(Roughly) Daily (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The decline of the daily press in the U.S. is a problem of many dimensions– among them, the question of the funny papers: if newspapers fail, where will one get one’s comic strips? The likely answer, one reckons, is the web… and happily, there are several sites featured earlier in (R)D– e.g., here– stepping into [...]
Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Fiorello Laguardia, the mayor of New York in the 1930’s and 40’s said "There is no Democratic or Republican way of cleaning the streets". Laguardia made a profound point in a simple way. Some things are not political. There is a right and wrong way to keep streets clean; it has nothing to do with politics. In the same way, the proper approach to criminal justice...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... Jacob Asto r and James Lenox . However, during the hardships of the 1930s, New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia renamed them Patience and Fortitude, the qualities he believed would help New Yorkers navigate the perilous Great Depression . It seems apt to invoke Patience and Fortitude as we (hopefully) emerge from the Great Recession . After all, when the twenty year debt bubble...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... II, U.S. forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese.In 1959, the musical "Fiorello!" starring Tom Bosley as legendary New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, opened on Broadway.In 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed Nov. 25 a day of national mourning following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.In 1971, the People's Republic of China...
Connecting.the.Dots (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... of the cultural embarrassment known as Dr. Phil . But as a fiery New York mayor of my childhood Fiorello LaGuardia used to say, "When I make a mistake, it's a beaut."
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Congressman Fiorello LaGuardia once declared : "No greater monument to the life and activity of the Republic can be imagined than Governors Island as a national airport." Today the Daily News looks back at one of the ideas for the island that never quite came to be, saying that when it was "nothing but a run-down firetrap of an old Army post, the War Department refused...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Picture our dear, beloved Governors Island with a big ol' airport on top of it . That, the Daily News reminds us, was what former Congressman and Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia wanted to do with the place in the '20s and '30s, before he dropped the cause and started looking elsewhere. A five-minute ferry ride to catch a plane does sound kind of nice, right? The Daily News adds, "As for...
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Valleywag (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Brilliant executive, richest man in town, and beloved mayor-for-life Mike Bloomberg joins Ed Koch, Fiorello LaGuardia, and Robert Wagner (not the actor) in the third-termers massive failure lame duck...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
When I say I am an old New Yorker you can take that literally. I was born under Mayor Jimmy Walker in 1932, the year Walker fled the investigators of his corruption, and I grew up under the great Fiorello LaGuardia, who saw us through the Depression with a gruff but warm and winning cunning/courage. I actually heard him read the funnies during the newspaper strike. And I have for the...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... and off-Broadway productions and shared an Emmy for his work on a piece about New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. Born in Boston, Dr. Rines graduated from MIT and received a law degree from Georgetown. He completed a doctorate thesis at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. Dr. Rines used some of his inventions in attempts to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, and claimed...
PlaybillArts.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... it was founded,” said Weisgall of the company initiated in 1943 by New York’s legendary mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia. At that point, Weisgall had already established himself as a musician to watch: Before turning 30, he had heard his work performed by the New York Philharmonic. He had also sought tutelage from Be´la Barto´k. While Weisgall never did study with the Hungarian master, Barto´k’s...
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... productions and shared an Emmy for his work on a piece about former New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. Born in Boston, Rines graduated from IT and received a law degree from Georgetown. He completed a doctorate thesis at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. He also is the founder of the Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire, the state’s only law school that is also...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... productions and shared an Emmy for his work on a piece about former New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.Born in Boston, Rines graduated from the MIT and received a law degree from Georgetown. He completed a doctorate thesis at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.He also is the founder of the Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire, the state's only law school that is also...
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... productions and shared an Emmy for his work on a piece about former New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.Born in Boston, Rines graduated from the MIT and received a law degree from Georgetown. He completed a doctorate thesis at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.He also is the founder of the Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire, the state's only law school that is also...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... productions and shared an Emmy for his work on a piece about former New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.Born in Boston, Rines graduated from the MIT and received a law degree from Georgetown. He completed a doctorate thesis at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.He also is the founder of the Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire, the state's only law school that is also...
