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As readers of this blog know I have been participating in Project 2,996, a tribute to the 2,996 innocent victims of 9/11, where bloggers eulogize each victim.  Today, I am changing the rules ...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2019/09/september-11-2019-i-remember-first.html

In my continued participation in Project 2,996, a tribute to the 2,996 innocent victims of 9/11, where bloggers eulogize each victim, today I remember Firefighter, Thomas M. Butler. Previously...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2018/09/september-11-2017-i-remember-thomas-m.html

In my continued participation in Project 2,996, a tribute to the 2,996 innocent victims of 9/11, where bloggers eulogize each victim, today I remember Capt. Daniel J. Brethel.  Previously, I ...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2017/09/september-11-2017-i-remember-capt.html

In my continued participation in Project 2,996, a tribute to the 2,996 innocent victims of 9/11, where bloggers eulogize each victim, today I remember Pamela Chu.  Previously, I have remembered...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2016/09/in-my-continued-participation-in.html

While I may not blog nearly as much as I used to, I feel drawn to do so in commemorating the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by members of al Qaeda. It is unbelievable to believe it has been...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2016/09/a-long-15-years-remembering-911.html

A well deserved thank you to all who have served in our nation's armed forces. While all gave some, some gave their all, and you have my everlasting gratitude. It's not just a day to thank our se...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2016/05/memorial-day-2016.html

It's time for yet another photo spread. This time, it's from Tennessee, Kentucky, and a bit of North Carolina. Specifically, we're talking about Nashville, Mammoth Caves National Park, Great Smok...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2016/04/music-city-motoring-and-many-waterfalls.html

New Jersey residents are about to feel the cold sting of a strike by NJ Transit rail workers. They've been without a contract for years and the matter has gone to federal mediators, who have rule...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-day-of-reckoning-fast-approaches-in.html

We're going down the rabbit hole once again. The GOP frontrunner and presumptive nominee for the GOP nomination, Donald Trump, once again was caught quote-tweeting a white supremacist. This is...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2016/02/trumps-path-to-white-supremacy-is-now.html

This is the tenth year that I have participated in Project 2996 , a tribute to the 2,996 innocent victims of 9/11, where bloggers eulogize each victim. Previously, I have remembered Steven Harr...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2015/09/september-11-2015-i-remember-donald-h.html

I can't believe that it's already been 14 years since 9/11. I remember it like it was yesterday, and yet there's an entire generation of kids whose only knowledge of the events of the days and we...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2015/09/14-years-later-remembering-911-and.html

A well deserved thank you to all who have served in our nation's armed forces. And while all gave some, some gave their all, and you have my gratitude. It's not just a day to thank our service me...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2015/05/memorial-day-2015.html

Black Hawk Helicopters flying over Gettysburg National Park Gun emplacement at Gettysburg Memorial at Antietam Looking down from the Observation Tower at Antietam National Battlefi...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-trip-through-history-civil-war-and.html

The New York Botanical Garden in The Bronx puts on a fabulous orchid show every late winter/early spring, and this year was no different. While the weather outside was nearly frightful (coming ju...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-colorful-open-to-late-winter-ny.html

The Great Falls of Paterson, New Jersey have been a national park for only a short time, but their power and size has been a draw since before the Revolutionary War. Alexander Hamilton saw the p...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2015/02/great-falls-on-ice_21.html

NYS Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been an Albany fixture for 2+ decades. He was Speaker back when I was working in the legislature. And he's survived and thrived despite multiple scandals. ...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2015/01/longtime-nys-assembly-speaker-sheldon.html

As of this posting, there are at least two separate hostage standoff situations near Paris . One is at a kosher market (I've heard it referred to as a supermarket, deli, or grocery) on Ave Porte...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2015/01/in-wake-of-charlie-hebdo.html

I learned about the execution style killing of two NYPD officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, in Brooklyn while at a family gathering, and it is heartbreaking to learn under any circumstances. ...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2014/12/justice-only-justice-shall-thou-pursue.html

This past week was a busy one in Lower Manhattan. Fulton Center finally opened after years of delays and cost overruns. Parts of the station have been open for some time now, but the central feat...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2014/11/fulton-center-1wtc-and-malfunctioning.html

New Yorkers have been trying to adjust to the new normal of MTA repairs to tunnels that were flooded by the storm surge from Superstorm Sandy. It included a 15-month closure of the Montague tunne...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2014/10/sandy-related-repairs-to-affect-lirr.html

Construction of the Port Authority's PATH Transit Hub is still underway and Santiago Calatrava's design shows its final form, even as the cost pushes past a staggering $4 billion . That's nearly...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-failure-of-wtc-path-hub.html

For several years now I have participated in Project 2996 ,    a tribute to the 2,996 innocent victims of 9/11, where bloggers eulogize each victim. Previously, I have remembered Lt. Col. Jerry...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2014/09/september-11-2014-i-remember-steven.html

I've written essentially the same opening each of the past few years. It's still appropriate to remember today, as it was when I first wrote this: > September 11, 2001. New Yorkers were h...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2014/09/13-years-later-remembering-911.html

Looking up at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (aka the Gateway Arch). Definitely very impressive from the outside. Also impressive? The line to get in. Depending on time of day, you ...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2014/08/meet-me-in-st-louis.html

The latest battle in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas (Operation Protective Edge) continued without any sign of letup. Israel's military continues ground operations inside Gaza, while Ham...

http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-gaza-war-continues-where-do-we-go.html