An anti-stop-and-frisk rally. Source: Think ProgressBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: After a violent post-July 4th weekend and more violence in the ensuing days, the debate over the New York City Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy has figuratively become hotter than the summer’s heat waves. Despite the recent flurry
Albany
"Tanorexic" New Jersey mom, Patricia Krentcil. Source: Julio Cortez / AP Photo BETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: Some rules are made to be broken, particularly when they lack common sense. Such is the argument with rules that don’t allow students to use sunscreen when participating in outdoor school
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President Harry S. Truman gets a chuckle out of the November 3, 1948 edition of the Chicago Tribune, with the famously inaccurate headline. Source: National ArchivesBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: Every American news enterprise was most likely primed and on its toes for last Thursday’s landmark Supreme Court of
Democratic primary
Source: council.nyc.govBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: Some voters could care less — and others may be unaware — that there’s a primary election tomorrow for the seat being vacated by retiring 15-term Congressman Edolphus “Ed” Towns. (Check out our guide to the congressional primaries [/congressional-primer], with info on all
be proud foundation
Most of the firefighters who posed for the 17th annual NYC Firefighters calendar were in Sheepshead Bay Wednesday evening to promote the 2013 edition of the popular calendar at an event sponsored by the Be Proud Foundation [/tag/be-proud-foundation/]. However, despite a gentle breeze, Mr. July (Joe Schiraldo), Mr. August
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New York, December 20, 1909. "S.L. Clemens." Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain, aboard the Bermudian after a trip to Bermuda, four months before his death. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. Source: Shorpy> “There is more than one way to burn a book.
edna cohen school
Source: krossbow / FlickrBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: The decision by city schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott to defend replacing an ultra-patriotic song with one about teen romance [/coney-island-principal-receives-hate-mail-after-banning-patriotic-song/] for a kindergarten graduation at a Coney Island school is not only wrong, but it’s dumber, with a capital D, than the
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SUGAR! (Source: Uwe Hermann/Flickr)BETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: Somewhere in TV heaven, Brooklyn icon Ralph Kramden is so annoyed and likely supports the legions of angry New Yorkers, who are upset over Mayor Bloomberg’s latest proposal, that he’s been shouting, “How sweet it ain’t.” New
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Fans reach out to touch Judy Garland during her historic 1961 performance at Carnegie Hall. It is possible that one of those people near the front of the stage is my Mom. Source: Biography.comBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: All these years after her passing, I still think of my
We all got a little bruised up for our daring escapades as children; adults are there to prevent worse when we don't know better. (Source: sugarsnaptastic/Flickr)BETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: In the aftermath of the death of the 12-year-old Brownsville boy who was crushed to death
gerritsen beach library
“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, and hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent.” — Stephen King BETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: That statement sums up my love of books. But, I write this not to praise the prolific, best-selling author, but to extol the joy of reading
coney island casinos
Source: jasonsewell/FlickrBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: Gamblers — the obsessed and the occasional — must be drooling at the prospect of casino gambling coming to Coney Island, so they won’t have to schlep to Connecticut or Atlantic City to satisfy their cravings. Some politicians and developers might also be salivating