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Jake Novak is a writer, singer, actor and filmmaker in Los Angeles. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion articles on CNN. (CNN) Last summer, I became a somewhat infamous figure on TikTok when a video I posted pitching myself to be on "Saturday Night Live" went viral — but not in the way I'd hoped. At first I was mocked en masse and parodied, but the conversation quickly veered into vitriol and outright venom, resulting in a lengthy bullying campaign that included calls for me to kill myself. Jake Novak TikTok has been at the center of the national conversation as of late, with lawmakers proposing a nationwide ban on the popular video-sharing app over fears that the China-based company may be harvesting American users' private data. But as an online creator, I believe that the real, undeniable problem with social media is that harassment and hatred can spread on platforms like TikTok on an enormous … [Read more...] about Opinion: I auditioned for ‘SNL’ on TikTok and then the world came crashing down on me

0 Crime & Safety Former MCR Health CEO and president Patrick Carnegie faces a felony trespassing charge in Pinellas County, court records show. Tiffany Razzano , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Reply MANATEE COUNTY, FL — MCR Health fired its president and CEO, who is facing a felony charge in Pinellas County. The board of directors for the company, formerly called Manatee County Rural Health, voted unanimously to remove Patrick Carnegie from his roles as of Nov. 4, the Bradenton Herald reported. Dr. Melvin Price was named interim CEO of MCR. The company operates 48 health care centers and 19 pharmacies throughout Florida, including Manatee, Sarasota, DeSoto, Pasco and Hardee counties. Carnegie was initially arrested and charged with felony burglary in June 2021 for an incident that happened in April of that year. Also Read: MCR Health President, CEO Charged After Domestic Incident: Police Court … [Read more...] about MCR Health Fires CEO Facing Felony Charge In Pinellas County: Report

OF ARMS AND ARTISTS The American Revolution Through Painters’ Eyes A REVOLUTION IN COLOR The World of John Singleton Copley One chilly December day in 1818, a skeptical John Adams entered Boston’s Faneuil Hall to view a painting. In his opinion, artists who depicted grand historical scenes, such as the image he had come to see, often distorted the truth and in so doing “conspir’d against the Rights of Mankind.” Adams did not report his reaction to this particular picture, but he almost certainly disapproved. The painting in question was John Trumbull’s “The Declaration of Independence,” which currently hangs in the rotunda of the United States Capitol. Trumbull’s representations of key Revolutionary events, along with portraits by Trumbull and his contemporaries of such figures as George Washington, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere — and, yes, John Adams — now enjoy iconic status as a visual record of America’s founding. These images testify to the talents of a remarkable coterie … [Read more...] about Examining the Artists of the Revolutionary Era

See the article in its original context from March 17, 2002 Section Page Buy Reprints View on timesmachine TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. A IS FOR AMERICAN Letters and Other Characters in the Newly United States. By Jill Lepore. Illustrated. 241 pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. $25. JILL LEPORE is a historian of early America who specializes in what might be called the political psychology of nationhood. Behind her work lies the idea that making a nation out of 13 colonies was accomplished not just through documents and declarations but in less tangible ways as well: minds and hearts had to be wooed away from old political attachments, doubts about the viability of the new order had to be overcome, and some kind of unifying common culture had to be invented practically out of whole cloth. In her gripping 1998 book, ''The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity,'' Lepore argued … [Read more...] about The Republic of Letters

See the article in its original context from May 22, 1988 Section Page Buy Reprints View on timesmachine TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. RECONSTRUCTION America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877. By Eric Foner. Illustrated. 690 pp. New York: Harper & Row. $29.95. Reconstruction is both a period in American history - conventionally the decade or so after the Civil War when the emancipated slaves were seeking a new place in the political economy - and a word describing an effort at an egalitarian restructuring of the … [Read more...] about A MOMENT OF TERRIFYING PROMISE

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday that he will not allow any legislation to be passed banning Christianity after two members of the Israeli government proposed the bill earlier this year, according to the All Israel News. The bill was introduced into the Israeli Knesset, Israel’s legislative body of elected officials, from Israel’s United Torah Judaism Pary’s Moshe Gafni and Yaakov Asher on Jan. 9, according to All Israel News. Following rising outcry against the bill, Netanyahu addressed concerns that Israel was gearing up to ban the Christian faith. (RELATED: Nearly A Third Of Americans Rank Evangelicals As The Most Unfavorable Religion: POLL) “We will not advance any law against the Christian community,” Netanyahu said in a Wednesday post on his Twitter account. לא נקדם שום חוק נגד הקהילה הנוצרית. — Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) March 22, 2023 The bill would mean that Christians in Israel could face up to one … [Read more...] about Netanyahu Says Israel Will Not Pass Bill Banning Christianity