Whenever you read, see or hear news, always consider the source. We’ve been in the media business for a long time and can spot the fake from the real. We want to help you to be a discerning consumer of news.
The Downtown Reno Library on Center Street isn’t your typical air-conditioned library. Push through the doors and you’ll find yourself walking onto a vine-bedecked bridge through a jungle atrium. There are thousands of plants here – begonias and philodendrons, mother-in-law tongues and spider plants, aloe vera, an avocado tree, Norfolk pines, and so much more.
Congress can reverse America’s Wealth Disparity. But we must determine whether the public cares and, if so, whether they are aware that it affects their living conditions. Do we have extreme disparity in wealth? Does anyone notice or care?
The story about Yonkers born musician Joel Diamond will astonish you with his Yonkas speak. I had the privilege of meeting Joel in NYC a few years ago, and I adore his refreshing and direct persona. He is truly a “Diamond in the Rough.” Barbara Lloyd McMichael writes about the U.S. National Park Service and its many heritage fruit orchards. Barbara also writes about the history, legacy and current controversy surrounding the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Our July book reviews are not light summer reading, but you might find them interesting. Submission by Michel Houellebecq is a complicated rendering of what happens to a liberal culture when it is suppressed by an orthodox, reactionary leadership. DEATH AND THE BUTTERFLY by Colin Hester captures the liminal space between life and death, where the beauty of the butterfly prevails. We welcome commentary by risk management expert Annie Searle who has been writing ASA News & Notes for Seventeen Years. Do you know the difference between Social Democrats and Democratic Socialists? Nick Licata explains the schism in the Democratic Party. Happy July! –Patricia Vaccarino
How Joel Diamond came to play at Carnegie Hall is a Yonkers story that began at the Hammond Organ Store on Nepperhan Avenue. Diamond was born blind in one eye, but when he walked into the organ store, he could play the keyboard. He was a prodigy.
This is the 142nd newsletter that the ASA Institute for Risk and Innovation has published since 2009, each containing a column that I have written on the Sunday morning preceding publication. In its early years, ASA covered most dimensions of operational risk through a lens that analyzed events from the perspectives of people, process, systems, and external events.
The U.S. National Park Service is known for its preservation of historic homes, monuments, and beautiful wild landscapes across the country: the Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon, and Yellowstone’s Old Faithful geyser immediately come to mind.
University Professor Francois is approaching the thick of middle age while the Islamic world encroaches on the French Liberal Body Politic. Women are wearing burqas, alcohol is prohibited (except for the Islamic elite), and all men are encouraged to have multiple wives, the younger the better. Francois will soon lose his job at the New Sorbonne University, unless he submits to the new reigning Islamic order. He must profess his loyalty to Allah.
