More Hispanics Declaring Themselves White. Fewer Whites Switching to Black

Marquel, TPVs Times White correspondent was very pleased when he read in the New York Times that More Hispanics Declaring Themselves White. Racial identification on federal...

State Budget Deal Reached; $300 Million for New York City Pre-K

The agreement will finance the expansion of prekindergarten in New York City without the tax increase on high-earning residents sought ...read more Via:...

The Killing Accuracy

After misidentifying the CT Newtown gunman, and leaking to the other media that both his brother and his father were dead or at least...

City Explores Ways to Curb Taxi Speeds

The Taxi and Limousine Commission has issued a request for information concerning “anti-speeding vehicle technologies,” including anti-speeding devices for cars. ...read more Via:...

TheWeekholeView: November 21 through November 27, 2012

Here each hole starts on Wednesdays and this is what fell through this past week: Last Wednesday, November 21, 2012, two new movies were...

Music Review: Valery Gergiev Conducts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Valery Gergiev substituted for Lorin Maazel at Carnegie Hall on Friday, despite the presence of people outside opposed to his ...read more Via:...

Ex-Officer Killed Wife, Police Say; Children Ran for Help

A former New York City transit officer fatally shot his wife while their two young children were in the house, ...read more Via:...

Army Base Shooting Highlights Difficulty in Identifyin​g At-Risk Soldiers

The New York Times keeps posting opinion pieces: Army Base Shooting Highlights Difficulty in Identifying At-Risk Soldiers. Taking the cue from its master, Marquel,...

Greece Is Leading the Way

Greece has delivered a resounding No to its creditors, in a move that has stunned the eurozone and may wake up Obama and Hollande,...

Gefilte Fish Is Scarce This Passover. Taste Buds Are Ambivalent.

The weather has created a shortage of the appetizer equally loathed and loved by generations of Jews. ...read more Via: Gefilte Fish Is...

Can’t We Disagree on Disagreeing?

Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Heads Up Section correspondent, was half-asleep when he read Saudi Justice, Harsh but Able to Spare Sword. A confessed murderer’s life was spared...

America Does Not Need an Arab Spring, Mr. Friedman. It Needs a Leader.

Yesterday, the often mistaken Thomas L. Friedman of New York Times raised an interesting question “Does America need an Arab Spring?” True to himself,...

Big City: Standing Up to Testing

A number of parents have taken an activist stance against annual standardized tests by having their children opt out of ...read more Via:...

Cuomo Put His Weight Behind Charter School Protections

Seizing on Mayor Bill de Blasio's missteps and driving legislation from start to finish, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was a ...read more Via:...
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