of Uncertainty
By Arabella Oz What’s happening with the world? What’s happening with our country? What’s happening with my health? My job, school, apartment, family? This year […]
The Evolution of Winter Holidays: From Saturnalia to the Christmas Season
By Anastasia Kaliabakos The months of November and December are typicallyconsidered to be the height of the “holiday season,” as people eagerly await popular holidays […]
Could a Win at Beth Israel Be Near?
Maybe Beth Israel Hospital won’t be closing! By Arthur Schwartz In April, as I was about to sue—again—to stop the new hospital, I got a […]
Goodbye Charlie
By Joyce Caruso Corrigan Columnist Charles Caruso passed away on August 6th, only a few hours after Pete Hamill did. No doubt these two newspaper […]
New York Apartment Prices Poised to Drop 20%
By George Capsis The pandemic has sent office workers home to the suburbs, closing offices and restaurants. New York is now a town that even […]
Vija Saved From the Government
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Vija Vetra, a Latvian dancer, is the oldest resident of Westbeth. She is 97 years old. Yet she still travels around […]
Our Neighbors At NYCHA – New Crisis With Paint
By Arthur Z. Schwartz October saw more revelations about the extent to which public housing residents, especially children were being exposed to lead. And what […]
Permanent Outdoor Dining? Government By Fiat—Without Caution
By Arthur Schwartz Back in mid-June, with NYC still in lockdown, and with crowds of demonstrators marching down 14th Street and smashing windows, Bill de […]