Tommy was working as a night watchman when the city of New York was building a modern bridge across Jamaica Bay for the IND line He lived a few blocks…

It was about 1964. I had been discharged from the Coast Guard a few years earlier, and I was now working in the construction department of what was then, the…

When Martin Luther King made his famous “I have Dream” speech even his most ardent supporters were wary that the dream he spoke of was going to be a long…

Jim Graseck Jim Graseck Vince Dantona & George Jim & Angie Carpenter Room Room Room Meeting recap available here.

This is a tough year to be optimistic. Nevertheless the positive outlook is the only option. Hand wringing, and fear that seems to be everywhere are not going to advance…

Studs Terkel was standing at a bus stop in Chicago one morning. There was a nicely dressed young couple that was also waiting for a bus. The conversation between the…

July 4th 2008   Every time I see the American flag it produces a feeling of solemnity as opposed to national pride. Yes I feel national pride for the values…

A new conversation with the Chairman of Long Island Mid-Suffolk Business Action Ernie Fazio and Local Views Host Don Cantwell. LIMBA creates public interest in issues that serve Long Island.…