From Nobel-winning economist supports ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz showed up at “Occupy Wall Street” this week to show his support for the protest and clearly outline what he sees as the worst crimes of the American financial sector. In a brief speech amplified by an “echo chamber” of protesters (who [...]
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From the Ditmas Park Blog- Law & Order on Argyle Rd. March 19, 2012The law has come to Argyle Road…well, television law. Crews were spotted shooting a scene Monday for the NBC show Law & Order: SVU on the block between Albemarle and Beverley roads.… Read the rest […]Jared
- Ditmas Park CSA Accepting Applications March 18, 2012The Ditmas Park CSA is now accepting application for its 2012 season. And this year has a new incentive to be a member: the CSA will be partnering with Lewis Waite Farms, so participants will be able to get yogurt, cheese, granola, meats and more. CSA applications are due by April 8th. A note about the CSA from Kerry, a core group member: For those of you wh […]Jared
- Nature’s Helpers Needed March 16, 2012Spend time outside enjoying nature while helping to keep Prospect Park clean this weekend. Families can take a tour of the Park and its waterways and help keep it clean along the way. Gloves, garbage bags and trash grabbers will be provided. Meet at the Audubon Center.… Read the rest […]Jared
- Stretch Out at Honeydew on Saturday March 16, 2012Looking for something other than St. Patrick’s Day revelry this Saturday? The Honeydew Drop Play House is hosting another round of its weekend Me & My Grown-Up sessions on March 17. The program integrates arts, physical activity, positive group interactions and creative learning. The yoga class costs $20 for one adult and child to drop-in and there will […]Jared
- Law & Order on Argyle Rd. March 19, 2012
- Rock Hackshaw’s Blog on The Daily Gotham
- CHARLES BARRON v. HAKEEM JEFFRIES: NOT MUCH OF A CONTEST; IS IT?I really didn’t want to touch this race; however, some of my advisors convinced me to say something about it or be branded a chicken/lol. You see near every time I write something about Charles Barron I get these strange (and often inane) calls or e-mails, from different folks with different strokes. And it doesn’t matter if I write something critical or som […]
- AN UNTIMELY POLITICAL FAUX-PAS.Ostensibly there are very few people willing to say the obvious: that relative to recent political events dealing with the issue of “same-sex marriage” (or “marriage-equality” as others label it), Joe Biden and Barack Obama both messed up. And in my estimation they messed up big time. To me the qualified silence from left-leaning columnists -in critiquing Bi […]
- A BROOKLYN POLITICAL LOVE STORY: THE QUEEN IS GONE; LONG LIVE THE QUEEN.I was out of the country for a couple weeks and because of this I missed the passing and funeral of a political friend and activist-ally: Jenny Ortiz-Bowman. Those of us who knew her well called her “The Queen”. I knew of her long before I met formally her and worked with her in 1996. She was one of the many colorful people who played the Brooklyn political […]
- CHARLES BARRON v. HAKEEM JEFFRIES: NOT MUCH OF A CONTEST; IS IT?