Wait But Why

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Humans are good at a lot of things, but putting time in perspective is not one of them. To try to grasp some perspective, I mapped out the history of time as a series of growing timelines.

Terence Clarke

Director of Publishing, Red Room Press

I lived in Manhattan for two years, during the late 1990s, and felt, the whole time, that I was little more than a tourist. I was aware of John Updike's remark that "the true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding."

Eric Cooper

Founder, President of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education

As education advocates, we know the promise of America is represented by all school children -- not just those with the highest grades or most obvious passion for learning.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

U.S. Senator from New York

We know the American workforce is changing at a rapid pace as families rely more and more on women's income to get by. But, as the face of the American workplace has changed, the federal rules that govern it have not kept up.

ARTINFO

The online authority for art news and gallery reviews

As the festival opens Friday with the premiere of Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks, ARTINFO has chosen its top five films to see in the first week of the festival.

James Campion

Political Analyst, 'The Aquarian Weekly'

The great Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees is retiring as quite simply the undisputed finest closer to ever ply the trade at any level anywhere, and without question the longest running level of near-perfection in the history of sport.

Caryn James

Film and television critic, jamesonscreens.com

Set in the isolated backwoods of Tennessee and shot in bleak brown tones, Child of God is about a serial necrophiliac named Lester Ballard, repulsive, violent, barely civilized.

American Anthropological Association

World's largest organization of individuals interested in anthropology

Cutting meager food stamp benefits to Americans who are out of work or requiring them to attend dead-end job placement training and Work Experience programs will do nothing to improve the over-all economy. It certainly hasn't in New York.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney

U.S. Representative for New York's 12th District; Ranking House Member, Joint Economic Committee

At our country's pace of job creation, it would take more than seven years to fully recover all the jobs that were lost in the Great Recession. That is just not acceptable.

Rex Reed

Film and theatre critic

Is there anyone who pretends to know anything about the theatre who has not seen or read The Glass Menagerie? It's the production that counts, and there have been entirely too many to count.

Rep. Charles Rangel

Representative from the 13th Congressional District in New York

I've been around Congress long enough to know there are issues we may never see eye-to-eye from the opposite aisle, but we should all agree that our job is to move America forward and benefit the people. It's irresponsible to play games and handcuff the process so that nothing gets done at all.

Bill Maher

Host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"

Everything Republicans say can't or won't work, California is making work. And everything conservatives claim will unravel the fabric of our society has only made California stronger. And all we had to do to accomplish that was vote out every single Republican.

Binky Philips

Music aficionado

He'd been instructed to remove his boots in the elevator. Most of John and Yoko's apartment was fitted with white carpeting. A foyer door opened, and there stood ... John and Yoko. Boi-oi-oing!

Chris Kompanek

Freelance cultural writer

The Hill Town plays collectively are an epic portrait of rural poverty, displaced love, and the boundless angst that can propel someone into a different life while leaving a fragmented past behind.

Emily Elyse Miller

One of the most exclusive magazines on the planet can only be found in the luxury apartments rented out by onefinestay. With locations in Paris, London, New York, and LA, it's the perfect way to live like a local.

Mary Prefontaine

Leader, coach, speaker, CEO and president, ICAN

what if we all "woke up" to the reality that healthy sleep leads to better outcomes, happier lives and a more productive society? What if our employees were not required to be "on 24-7," but rather alive with energy and fully engaged?

Theresa Pierno

Acting President of the National Parks Conservation Association

As we celebrate National Estuaries Week andNational Public Lands Day this week, I encourage all of you to join citizens as they gather and volunteer in coastal areas and public lands across the country.