BY GEORGE J. DACRE President Obama awarded 13 Americans the Medal of Freedom this week including Piermont resident Toni Morrison and rock legend Bob Dylan. The awards ceremony broadcast on TV live Tuesday afternoon from the nation’s capital cited accomplishments by the recipients. In addition to Morrison, a prominent author of books including “Song Of […]
BY SARA GILBERT Ever since JPMorgan Chase’s announcement on Thursday, May 10 that it lost several billions of dollars on derivatives, there has been concern about what that might mean for the rest of us: for stockholders, for taxpayers, for the economy and for the government. Local asset managers have found themselves faced with questions […]
BY PAMELA D. STERN Munich 11’s 40th anniversary is approaching soon and some people don’t even realize what Munich 11 is and was. Munich 11 was when 11 Israeli athletes went to the Olympics in Munich and were killed by a terrorist group (Black September) which happened on live TV. Much like the terrorist attacks which […]
BY HEATHER HACKNEY This year HBO aired the induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Thank god it was them and not network television as Billy Joe of Greenday let the F-Bomb slip more times the Keebler has cookies. This ceremony fell on the heels of inductees “The Beastie Boys” losing a […]
BY DIANA BIERMAN Never let go It’s been 100 years since the RMS Titanic sank in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. It was on the fourth day of the Titanic’s maiden voyage from Southampton England to New York City when tragedy struck. On April 14, 1912, at 11:40 p.m., the starboard side of […]
Press Release from Houston, Texas METRO System and the TSA Friday, April 13 was a pilot day for heavy surveillance of bus riders in the Houston METRO system. According to the TSA, such measures can be expected randomly, any day of the year. The move to “monitor and curtail crime on buses and trains” is […]