tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669671169280450962024-02-06T21:15:22.127-08:00BowerygalsBowerygals on the BoweryBowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-91806129862836484752014-10-11T10:47:00.000-07:002014-10-11T10:47:03.580-07:00Op-Ed: Our “Separation Delusion” and Its ConsequencesPublished in The Lo-Down
August 2014
“A Human being is a part of the whole called by us the universe. We can experience ourselves as something separate, a kind of separation delusion. This delusion can be a prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-57654760864816144192013-12-26T11:31:00.001-08:002013-12-26T11:31:11.706-08:00Of Parks, Inequity and the Flinging of Coins…
At the “Talking Transitions Tent” New Yorkers for Parks hosted a panel entitled “Four Immediate Ways to Equitably Improve NYC's Parks”. The panel consisted of committed and hard-working park advocates.
One of the panelists, State Senator Squadron, proposed that “marquee parks” (such as Central Park) share a percentage of funds raised in the private sector with parks that do not have private Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-32290591605097752992013-06-03T10:46:00.000-07:002013-06-03T10:50:17.367-07:00Swerve, David Bowie and Musicianship
Swerve, David Bowie and Musicianship
by K Webster / CounterPunch
WordPress posting: Exploring David Bowie:
24th-26th May 2013
The philosopher Epicurus speculated that, despite the overwhelming regularity of nature, atoms traveling in a straight line, in a moment of sheer unpredictability, might deviate from their course – or swerve. From this he gathered that we possess free will.
“It was Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-47826644582410086182013-02-15T18:14:00.000-08:002013-02-15T18:14:24.822-08:00Op/Ed: It’s Time to Reactivate Stanton Street Park Building
Op/Ed: It’s Time to Reactivate Stanton Street Park Building
The following article was written by Lower East Side resident K. Webster:
In a time of diminishing resources we must rethink how we allocate the ones we have. Community resources such as the numerous park buildings that dot the Lower East Side must be returned to active neighborhood use. We can no longer afford to have these buildingsBowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-89667971492103748322012-08-22T09:03:00.000-07:002012-08-22T09:03:38.153-07:00"Biden And Ryan Share Faith, But Not Worldview"Ryan: "..."The preferential option for the poor, which is one of the primary tenets of Catholic social teaching, means: Don't keep people poor; don't make people dependent on government so they stay stuck in their station in life," Ryan told CBN. "Help people get out of poverty [and] on to a life of independence."...
K Webster from nyc
Biden is emblematic of his working class roots. He is not Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-86467408103286535962012-08-17T12:45:00.000-07:002012-08-17T12:46:34.739-07:00Republican Women more targeted by sexism than Democratic women?Opinion: Where the Ladies At, GOP?
"....Republican women are in a position of being the punching bag for media who love to hit. Michele Bachmann has her flaws but..."
my response:
K Webster from nyc
It is not acceptable and nor should it be tolerated to have any woman treated as less than fully human. It is hurtful and keeps every girl or adult woman from being ourselves and from lending our Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-6645292545339499772012-08-01T21:00:00.000-07:002012-08-01T21:20:36.697-07:00Dining with Burlesque at The Bowery Poetry Club?The Villager: BY K WEBSTER I like the Bowery Poetry Club. I wrote about this important arts space recently on my local blog, Bowery Gals.
I’m very concerned, however, about the club’s impending merger with Duane Park, a Tribeca restaurant with burlesque shows.
Apparently, the Poetry Club has featured artists’ versions of burlesque acts before. Artists try to reinvent old forms hoping to find a Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-61962637011486590422012-07-01T07:34:00.000-07:002012-07-01T07:34:22.184-07:00The Nation: You Swipe Card, Banks Swipe Cash by GEORGE ZORNICK"Earlier this month, we reported on the Senate battle over "swipe fees," which banks charge merchants for processing credit or debit cards. It appeared the story was over, and an effort by banks to maintain high swipe fees was vanquished — but an eleventh-hour action by the Federal Reserve Wednesday has given Wall Street yet another astonishing victory in Washington...."
K Webster (Bowerygals) Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-83364251711840262072012-06-23T09:33:00.000-07:002012-06-23T09:33:50.467-07:00Walcott: Don't Penalize Parents Who Raise Money for Their Schools"Walcott: Don't Penalize Parents Who Raise Money for Their Schools
June 22, 2012, 6:37 p.m.
By KYLE SPENCER
As the gap between middle-class and poor public schools widens because of differing results from parent fund-raising, the city’s Department of Education is directing principals to a fund that was set up to deal with such disparities...."
K Webster
The frenzy of fundraising distorts Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-33408526445178242482012-06-06T06:42:00.000-07:002012-06-06T06:43:07.422-07:00Living by the Clock of the World: Grace Lee Boggs’ Call for Visionary Organizing By: Matthew Birkhold Date Published: April 17, 2012"...Grace Lee Boggs recently told .. activists should turn our backs on protest organizing because it “leads you more and more to defensive operations” and “Do visionary organizing” because it “gives you the opportunity to encourage the creative capacity in people and it’s very fulfilling.” ...
...we need to understand ... historical perspective ...also need to understand how visionary Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-66718443562581430222012-05-31T16:14:00.001-07:002012-06-01T06:34:04.387-07:00Timothy Dolan Authorized Payments to Abusive Priests, Documents Show"Cardinal Timothy Dolan approved payments to suspected pedophile priests to leave the ministry when he was the archbishop of Milwaukee, new documents reveal..."K Webster from nycPaying off an abuser so he can go elsewhere to molest other (not-Catholic?) unsuspecting children is NOT the high moral ground...despite the very excellent cost savings to the Church. I do believe Jesus would have not Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-91306551803129057102012-05-15T06:17:00.001-07:002012-05-15T06:24:00.351-07:00The Bowery Poetry Club, etc...There is still a bit of wild wonder left to the Bowery and its environs. Not the showy, frenetic kind that’s manufactured for us now. But the authentic kind that grows out of the hard –won, steady efforts of an artist insisting on showing their mind. Not hoping for fame or money in that moment, just working because you have to try once more to feel that alive: on the edge of what you know and Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-39831826577793976922012-04-14T07:30:00.003-07:002012-04-14T07:37:29.293-07:00Catholic group criticizes Paul Ryan - PoliticoCardinal Dolan weighing in on Republican's devasting policies for the poor -guess whose side he's on?Apr. 14, 2012 - 9:43 AM ESTJust compare the two quotes.From the Catholic group "Faith in Public Life":“Simply put, this budget is morally indefensible and betrays Catholic principles of solidarity, just taxation and a commitment to the common good. A budget that turns its back on the hungry, the Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-23918703087164265562012-04-09T11:03:00.005-07:002012-04-14T07:43:09.200-07:00Cardinal Dolan's Faith and PoliticsWNYC News BlogCardinal Timothy Dolan Says Faith Has a Place in PoliticsSunday, April 08, 2012 - 04:37 PMBy The Associated PressComment from K Webster:What exactly was Sen. Santorum's "good point" on Kennedy's speech? Kennedy, faced with tremendous anti-Catholic bias, chose to uphold the best of what the US tries to be: a place of religious tolerance where no one religion holds sway over any otherBowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-25737624417530227132012-04-09T10:58:00.002-07:002012-04-09T11:03:09.660-07:00Zuccotti Park Owners Were Right to Eject OWS Protesters: Judge?WNYC News BlogZuccotti Park Owners Were Right to Eject OWS Protesters: JudgeMonday, April 09, 2012 - 11:14 AMBy WNYC NewsroomProtesters face off with police after the police in riot gear removed the protesters early in the morning from Zuccotti Park on November 15. The owners of Zuccotti Park, Brookfield Properties, were within their rights to eject protesters from the park last November in orderBowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-19370066536501626102012-03-15T14:33:00.004-07:002012-03-15T14:41:55.236-07:00Mula's StoryMula’s StoryMula, a devout Muslim, came of age during the Russian invasion of Afghanistan. While battles were waged in the countryside, he taught children at the local madrasah (school). At 14, Mula was one of the few literate people in his village.As the Russian army approached, the slightly built but fiercely loyal boy wanted to join the resistance. He abandoned teaching in defense of his Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-39987785649810734742012-03-15T14:24:00.004-07:002012-03-17T11:58:56.225-07:00Losing Bialystoker; Losing the Love in L.E.S.Losing Bialystoker home; Losing the love in L.E.S.March 1, 2012 | Filed under: Talking Point |BY K WEBSTER | Every life matters or none do.My mother battled with Alzheimer’s disease for over almost six years while living with my family. She has now lived in a nursing home for more than a year. She has severe dementia and her body is twisted into contortions called “contractions.” It’s a yoga Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-56505656261082302552011-12-08T22:57:00.001-08:002012-03-15T14:42:56.276-07:00NYC needs the creativity of O.W.S.: The VillagerDecember 1, 2011 | Filed under: Notebook | Posted by: adminBY K WEBSTER | You can tell that it’s time for a society to rethink itself when it justifies trashing books.The destruction of the Occupy Wall Street encampment and its 5,000-book library raises many questions.Like how exactly do you get free speech in a country where the ownership of the means to communicate is so grotesquely Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-8828383128765411452011-12-08T22:54:00.000-08:002011-12-08T22:56:58.715-08:00O.W.S. pros outweigh cons: Downtown ExpressTo the Editor:Last Thursday night I went down to an off-site sustainability meeting for Occupy Wall Street. Our community garden needs compost and they have it. It’s a win-win. As I walked to the bus I passed young adults in my neighborhood partying in a bar and at a well-heeled gallery opening. When I got to the meeting area there was an atrium full of young adults — and people of other ages — Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-5764734465416242902011-09-28T09:17:00.001-07:002011-09-28T09:17:55.821-07:00Elizabeth Warren - heroTo Quote Elizabeth Warren:"There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there- good for you.But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workersthe rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn't have to Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-20617481535010253892011-07-12T08:06:00.000-07:002011-07-12T08:07:22.144-07:00Anthony Weiner - and the rest of us.Anthony Weiner got busted exploiting young women. They are often preyed upon by men who are plagued with an endless quest to staunch their insecurity and loneliness. Lots of guys are derailed by the illusion of comfort or pleasure or just numbness. This society purposefully and increasingly entwines sex with the hard-wired need for human closeness. It sells. But despite the ads, sex is just one Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-52016025051590667092011-06-27T11:56:00.000-07:002011-06-27T12:00:37.586-07:00City goes to Court Over Charter SchoolsCity goes to Court Over Charter Schools"...Complaints have been raised from Harlem to Coney Island as charter schools increasingly share buildings with public schools in an attempt by the city to maximize existing space rather than build new schools. But the teachers union, the NAACP and some parents accuse the city of violating a new state law that says co-locations involving charters must be Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-1958411124012447152011-06-27T11:38:00.000-07:002011-06-27T11:51:48.461-07:00Back and forth with Jonathan Alter on corporate influence in public schools:Don't Believe Critics, Education Reform Works:Jonathan Alter"...but what’s wrong with business executives or other interested outsiders devoting time and money to public schools? Would it be better if they ignored them as they did for so long? That went well for this country...."K Webster's response on the undue influence of corporations on our public schools:Mr. Alter: I leave it to others to Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-76766691507684927602011-06-25T12:04:00.000-07:002012-12-12T07:46:16.147-08:00What is Possible: A Woman’s Journey from Iran to AmericaWhat is Possible: A Woman’s Journey from Iran to America
Her daughter wants to keep bouncing on the two big mattresses that lie on the floor, but Azadeh is tired. She’s been up all night. She catches a glimpse of her child’s eyes inviting her to play. She tosses aside her weariness and starts tumbling and laughing with her little girl. It’s a scene repeated in different ways in different homes. ABowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666967116928045096.post-65507292383054701832011-03-27T15:49:00.000-07:002011-03-27T15:53:25.314-07:00Close Indian PointClose Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant.Bowery Galshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740129509673547498noreply@blogger.com0