New York: Jewish Merchants 1500-1800 October 18
In 1714 Spanish Inquisition refugee Luis Moses Gomez purchased 6000 acres along the Hudson Highlands and built a fieldstone house by a stream known as "Jews Creek."For 30 years he and his sons ran a thriving fur trade from the house with three-foot thick walls. He was the first president of the ...

He no longer heard the cries of the animals or saw the flowing blood…. by Jason Miller
WarningThese pictures may contain images depicting the reality and horror of violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience.by Jason MillerFeatured WriterDandelion SaladThomas Paine’s CornerMay 09 2009[Author's Note: I'm dedicating this piece to the courageous animal defenders and re ...


Investor Profile: NYC Seed
Owen Davis Managing Director NYC Seed Owen is currently Managing Director of NYC Seed a seed stage venture capital fund in New York City. Owen has worked in all aspects of the online world including work with early versions of AOL and MSN. He created one of the first 200 web sites on-line a ...

Mike Treder Live from New York - It’s Two Cultures!
From the 40th floor of the 7 World Trade Center building in downtown Manhattan I’m live-blogging today to cover an important symposium exploring the historic gulf between science and the humanities.In 1959 the prominent British scientist and novelist C.P. Snow gave a pivotal lecture before a ...

Is the Number of Protestants Converting to Roman Catholicism Growing?
If you read the conservative Catholic magazines and Web sites as much as I do you get the impression that the number of Protestant converts to Catholicism is growing rapidly these days. One such publication listed the short story of four recent "political" converts. The first Newt Gingrich I co ...