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Mulgrew Sleazily Sells New Health Care Plan like used cars, future retirees will have no options, Unions Shouldn’t Be Helping the Health Industry

Mulgrew Sleazily Sells New Health Care Plan like used cars, future retirees will have no options, Unions Shouldn’t Be Helping the Health Industry

The last time I saw Unity selling something so hard, so irrationally – it was the 2005 contract. I recoiled with mistrust at the hard sell. As any thinking person might do now. ... Jonathan Halabi, former UFT Ex Bd There's something profoundly disturbing about our opposition to the New York Health Act. We are, in effect, opposing single payer health insurance for the entire state of New York. It's not just that we're hindering something much needed, a veritable moral imperative. It's not just that we are slowing down potential progress toward ending the national disgrace that is our...

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Deciphering lettering styles, one historical font family at a time

Deciphering lettering styles, one historical font family at a time

Lettering styles have been around for centuries. For as long as the Latin alphabet has existed, humans have toyed with their expression of it. To get to grips with the most significant lettering styles in current use, I’m looking into how they originated and what makes each one aesthetically unique, feature-by-feature. Lettering styles The three major categories of type design are: Serifs Sans serifs Scripts All three are distinct from each other and provide the design basis to our ever-expanding universe of fonts. In other words, any font you like—or don’t like—will be either classed as either a serif, sans...

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A Step Above: The Best Casual Footwear Brands For Men

A Step Above: The Best Casual Footwear Brands For Men

Sneakers have taken over the world, but that doesn’t mean you should disregard casual shoes. Sitting between athletic and formal, this broad category of everyday footwear includes some of the most iconic and influential styles ever to step foot into the menswear world. Casual shoes are characterised by their versatility. They’re your go-to footwear, whether you’re heading out for an evening meal or just working and running errands through the week. They’re lifestyle shoes in the purest sense of the term, and every good footwear collection should be home to at least one pair. A broad category it may be,...

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Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City: Meet Claire Redfield

Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City: Meet Claire Redfield

The "Resident Evil" series is home to some of horror video game's very best female protagonists. Claire Redfield is mostly known as a character and protagonist in "Resident Evil 2," "Resident Evil — Code Veronica," and "Resident Evil: Revelations 2" in the canonical games (as well as a few non-canonical spin-off games), but was also played by Ali Larter in Paul W.S. Anderson's "Resident Evil" film series. Now, Kaya Scodelario ("Crawl," "The Maze Runner," "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile") is donning the red leather jacket, and starring as Claire Redfield in Johannes Roberts ("47 Meters Down") reboot of the...

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TOM Weekly Figure Roundup: October 17, 2021 to October 23, 2021

TOM Weekly Figure Roundup: October 17, 2021 to October 23, 2021

Hi, hey, hello! We hope you’re staying warm or cool enough wherever you are. If you’re in need of some fire in your life, then we definitely suggest entering our October giveaway, which will give you the chance to win this blazing hot figure of Aisha from Shironeko Project! You’ll also be in the running for $10 in TOM Points, of course. The giveaway is running until 11:59 pm on October 31 (JST), but if you’re the type of person to put things on your mental to-do list, immediately forget, and then realize you should have done it a week...

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