economy
Real Estate Development – a local story –
In an area with dozens of empty store fronts and several hundred thousand sq ft of empty space, a new strip mall is approved for construction. A rational market?? —>> read more –>>
hudson ny
racism
Slavery in Hudson – updated
9/12/2019 A lecture at the Hudson Area Library tonight, Slavery and Dutch-Palatine Farmers: How did middle class farmers in Colonial New York interact with slavery?’ by Travis M. Bowman. The lecture began with the note —>> read more –>>
racism
Slavery in Hudson and nearby – continued
It is clear that though slavery in the North was not the dominant economic engine that was true of the South, slavery was present and visible on a day-to-day basis. —>> read more –>>
books
Slavery in Hudson and Columbia Cty NY
Notices of runaways slaves from the Hudson River Valley. Many were notices from slave owners in Hudson and Columbia County dating roughly from 1795 to 1840. Northerners may think that slavery was a Southern institution, but this history casts a decidedly different picture. —>> read more –>>
healthcare
Affordable Healthcare Act (Obamacare) Review – Rob Bujan
Dan Udell videotaped a presentation on the US healthcare system by Rob Bujan on 3/25/17. I could not attend so I watched Dan’s YouTube video – The discussions towards the end of this presentation (about —>> read more –>>