"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled." -Plutarch
The Open Society Salon is a friendly social club inspired by the Salon's of Europe during the age of Enlightenment. In keeping with this inspiriation, the Salon aims engage in intelligent and vigorous conversation and affect public opinion to the extent possible.
Do you like to read and discuss history, the arts, literature, science, politics, philosophy or economics? Join us bi-weekly for beer, pizza and good conversation.
"The supreme advantage of debate is that it compels a man to think.- George Jacob Holyoake
"He was a wise man who invented beer." - Plato
"Culture and Education are qualities found in persons who have first been taught to read and write and then have managed, against heavy odds, to cultivate their minds, to educate themselves." - Jacques Barzun
"Culture in whatever form -art, thought, history, religion- is for meditation and conversation." - Jacques Barzun
"My idea of good company, Mr. Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company." "You are mistaken," said he gently, "that is not good company, that is the best.- Persuasion by Jane Austen
"If given the truth, [the people] can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts — and beer." - Lincoln
"Again, old man, you outfight the Argives in debate! ...if only I had ten men like Nestor to plan with me among Achaea's armies- then we could topple Priam's citadel in a day..." - King Agamemnon in Book 2, The Iliad, line 440
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Zoneil Maharaj (Editor) June 18, 2013 at 02:47 pm
That's great to hear! We have a full list of locations in Newark, via Newark Unified, here:…Read More http://newark.patch.com/groups/schools/p/newark-unified-offers-free-summer-lunches-for-community-children
Andrea " Andy " June 18, 2013 at 10:10 pm
I helped run the Snack Shack for 10 years presented a Binder to Coach with all Accounting of all…Read More monies provided for deposit - Its real simple if any Booster member requests to see Books - Give them the Books for review - I do not understand why this has not been done - Even if seen in 2010 this is 2013 and things change and the Membership is entitled to regular Audits on the money they worked so hard to raise. So produce, show and review!!!!!
anonymous1 June 19, 2013 at 12:48 pm
Oh this opens up NMHS like a can of worms.
There have been suspicions of this for years regarding…Read More Rich
Swift at the annual Crab Feed, Margaret Jean at the 4th of July Fireworks sales, Stacey Kelly snackshack, and how about Edna, shes always at the gate taking the money.
Im glad someone with balls is getting this out in the public.
Yes, the money needs to be counted and deposited by a committee and not the individual in charge as has been the case for many years.
While were on the subject of NMHS, what about the rumors that Rich Swift threw away letters from colleges for prospective athletes. Rumor has it there were many letters found in his drawers after his death.
Bong Sativa June 17, 2013 at 05:57 am
The more likely explanation is that the vast majority of Newark Police officers lack the requisite…Read More aptitude & agility necessary to fill shopping bags with groceries & didn't want to do anything to further embarrass themselves while under the scrutiny of the bewildered shoppers like James.
Audrey June 15, 2013 at 10:27 am
Yes they are walking as I write this! but it is not to late to sponsor them! please!!!
Mona Taplin June 13, 2013 at 04:03 am
This probably sounds heartless, but it sounds like this house should be condemned before a tragedy…Read More occurs. I doubt if any organization can bring it up to code because of the cost. It's really sad to see this happening to a working person in this country.
Adam Moe June 13, 2013 at 09:47 am
I'm not sure if your mom will qualify but there are lines of credit out there that she can get as a…Read More home owner. It will require her to have the income to pay back small portions at a time. Not trying to make it harder just trying to help. See about it online or let me know more and I'll see what I can do to help.
Tony June 16, 2013 at 05:33 pm
Thanks James!,
You know it's amazing when somebody puts their own personal time to learn and…Read More understand something and then you share it... I would have been more then glad to explained myself in more detail face-to-face because I may learn something myself but like a marriage you don't get on here and start posting every little detail about you and your wife and I'm not going to get on here and start posting every little detail about my past employer`s.
So to whoever flagged me you could have simply posted a disagreement and I'm open-minded and can admit when I make a mistake...I would've simply deleted my post if you could've proved it wrong.
James Nelson June 18, 2013 at 07:58 am
Tony,
You are an upstanding individual, glad you joined the Patch! ;)
James Nelson June 18, 2013 at 08:11 am
I would also like to point out that I have on two other occasions asked this Mike Bucci guy the same…Read More question and each time I am Ignored. If this is what us Newark Residents can expect from an aspiring Politician then he can keep his day job! We already have enough Status Quo people in our gov failing to answer the simple questions.
James Nelson June 5, 2013 at 09:11 pm
Landline?
That's like so 15 years ago! People still do home telephone services? Wow!
Dina Murtaza June 9, 2013 at 08:41 am
Yes I have a cell phone and a landline when I am working. Lots of people have it as a 2nd phone.…Read More Found out the people working on the lines accidently cut off the phone lines.
Anna Locke June 7, 2013 at 09:17 am
UPDATE! Just got a call this morning from a neighbor of the man who owned them. The gentleman died…Read More Mon or Tues and the poor dogs hadn't been well taken care of for years - slept outside, no affection, etc. Long story short - the neighbor wants to adopt them! YAY! <3
Anna Locke June 5, 2013 at 01:35 pm
Make sure to post on Facebook. He may have a microchip...hopefully. You can take him to Central…Read More Vet to check. Good luck! I just found two at the Lake Monday evening.