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Biden Can’t Resist the ‘River of Power’
  + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Peggy Noonan | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Peggy Noonan is an opinion columnist at the Wall Street Journal where her column, "Declarations," has run since 2000. She has been a fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, and has taught in the history department at Yale University. Before entering the Reagan White House, Noonan was a producer and writer at CBS News in New York, and an adjunct professor of Journalism at New York University. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up there, in Massapequa Park, Long Island, and in Rutherford, New Jersey. In November, 2016 she was named one of the city's Literary Lions by the New York Public Library.
Persons: Peggy Noonan, , ” Noonan, Ronald Reagan, Noonan Organizations: Wall, Journal, NBC News, The, Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, Yale University, Reagan White House, CBS News, Journalism, New York University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Lions, New York Public Library Locations: New York, Brooklyn , New York, Massapequa Park, Long, Rutherford , New Jersey, Rutherford, New York City
Public libraries around the country have become major battlegrounds for today’s culture wars. In 2022, the American Library Association noted a record 1,269 attempts at censorship — almost double the number recorded in 2021. Emily Drabinski is the president of the American Library Association and an associate professor at the Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. This conversation unpacks the political and cultural anxieties fueling the attacks on libraries. Postal Service, how censorship attempts fit in the broader landscape of anti-queer and anti-trans legislation and much more.
Persons: Emily Drabinski, , Ezra Klein, Tressie McMillan Cottom Organizations: American Library Association, Queens College Graduate School of Library, Information, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, U.S . Postal Service
I found a great solution in the EcoFlow Delta 1300 Portable Power Station. With a 1,260-watt-hour capacity, which is nearly 50 times as much power as those portable power banks, and enough ports to power 13 devices at once, it fit my needs and my budget. A portable power station doesn’t promise full glamping, but it does help maintain a baseline of comfort for a small group. It’s the company’s lightest and lowest-price portable power station, packing 882 watt hours of power and only three fewer ports into a 23.6-pound package. I bought this power station with pessimistic emergency preparedness in mind.
Persons: Erin Moore, it’ll, you’re, It’s, I’ve, EcoFlow, I’m Organizations: Delta Locations: Gulf, New Orleans
Opinion | How the Underground Railroad Got Its Name
  + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Scott Shane | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
Born into slavery outside Washington, D.C., in 1801, he had largely educated himself and bought his own freedom 11 years before. And one day early that August he took up his pen and made literary history, becoming the first to use a phrase that would resound through the subsequent decades of slavery and to the present day: underground railroad. In researching a book about Mr. Smallwood, likely the most fascinating and important African American activist and writer you’ve never heard of, I stumbled upon the solution to an old historical mystery: Where did the Underground Railroad get its name? The answer: from Mr. Smallwood’s newspaper dispatches, overlooked until recently in aging newsprint stacked in a Boston Public Library warehouse. As I read through these extraordinary letters, a rare real-time account of escapes and a lost masterpiece of satire, I came across the first use of “underground railroad” from the Aug. 10, 1842, edition of Tocsin of Liberty, an abolitionist newspaper published in Albany.
Persons: Thomas Smallwood, enslavers, Smallwood, you’ve, antic, Organizations: Washington , D.C, U.S . Capitol, Railroad, Public Library, Washington Locations: Washington ,, Washington , Baltimore, Albany, N.Y, Liberty
Fashion Tribes of New York
  + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | More About Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
It’s been a while since New York was the main character in any costume drama, a while since it starred as anything other than a problem: abandoned, messy, crime-ridden, economically challenged. But as New York Fashion Week began, the city’s designers were telling a different story. One about the city as a place of chaos, movement and dreams. “I was thinking about the inspiration that New York has given me, and it made me want to explore New York style archetypes, and my own personal New York style archetypes, from when I came to the city for my first job,” Stuart Vevers said in a preview before his lively 10th-anniversary Coach show, held in the heart of Midtown Manhattan at the New York Public Library. They were part of the New York of his mind, a place where people come from elsewhere (Mr. Vevers is British) and find their tribe, which isn’t necessarily defined by geography any more — by uptown or downtown, east or west — but rather by state of mind.
Persons: It’s, , ” Stuart Vevers, Vevers, slouchy pantsuits Organizations: York, New York Public Library, Pyramid Club Locations: New York, York, New, Midtown Manhattan
CNN —Animal rights activists interrupted Coach’s runway show at New York Fashion Week on Thursday to campaign against the use of leather. One woman held a “Coach leather kills” sign, while the other had the same slogan painted on her front. “It’s time to STOP selling someone else’s skin and drop leather, @Coach,” animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) posted later on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, alongside a video of the incident. An activist is seen protesting outside during the COACH Spring 2024 Ready To Wear Runway Show and dinner event at the New York Public Library (NYPL) during New York Fashion Week. New York Fashion week kicked off on Thursday, and will run until September 13.
Persons: Gilbert Carrasquillo, ” Tracy Reiman, they’re, Jennifer Lopez, Lil Nas, Stuart Vevers ’, aren’t Organizations: CNN, Animal, New York, Animals, PETA, New York Public Library, Tapestry Inc Locations: New
Biden’s Fibs Are a 20th-Century Throwback
  + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Peggy Noonan | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Peggy Noonan is an opinion columnist at the Wall Street Journal where her column, "Declarations," has run since 2000. She has been a fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, and has taught in the history department at Yale University. Before entering the Reagan White House, Noonan was a producer and writer at CBS News in New York, and an adjunct professor of Journalism at New York University. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up there, in Massapequa Park, Long Island, and in Rutherford, New Jersey. In November, 2016 she was named one of the city's Literary Lions by the New York Public Library.
Persons: Peggy Noonan, , ” Noonan, Ronald Reagan, Noonan Organizations: Wall, Journal, NBC News, The, Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, Yale University, Reagan White House, CBS News, Journalism, New York University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Lions, New York Public Library Locations: New York, Brooklyn , New York, Massapequa Park, Long, Rutherford , New Jersey, Rutherford, New York City
My Summer With Leo Tolstoy
  + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Peggy Noonan | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Peggy Noonan is an opinion columnist at the Wall Street Journal where her column, "Declarations," has run since 2000. She has been a fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, and has taught in the history department at Yale University. Before entering the Reagan White House, Noonan was a producer and writer at CBS News in New York, and an adjunct professor of Journalism at New York University. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up there, in Massapequa Park, Long Island, and in Rutherford, New Jersey. In November, 2016 she was named one of the city's Literary Lions by the New York Public Library.
Persons: Peggy Noonan, , ” Noonan, Ronald Reagan, Noonan Organizations: Wall, Journal, NBC News, The, Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, Yale University, Reagan White House, CBS News, Journalism, New York University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Lions, New York Public Library Locations: New York, Brooklyn , New York, Massapequa Park, Long, Rutherford , New Jersey, Rutherford, New York City
For about as long as he’s been a published author, John Green has faced efforts to censor his books. His debut novel, “Looking for Alaska,” a coming-of-age story that includes references to drug use and sex, has been challenged in schools for at least 15 years, and has frequently landed on the American Library Association’s most banned books list. Last year, it received more than 50 challenges in schools across the country. But a recent dust-up over whether his books are appropriate for teens feels more personal, and like an escalation of a growing movement to ban and restrict access to books, Green said. A public library in his home state of Indiana implemented a new policy earlier this year requiring library staff to remove any books with sexually explicit content from the children’s and teens section and re-shelve them in the adult collection.
Persons: John Green, Green, Judy Blume, Laurie Halse Anderson, Organizations: American, Hamilton East Public Library Locations: Alaska, , Indiana, Indianapolis
Daniel and Katherine Ray live debt-free in a 700-square-foot cob house that they built by hand. The millennial couple spent over two years constructing their cob house in the Bitterroot Valley in Victor, Montana — where they've been living since 2019. Daniel Ray/Spiritwood Natural Building"We realized that we just love doing it, so we started teaching people how to do it," Daniel said. Daniel Ray/Spiritwood Natural BuildingThe participants who attend the couple's workshops come from the area as well as far-flung states. AdvertisementAdvertisementThrough all their education efforts about building cob houses and living debt-free, there's just one point that they're really driving at.
Persons: Daniel, Katherine Ray, Victor , Montana, they've, Katherine, Daniel Ray, Ray, We've, Daniel said, It's, it's Organizations: Service Locations: Wall, Silicon, Bitterroot, Victor ,, Victor , Montana, Alaska, Montana
How I Turned My Errands Into Exercise
  + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Andrew Leonard | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
The 11-mile round trip left me with dead legs, a sore back and the sneaking suspicion I had made a mistake. What started as a necessity — I had no car, so I must bike — became a strategy: Errands are an opportunity for exercise. I began seeking out new errands just for the exercise they would provide. Running low on Sichuan peppercorns spurred me to cycle the nine-mile round trip to the Chinese supermarket. Earlier this year, I learned that the public library stocked a book about an ancient tomb I was researching, and my first thought was: Excellent, that’s a 4,000-step round trip!
Persons: reframing Organizations: Costco Locations: Sichuan
$875,000 Homes in California
  + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Angela Serratore | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Lake Arrowhead | $875,000A renovated 1968 house with three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms, on a 0.2-acre lotThis house has views of the lake from several of its main spaces. It is close to a popular hiking trail and to Lake Arrowhead Country Club, which has an 18-hole golf course. A small grocery store, a sports bar and a public library are within a five-minute drive; more shopping and dining options are along the lakefront, about 10 minutes away. The updated kitchen, next to the dining area, has sage-green cabinetry, stainless steel appliances, a rough stone backsplash and a pantry. A powder room with a sliding farmhouse-style door is off the kitchen.
Organizations: Lake Arrowhead Country Club, Downtown Locations: Bernardino, Riverside, Downtown Los Angeles, Springs, Coachella
Trump’s Jan. 6 Trial: We Owe It to History
  + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Peggy Noonan | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Peggy Noonan is an opinion columnist at the Wall Street Journal where her column, "Declarations," has run since 2000. She has been a fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, and has taught in the history department at Yale University. Before entering the Reagan White House, Noonan was a producer and writer at CBS News in New York, and an adjunct professor of Journalism at New York University. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up there, in Massapequa Park, Long Island, and in Rutherford, New Jersey. In November, 2016 she was named one of the city's Literary Lions by the New York Public Library.
Persons: Peggy Noonan, , ” Noonan, Ronald Reagan, Noonan Organizations: Wall, Journal, NBC News, The, Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, Yale University, Reagan White House, CBS News, Journalism, New York University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Lions, New York Public Library Locations: New York, Brooklyn , New York, Massapequa Park, Long, Rutherford , New Jersey, Rutherford, New York City
The Big Apple is a good place for reinvention, and the Swiss poet Frédéric-Louis Sauser had reason for a restart here in the spring of 1912. At 25 years old he’d washed up in New York Harbor, nearly penniless after trying his luck in Russia and Brazil. Henceforth he would be called Blaise Cendrars: a name for a poet of fire, a promise of ash (cendres) and art. “Blaise Cendrars: Poetry Is Everything,” at the Morgan Library & Museum, is one of the most appealing and eye-opening shows of the summer — a concentrated pop of free-spirited trans-Atlantic modernity, alive with rich color and typographical pyrotechnics. If you haven’t heard of Cendrars, you’re not alone; in an intro French poetry class you are more likely to encounter his good friend Guillaume Apollinaire, a more polished example of modern alienation and fractured style.
Persons: Frédéric, Louis Sauser, he’d, chucked, Sauser, , Blaise Cendrars, “ Blaise Cendrars, you’re, Guillaume Apollinaire Organizations: nickelodeon, First Presbyterian Church, Morgan Library & Museum Locations: Swiss, New York Harbor, Russia, Brazil, Greenwich Village, New York
$1.2 Million Homes in Vermont, New York and Ohio
  + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Angela Serratore | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
It is a 10-minute drive from a public library, a farmers’ market and a diner in the center of town. Dartmouth College is less than half an hour away, in Hanover, N.H. Montpelier, the Vermont state capital, is about an hour’s drive. Driving to Boston, Albany, N.Y., or Hartford, Conn., takes about two and a half hours. New York City is about four and a half hours away. Size: 4,680 square feetPrice per square foot: $256Indoors: A long driveway runs from the street to the center of the property and the detached garage.
Organizations: Dartmouth, New Locations: Hartland, Vt, Quechee, Woodstock , Vt, Hanover, N.H, Montpelier, Vermont, Boston, Albany, N.Y, Hartford, Conn, New York City, Montreal, bookshelves
What I Wish ‘Oppenheimer’ Had Said
  + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Peggy Noonan | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Peggy Noonan is an opinion columnist at the Wall Street Journal where her column, "Declarations," has run since 2000. She has been a fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, and has taught in the history department at Yale University. Before entering the Reagan White House, Noonan was a producer and writer at CBS News in New York, and an adjunct professor of Journalism at New York University. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up there, in Massapequa Park, Long Island, and in Rutherford, New Jersey. In November, 2016 she was named one of the city's Literary Lions by the New York Public Library.
Persons: Peggy Noonan, , ” Noonan, Ronald Reagan, Noonan Organizations: Wall, Journal, NBC News, The, Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, Yale University, Reagan White House, CBS News, Journalism, New York University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Lions, New York Public Library Locations: New York, Brooklyn , New York, Massapequa Park, Long, Rutherford , New Jersey, Rutherford, New York City
The Talent Strikes Back
  + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Peggy Noonan | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Peggy Noonan is an opinion columnist at the Wall Street Journal where her column, "Declarations," has run since 2000. She has been a fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, and has taught in the history department at Yale University. Before entering the Reagan White House, Noonan was a producer and writer at CBS News in New York, and an adjunct professor of Journalism at New York University. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up there, in Massapequa Park, Long Island, and in Rutherford, New Jersey. In November, 2016 she was named one of the city's Literary Lions by the New York Public Library.
Persons: Peggy Noonan, , ” Noonan, Ronald Reagan, Noonan Organizations: Wall, Journal, NBC News, The, Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, Yale University, Reagan White House, CBS News, Journalism, New York University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Lions, New York Public Library Locations: New York, Brooklyn , New York, Massapequa Park, Long, Rutherford , New Jersey, Rutherford, New York City
In theory, that space is curated for everyone in your community. There is, instead, an attempt to just keep you consuming, usually by serving up things the algorithm is pretty sure you already like. That might serve as a saving grace in a time when so many of us long for that decompression, at least a little bit. What might undo libraries is an insistence that they should reflect only one view of reality, one that has little room for queer people in particular. The library is worth defending not just because it’s important to our society as a whole.
Earlier this week, when passages of Jay-Z lyrics from songs like “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” and “Justify My Thug” appeared on the Art Deco-style, curved limestone facade of the Brooklyn Public Library’s main branch, fans and passers-by could only speculate on the occasion for the building’s sudden makeover. A surprise concert for the rapper’s home borough? A tribute to the 50th anniversary of hip-hop this summer? The answer, it turned out, was neither — and also a secret even from the man himself. On Thursday evening, when Jay-Z entered the library for a private event surrounded by an inner circle of family, friends and business associates, he was greeted by his live band playing instrumental versions of his hits out front, and a career-spanning archival exhibition that he never asked for inside.
Persons: Jay, Z Organizations: Art, Brooklyn Public
It is across the street from Big Spring Park and about five minutes from a public elementary school. The Woodford Reserve Distillery and Wild Turkey Distillery, popular stops on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, are less than 15 minutes away by car. Driving to Lexington, Ky., takes half an hour; Louisville, Ky., is about an hour away. Size: 3,961 square feetPrice per square foot: $278Indoors: A wrought-iron fence separates the front of the property from the sidewalk. The front door opens into a foyer with hardwood floors and a staircase with original woodwork.
Persons: Anne Organizations: Historical Society, Big, Woodford Reserve Distillery, Distillery Locations: Versailles, Ky, Woodford, Kentucky, Lexington, Louisville, Cincinnati, Nashville
WAF Awards 2023: World’s best new buildings unveiled
  + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
2023 World Architecture FestivalUAE-based firm Dabbagh Architects was shortlisted in the religious buildings category for its Mosque of Light in Dubai. 2023 World Architecture FestivalBangkok-based architecture practice All(zone) was shortlisted for its temporary MPavilion. 2023 World Architecture FestivalOsamu Morishita Architect and Associates was nominated for this hydrogen station in Tokushima prefecture, Japan. 2023 World Architecture FestivalThe timber Turrell Pavilion, in the Maldives, was one of two shortlisted projects by Brazilian firm Studio MK27. 2023 World Architecture FestivalThe curvaceous E-sports center by Central-South Architectural Design Institute in Hangzhou, China.
Persons: 3XN, Paul Finch, Cox, Dabbagh Organizations: CNN, Newark Liberty International, Cox Architecture, Ages, Chat, Shanghai United Design Group, Chengdu Research Base, Dabbagh Architects, Associates, Design Locations: Dubai, Singapore, Chengdu, China, Melbourne, Cambodia, Senegal, Netherlands, Danish, Oman, Nizwa, UAE, Light, Bangkok, Australia, Tokushima prefecture, Japan, Maldives, Central, Hangzhou
A new AP report details how Sonia Sotomayor's book sales intertwine with her service as a Justice. "250 books is definitely not enough," one aide told a public library in Oregon. The report found that taxpayer-funded staff at the Supreme Court have often pressured public institutions, including colleges and libraries, to purchase more of Sotomayor's books for events around the country where the liberal justice has been invited to speak. But because Supreme Court has no formal code of ethics, such practices are legal. While Republicans have generally defended these arrangements, Democrats have seized on the revelations to call for instituting a formal code of ethics at the Supreme Court.
Persons: Sonia Sotomayor's, Sonia Sotomayor isn't, — she's, Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito's Organizations: Justice, Taxpayer, Service, Associated Press, Clemson University and Michigan State University, AP, Republicans, Supreme Locations: Oregon, Wall, Silicon
David Torres-Fuentes was 4 years old when he decided to become a clown. David Torres-Fuentes, 23, works as a professional clown and entertainer in Nashville. David Torres-Fuentes decided he wanted to become a professional clown when he was 4 years old. David Torres-Fuentes was born in Mexico and moved with his family to Nashville when he was 6. David Torres-Fuentes hopes to continue performing as a professional clown into retirement.
Persons: David Torres, Fuentes, David, Lucas Mullikin, Jacquelyn, they're, Torres, Roth, they've Organizations: CNBC, Nashville Public Library, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Nashville Locations: Nashville, Mexico, U.S, Scotland
CNN —The Earth recently recorded its hottest day ever – a record experts warn will likely be repeatedly broken as the climate crisis drives temperatures higher and higher. Here’s what happens to your body in extreme heat, what you need to watch out for and how to stay safe. “The higher the humidity, the lower temperatures you need for extreme heat,” Linden said. High body temperatures can lead to damage to the brain and other vital organs, the CDC says. Try to find air conditioning, or places in your area where you can go to stay cool, according to Ready.gov.
Persons: Judith Linden, ” Linden, , you’re, Linden, , they’re, you’ve Organizations: CNN, Climate, Boston Medical Center, Boston University’s, Mayo Clinic, CDC Locations: Texas, Mexico, India, Bihar, Linden
May Trump Soon Reach His Waterloo
  + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Peggy Noonan | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Peggy Noonan is an opinion columnist at the Wall Street Journal where her column, "Declarations," has run since 2000. She has been a fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, and has taught in the history department at Yale University. Before entering the Reagan White House, Noonan was a producer and writer at CBS News in New York, and an adjunct professor of Journalism at New York University. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up there, in Massapequa Park, Long Island, and in Rutherford, New Jersey. In November, 2016 she was named one of the city's Literary Lions by the New York Public Library.
Persons: Peggy Noonan, , ” Noonan, Ronald Reagan, Noonan Organizations: Wall, Journal, NBC News, The, Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, Yale University, Reagan White House, CBS News, Journalism, New York University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Lions, New York Public Library Locations: New York, Brooklyn , New York, Massapequa Park, Long, Rutherford , New Jersey, Rutherford, New York City
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