“On the national stage and in the neighborhoods of New York, Senator Hillary Clinton has repeatedly put her expertise and power behind solutions that make the lives of the American people safer and more prosperous.” PeopleBehindsStageNew YorkSolutionsClintonNeighborhoodSenatorsProsperousExpertise Author:Ellen Malcolm
“After one month with a saxophone shoved in my mouth, my military combatant's enthusiasm disappeared completely. Instead of flying choppers behind enemy lines, I started to fantasise about living in New York, London or Paris.” LinesBehindsEnemyCreativityMilitaryNew YorkMonthsMouthsLondonFlyingEnthusiasmParisSaxophoneChoppers Book:The Wandering Who?: A Study of Jewish Identity Politics Source: The Wandering Who?: A Study of Jewish Identity Politics
“Canada is one of the few places left where the small decencies are observed. If, as a young man, I was scornful of the country because we always seemed so far behind style-setting New York, I now thank God for the cultural lag. Ours, after all, is the good neighbourhood. A society well worth preserving.” IfsMenWellsCountryYoungLeftBehindsStyleNew YorkSettingSettingsYoung ManCanadaThank GodDecencyLagNeighbourhoods Author:Mordecai Richler
“New Jersey boasts the highest percentage of passport holders (68%); Delaware (67%), Alaska (65%), Massachusetts (63%), New York (62%), and California (60%) are close behind. At the opposite end of the spectrum, less than one in five residents of Mississippi are passport holders, and just one in four residents of West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, and Arkansas.” EndsBehindsFiveFourNew YorkHighestOppositesWestCaliforniaJust OneBoastPercentagesJerseySpectrumVirginiaAlaskaMississippiNew JerseyPassportsResidentsAlabamaKentuckyMassachusettsArkansasWest VirginiaDelaware Author:Richard Florida
“The greatest number of drug addicts are to be found in Teheran and in Karachi, not in the West. Not in New York believe it or not. It's the same with the roles of slavery, racism and imperialism in the world. These institutions were present in other cultures. However, it was Western civilization which did something about slavery, about racism and voluntarily dissolved its empires leaving behind a very positive legacy of institutions not to mention buildings and roadways.” WorldBelieveCultureFoundNumbersBehindsRolesNew YorkBuildingCivilizationDrugRacismInstitutionsSlaveryWestWesternLeavingLegacyEmpiresImperialismAddictWestern CivilizationDrug AddictOther CulturesVery Positive Author:Ibn Warraq
“Between 1995 and 2005, the prison population grew by 30 percent, meaning an additional half million criminals were behind bars, rather than lurking in dark alleys with switchblades. You can well imagine liberals' surprise when the crime rate went down as more criminals were put in prison. The New York Times was reduced to running querulous articles with headlines like Number in Prison Grows Despite Crime Reduction and As Crime Rate Drops, the Prison Rate Rises and the Debate Rages.” WellsRunningGrowsDarkNumbersBehindsHalfMillionsImagineCrimeNew YorkGrewPercentPrisonSurpriseRatePopulationRageCriminalsDebateBarsDespiteArticlesHeadlinesNew York TimesReductionAlleysLurkingCrime RatesDark AlleysPrison Population Book:Godless: The Church of Liberalism Source: Godless: The Church of Liberalism
“The first theatre I ever found was in the backyard of a new suburban community in the foothills of the Poconos. My dad was a young FBI agent at his first or second posting - we're all from New York. He was posted in Scranton, Pennsylvania and he put the family in a brand new red-brick apartment. It was in a C-shape and behind it was a small hill that led up to the woods. There was a white-washed brick wall that was a perfect theatre! There were windows and all the ladies behind the windows in their apartments. I would go out there after lunch every day and sing opera.” FirstsYoungFoundCommunityWhitePerfectBehindsNew YorkWallDadShapesRedWindowMy DadWoodsTheatreAgentsBrandsHillsLunchOperaApartmentBricksFbiBackyardsBrand NewPennsylvaniaBrick WallFbi Agents Author:Mercedes Ruehl
“I spent three years researching American Rose, research that included connecting with Gypsy's sister, the late actress June Havoc (I was the last person to interview her) and Gypsy's son, and also spending countless hours immersed in Gypsy's expansive archives at the New York Public Library. I became obsessed with figuring out the person behind the persona.” YearsPersonsLastsThreeHoursBehindsNew YorkSonLateResearchRoseLibrarySpendingActressesObsessedInterviewsThree YearsConnectingJunePersonaGypsyPublic LibraryArchivesHavoc Author:Karen Abbott
“It's been reported - in fact, The New York Times has reported that intelligence agencies have told the White House that they now have, quote, "high confidence" that the Russian government was behind the hack.” FactsGovernmentHouseWhiteBehindsNew YorkAgencyWhite HouseNew York TimesHacksIntelligence AgenciesRussian Government Author:Terry Gross