December 19, 2007
Happy Holidays
I've been posting this every year since I put up this site. This is from my collection from the Photo Unit at 1 Police Plaza. As always, it's sad to see the WTC, but this remains one of my favorite shots. In New York City, Santa has a helicopter instead of reindeer! (All those spires, and chimneys and roofs of varying heights, it's dangerous for the reindeer.)
Are we still under 500 murders for the year so far? Yay us for not killing each other so much this year! But for those who have lost people this year, I'm sorry they won't be with you this holiday. Here is a bit from a poem called The Song of Shadows by Walter de la Mare:
Ghosts linger in the darkening air,
Hearken at the open door;
Music hath called them, dreaming,
Home once more.
December 06, 2007
New From New York Correction History Society Website
The picture accompanies this article: Was Fatal NYS Prison 'Shower Bath' Punishment Example of Waterboarding 1858 Style? The fall 2007 U. S. Senate confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge Michael B. Mukasey to become the Attorney General focused considerable attention on the issue of waterboarding as an interrogation technique against suspected terrorists. The rest of the article is here.
But there is so much there, old and new, the the place is worth many visits. I've always been drawn to anything about Hart Island, the location of New York's Potter's Field, and the amount of material about Hart Island on their website it staggering. An index of it is here.