My new book, The Invisible Spy an ex-NFL football player who became America’s first spy of World War II and how he worked secretly with Churchill’s spies at Rockefeller Center in the days before Pearl Harbor This story tells how a mysterious Manhattan fatal accident involving Nazi spies was investigated by Cuneo and these British spies two Nazi spies walked briskly through Manhattan’s busy Times Square carrying secret papers in a leather satchel The blinding streetlights and nighttime shadows shrouded them like ghouls full of malice and murder the two undercover agents dressed like other nondescript men in winter coats wool scarves and fedora hats on the streets that night clutched his briefcase as he weaved through the crowd They’d just come from a Midtown restaurant where money and important papers from their homeland had been exchanged As the curtains fell at nearby Broadway theaters and movie palaces departing audiences poured into the Midtown intersection known as “the Crossroads of the World.” Flashing billboards and illuminated marquees cast a hazy glow above There was little hint that the world was about to change nor of the damage these two spies planned to inflict They didn’t want the long Depression to be followed by an endless war in Europe similar to World War I The nation seemed asleep to the dangers it faced the military machine of German dictator Adolf Hitler had advanced across Europe without mercy Great Britain—at war against the Nazis since September 1939—now seemed Hitler’s next target for invasion Prime Minister Winston Churchill gratefully accepted the American government’s “lend-lease” of aircraft battleships and other weaponry that same month of March 1941 in a desperate attempt to save his United Kingdom the White House expressed concern about Hitler’s aggression and talk of German spies infiltrating the United States “Nazi forces…openly seek the destruction of all elective systems of government on every continent—including our own,” warned President Franklin Roosevelt in a speech on March 15 America—still officially neutral—averted its gaze as Europe went up in flames none of the theatergoers strolling by were aware of the two Nazi spies scheming to blow up New York City Others sauntered over to eateries and bars like Sardi’s for a nightcap the anonymity of the two German agents was shattered when they reached the intersection of Broadway The taller man with his briefcase suddenly crossed against a traffic light perhaps in response to some perceived threat—proved catastrophic When the Nazi spy stepped off the sidewalk He collapsed onto the street along with his briefcase The unforgiving vehicle cracked his skull like an egg His flesh was exposed amid the cobblestones and cement Nearly everyone in the crowd appeared transfixed by this tragedy—all except one the other Nazi spy snatched the briefcase and fled the scene detectives rifled through the dead man’s clothes Papers in his pockets claimed he was “Senor Don Julio Lopez Lido,” a message courier for Spain the Spanish embassy insisted there was no record of such a man the New York police found the dead man kept a notebook with the names of American soldiers and strategic places in the New York area ripe for sabotage There was even mention of a naval base in the Pacific all of these papers were written in German The baffled New York detectives called in the Federal Bureau of Investigation But Hoover’s “G-men,” as his government agents were touted in the popular press couldn’t figure out the identity of the dead man from Times Square either The answer wouldn’t come until another set of foreign spies—already implanted in America—provided a crucial and ominous clue at their secret headquarters high atop Rockefeller Center in Manhattan spies sent by Winston Churchill gathered to share intelligence with a little-known White House  insider named Ernest Cuneo He was the sole representative of the United States government in the room He spoke energetically and with the snappy diction of a New York tabloid Ivy League–educated lawyer who’d once played professional football in the NFL before working for the president Ernie embodied the stereotype of the big brash American He was inclined to use gridiron phrases in conversation with the British and Canadian spies This group of intelligence agents met throughout 1941 to discuss many confidential concerns Their latest mystery—the unknown spy killed in Times Square—would be added to the list talked discreetly about the Nazi threat inside America They were determined to stop it—violently if necessary “The British are many things,” Cuneo later observed with its Art Deco facades and stylish shops seemed an unlikely setting for these secret meetings From the skyscraper’s thirty-sixth-floor windows passersby below appeared like innocent pawns oblivious to the ongoing chess match of international intrigue above the “great game” of spying had never seemed more urgent Cuneo had already become the country’s first spy of World War II He knew how to keep secrets and a low profile “I always liked to keep out of sight,” Cuneo explained about his espionage task which was especially difficult given his ample girth and booming voice virtually no one knew about this covert mission set up by Churchill shortly after he became wartime leader of Great Britain in May 1940 This unprecedented foreign spy operation in the heart of New York City was unknown to virtually all Americans except Cuneo’s boss The British agents impressed Cuneo with hard evidence that Nazi spies had infiltrated America hatching plots for sabotage and destruction at an alarming scale The explosions planned by the two Nazi spies in New York City were similar in scope to the successful 9/11 terror attacks decades later Bombs from Hitler’s planes had already killed thousands of civilians in London and throughout Europe wrecking homes and lives and leaving cities in ruin Yet the United States remained reluctant to join the conflict Lending old battleships and weapons was one thing; sending troops to fight overseas was quite another for many months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 the White House assured Americans that they would avoid getting into the fight against Hitler’s regime During the November 1940 presidential campaign FDR won an unprecedented third term with a promise of hands-off neutrality but I shall say it again and again—your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars,” Roosevelt told a Boston crowd shortly before Election Day the covert actions of Cuneo and Churchill’s spies at Rockefeller Center belied FDR’s public assurances propagandist and secret fixer for the president He fed confidential tips and government propaganda—from both the White House and Great Britain—to the most famous newscasters of his time Cuneo also acted as a key contact figure with the FBI the Justice Department and the State Department he was appointed the official US “liaison” for the newly created Office of Strategic Services headed by Colonel William “Wild Bill” Donovan—and the precursor of today’s CIA he regularly joined British and Canadian agents in carrying out a massive espionage campaign inside the United States—the biggest of its kind at that moment in history tipsters and double agents would report to William Stephenson mastermind of the British Security Coordination as this clandestine outpost at Rockefeller Center was known a wealthy Canadian businessman and former World War I flying ace carried out his secret mission with a charismatic sense of adventure Using the cable address “Intrepid,” which became his nickname Stephenson executed Churchill’s wishes with vigor and cunning Fellow spy Fleming was inspired enough to use Stephenson as an exemplar for his fictional James Bond character “He [Stephenson] is a man of few words and has a magnetic personality and the quality of making anyone ready to follow him to the ends of the earth,” wrote Fleming Stephenson understood the need to remain anonymous he could blend into a crowd without detection “Few of the thousands who worked for him knew his name Cuneo would become close friends with Stephenson and Fleming cocktails and confidential information with these undercover British agents while they sat beside the fireplace inside Stephenson’s posh Midtown duplex made sure the gin and dry vermouth he poured into his glass at their clubby meetings was prepared carefully with what Cuneo described as the skill of a brain surgeon He’d learned to smoke cigarettes with a holder held in place by his teeth certainly compared to Cuneo’s broad physique He mixed quips and bon mots among his puffs “Know what I’d like if I could have anything I wanted?” Fleming asked Cuneo on one tipsy occasion “I’d like to be the absolute ruler of a country where everyone was crazy about me.” struck by the absurdity of the comment in a world dominated by an insane man—Hitler Because they fancied themselves as writers they enjoyed a good punch line or ironic twist to shield them from the ugliness of this reality Cuneo and Fleming liked to escort beautiful women—some of them spies as well—to various Manhattan hot spots an attractive Canadian staffer at Rockefeller Center—would become Cuneo’s wartime lover and eventual wife Given the sensitivity of his role as a White House intermediary working clandestinely with Churchill’s government and arguably the most discreet of all these spies “Cuneo not only belonged to the President’s Brains Trust but was in a sense its coordinator as well as its link with Stephenson,” recalled H This cadre of foreign agents inside New York had a three-fold mission they protected Great Britain’s shipping interests and vital supply lines needed for the ongoing war in Europe they also conducted an undercover crusade against Nazis infiltrating the United States and the isolationist Americans who supported them Stephenson needed to convince America to join Britain’s ongoing war in Europe His carefully cultivated campaign—built on propaganda political influence and dirty tricks—aimed to change the mood of public opinion Given the strong opposition of US pacifists and prominent German sympathizers The undercover British spy operation in New York City It was enacted with the unique daring and panache Winston exhibited his whole life A prolific writer and historian (who later won a Nobel Prize in Literature) Churchill understood the power of words in determining a war’s outcome He also admired the mental tenacity and physical courage of men like Stephenson The enigma of spying appealed to Churchill throughout his career known also as “the Great War,” he reveled in the complexity of Britain’s secret service missions were interwoven in many a texture so intricate as to be incredible and yet true,” he described The British couldn’t take public credit for their intelligence successes in America lest they arouse the ire and suspicions of an anti-war citizenry Churchill’s spies discreetly kept tabs on powerful isolationist Americans and conspired against members of Congress and even those in FDR’s administration who opposed them They were aided by prominent Brits in the United States—including Charlie Chaplin Alfred Hitchcock and Noël Coward—who passed along what they heard in Hollywood as well as Washington’s social circles “My celebrity value was a wonderful cover,” explained Coward Even Churchill’s literary agent acted as an informer That America lacked an adequate spy agency became brutally clear with the bloody Times Square incident in March 1941 a few months after Cuneo began his top secret work While Hoover’s FBI remained clueless about the dead man’s identity Stephenson’s team at Rockefeller Center had a good idea who he was British spies had been secretly opening mail from the United States involving suspected Nazi spies and their German-American sympathizers They sifted through letters and packages in Bermuda—on their way to Europe—without detection Any signs of impending danger were reported to Stephenson’s staff in New York Some Nazi letters were written with invisible ink made from a common drugstore powder given for headaches Stephenson’s team figured out the dead German spy’s identity by reading one of these intercepted messages that contained a telltale clue The Nazi agent’s real name was Captain Ulrich von der Osten of the German military intelligence agency known as the Abwehr a chief aide to the Abwehr’s legendary spymaster Wilhelm Canaris had been sent to oversee Nazi covert operations within the United States Hitler’s generals anticipated America entering the war soon and dispatched teams of their own German spies to thwart that effort von der Osten spent two nights in a Midtown Manhattan hotel before his fateful collision in Times Square the FBI eventually caught up with the unknown companion who had fled the scene If Ludwig thought he’d escaped successfully into the night it was Ludwig’s letter to his Nazi bosses—read by British censors working in the basement of a fancy hotel known as “the Pink Palace” in Bermuda—that described the Times Square crash It even named the hospital where von der Osten’s body had been taken Authorities quickly found Ludwig in New York but didn’t arrest him slowly collecting evidence of a Nazi spy ring until the FBI finally apprehended him and several of his coconspirators The eye-opening twist of fate at Times Square led to the exposure of other instances of German espionage within the United States the FBI arrested eight Nazi spies plotting to blow up power plants and other industrial targets the Nazis weren’t the only ones with a foreign spy operation inside US borders As Cuneo began his secret mission in mid-1940 he realized that maintaining a good but hidden relationship with Churchill’s spies would be essential He had entered a high-stakes gambit with these British agents with their headquarters hidden in the International Building way above the skating rink and Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center Outside the building stood a tall bronze statue of Atlas carrying the proverbial weight of the world on his shoulders the fate of Great Britain seemed no less a burden Room 3603 was the center of undercover activity for the British Security Coordination office a small sign carried the deceivingly innocuous name “British Passport Control” on its door Churchill’s undercover campaign in America was unprecedented and far more extensive than the foreign spy efforts of either the Germans or the Soviet Union was a calculated bet by Churchill that could blow up at any time Cuneo later said Stephenson’s BSC espionage agents “tampered with the mails perpetrated forgeries—even palming one off on the president of the United States (a map that outlined Nazi plans to dominate Latin America)—violated the aliens registrations act and possibly murdered one or more persons in this country.” This game of spying in the US had no rules Cuneo’s own part in sharing information with foreign spies might have been judged as treasonous by FDR’s critics if they’d found out But Cuneo believed Churchill’s secret spy mission was vital to saving Western civilization from the looming threat of Hitler “My father…carried out things that Roosevelt wanted done but Roosevelt needed deniability,” recalled his son Jonathan Cuneo “He said if it ever came out what the British did Roosevelt would be retroactively impeached Cuneo learned of a British “disposal squad,” getting rid of those collaborating with the Nazis He heard talk that the “accidental” Times Square killing may have been deliberate Cuneo also made a fleeting reference to a British agent killed by a German spy near the intersection of Manhattan’s 89th Street and East River Drive was all part of the murky period before the US government formally went to war collaborating with a team of British spies Cuneo made up his own rules of engagement as he went along So did the man he referred to as “Intrepid.” I can’t tell you what sort of job it would be,” Stephenson confided to Cuneo about his team’s activities in the United States “All I can say is that if you join us…you mustn’t be afraid of murder.”  Masthead About Advertisers: Contact Us Privacy Policy Become a member for as low as $5/month is to cheer the triumphs and weather the defeats of a sports team the New York Knicks—who call Madison Square Garden home—are surrounded by their adoring supporters “To describe myself as a long-suffering Knicks fan would be redundant,” Cuneo said “March 10, 1951,” by Abe Birnbaum “Hang Time,” by Kadir Nelson “Pulling Ahead,” by Sergio García Sánchez Find John Cuneo’s covers, cartoons, and more at the Condé Nast Store A long-ago crime, suddenly remembered A limousine driver watches her passengers transform The day Muhammad Ali punched me What is it like to be keenly intelligent but deeply alienated from simple emotions? 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This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Anna DodsonPhoto by: Jesus RamirezDodson Signs Professional Contract with Cuneo Granda Volley December 18 Office sought: Batavia City Council Ward 6 Occupation: Private contractor (work on political campaigns) Previous offices held: Precinct committee person What is the most serious issue your community will face in the coming years and how should the city council respond to it residents of Batavia are struggling with the cost of living and feeling safe with the current political climate I will make sure all residents are aware of services and changes they can make to qualify for any financial help We need a plan to help offset this increase so we can continue to have families stay in Batavia along with diligent real estate planning to keep homes at good property value without driving up taxes and driving out residents I also am a strong advocate for making Batavia a safe city Immigration and Customs Enforcement from entering our community disrupting the lives of our residents I will work hard to make sure our city government does everything they can to protect our residents How would you describe the state of your community's finances What should be the top priorities for spending during the next few years Are there areas of spending that need to be curtailed Spending should always be focused on what our residents need to be safe and thrive Top priorities for spending should be making sure our small businesses stay open While that may seem like a small inconsequential list research and funds to make sure the best decision is made that benefits the entire city of Batavia I will closely look at what areas of spending can be reallocated to meet the city’s needs more effectively I will make sure to include experts as well as residents into every decision-making process to make sure we have a transparent city government that works for everyone What do you see as the most important infrastructure project the community must address what project(s) can be put on the back burner safe bike paths and safe pedestrian crossing are big issues in the city of Batavia making adjustments to make speeding uncomfortable and providing consistent safe bike paths and pedestrian crossings are the top priorities These are big projects that will require effective budgeting and research to make sure they are done correctly the constituents and any experts on the matter before proposing and voting on any proposals Addressing the dam is a priority but one we still need to research well to make sure we make the best financial decision Describe your experience working in a group setting to determine policy What is your style in such a setting to reach an agreement and manage local government Explain how you think that will be effective in producing effective actions and decisions with your city council I currently work on political campaigns getting local candidates elected but have a background in the health care industry and mental health industry All three environments require me to not only bring people together to work toward a common goal but also entail finding and enacting real solutions in real time to issues within communities I have also volunteered on a state senator’s advisory committee where we bring forth issues and work on possible legislation to address those issues I am familiar with turning an issue into effective ordinance or referendum I will continue to work with my community on issues that matter most to them include Batavia residents in this process to make sure we craft something that efficiently addresses the issue and keep our community engaged in the political process at local city government What makes you the best candidate for the job Two of my strongest assets are bringing people together and being an active listener I have plans on what I would like to do as a city council member but more importantly I will discuss those plans with my constituents and the subject matter experts to make sure what course of action or ordinance I propose and how I vote is the best way to serve our city I am great at communication and will make sure everyone in my ward knows what is happening on city council and gets a chance to provide input before any decision is made I have experience working with many different people and ideas to reach a common goal I look forward to the opportunity to represent the 6th Ward with transparency What’s one good idea you have to better the community that no one is talking about yet Affordable housing is an important issue that does come up but I haven’t heard many concrete plans to address the problem Many housing developments have already gone up recently and Batavia is running out of room with any new developments I would like to see that a portion of apartments and townhomes are sold to low-income residents and the rest in that complex at market value For every massive mini mansion that is built the next new construction needs to be an affordable home that can be sold to low-income residents There will need to be some research to make sure this is feasible but this is something I want to see happen in Batavia “The Invisible Spy,” revisits the cinematic life of real-life U.S A lawyer to 20th-century media celebrities And an American spy who helped orchestrate one of the largest foreign espionage operations ever conducted in the United States Ernest Cuneo — a figure in American history who has mostly flown under the radar — embodied all these personas “The Invisible Spy,” a new book by investigative journalist and ICIJ member Thomas Maier revealing the life of one of the most powerful spies of the World War II era A longtime reporter for Newsday, Maier twice won the National Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Award — once for his work on Skin & Bone an ICIJ investigation examining the lucrative international market for recycling corpses into medical implants He also won ICIJ’s Daniel Pearl Award in 2002 for his investigative work on immigrant workplace deaths Maier has produced the Emmy-winning TV series “Masters of Sex” and the 2024 docuseries “Mafia Spies,” both adapted from his nonfiction books ICIJ spoke with Maier about his latest book — set to release on March 25 — on some of the power players of World War II and why audiences and researchers alike continue to gravitate toward the subject of espionage This interview has been edited for length and clarity I wrote a book about the Churchills and the Kennedys called “When Lions Roar,” and in doing that book I became aware that there had been a group of spies that had been put up on the 36th floor of Rockefeller Center by Churchill virtually right after he took power as prime minister Rockefeller Center is a place where a lot of good things have happened to me both personally and career wise in 1983 underneath the Christmas tree of the Rockefeller Center It wasn’t until I knew about Ernest Cuneo that I saw a thread that went through a number of different spy cases in which Cuneo was either directly involved or indirectly involved by virtue of his very influential position within the government he was a person who was very much involved in the intelligence services as they were in the early days of espionage for the United States the lawyer for two of the top media personalities This is not like my other biographies that have been focused on “great men” like Winston Churchill This was somebody that nobody really knew about and Cuneo deliberately tried to keep his anonymity but a person who wanted to be an anonymous man — an invisible spy — to try to tell that biography was he was an Italian American fellow from New Jersey who went to Columbia University of being an Italian American and realizing that the upper rungs of power in this country it was still essentially the realm of white Anglo Saxon Protestants There were articles in the New York Times about him being a prominent wrestler and he was also a football player at Columbia he was very much enchanted with the idea of fame he realized that he was much more effective being anonymous or by being invisible Like several people of his generation or people that were involved in spying but it was also a point of the law not to speak about espionage it was a point of honor that you didn’t talk about these things the way for him to kind of recreate and relive his experiences as a spy in World War II was the creation of James Bond has a couple of scenes that came right out of Fleming’s own experiences that were changed around for matters of fiction Cuneo was an Italian American from the New York area Cuneo was a very different man than Fleming They both were intrigued by this thrilling experience of being spies during the most formative time period of their whole generation: World War II human beings have always been intrigued by secrets The idea that there are deep state figures who may actually be people who help save us from dangers that we’re not aware of This book was an opportunity to kind of explore the origins of American espionage but through the eyes and the experiences of a man in the middle of all of this a man who would place plant stories in some of the top media outlets of his time to give his spin on stories and he realized that the key to his effectiveness Amid the endless array of trivial debates that color our everyday conversations one stands out as particularly superfluous — the perennial argument over which of the four seasons holds the most superiority constructed from a tapestry of weather patterns and emotional nuances that define spring often devolves into a hodgepodge of inconsequential anecdotes and subjective preferences — an elaborate calculation that amounts to a colossal accumulation of nothingness WILMINGTON GIRLS SOCCER 48 Wilmington-area high school girls soccer players to watch in 2025 There is no weather more delightful than that which graces the months of March through June As temperatures gracefully rise from 60 to 80 degrees across much of the country This kind of climate transcends the very idea of weather — neither too hot to impose upon you nor too cold to necessitate an extra layer It's the sort of weather you can truly exist in the kind that invites you to lounge in a rocking chair awaiting the tender caress of a refreshing breeze that envelops you in serene contentment The one blemish on this otherwise perfect environment While I do empathize with those whose allergies make spring a struggle it's worth noting that the discomfort can be tempered with medication the benefits of pollen play an indispensable role in sustaining the delicate balance of our ecosystem most people find the longer days of spring a refreshing change and given that most people work during the day having some extra moments in the sun after work can make a big difference fall-back charade is an archaic practice that nearly everyone agrees should be history The Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent, passed the Senate in 2022. 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innovative sound design Created in 2002 by former host Jad Abumrad the program began as an exploration of scientific inquiry Over the years it has evolved to become a platform for long-form journalism and storytelling Radiolab is hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser Sean Connery as James Bond lights the cigarette of his SPECTRE captor Fiona Kelly (Luciana Paluzzi) in “Thunderball.” 007 creator Ian Fleming researched the book and the character with the help of Ernest Cuneo a former NFL player who was America’s first World War II spy They did a research trip across America in 1954 that included a stop in Chicago author Thomas Maier recounts in the new Cuneo biography “The Invisible Spy.” a former NFL player who became America’s first WWII spy visited Chicago with a close friend — James Bond creator Ian Fleming They’d become acquainted while Cuneo was working with the U.S and with Winston Churchill’s British spies at New York’s Rockefeller Center Fleming even dedicated his Bond thriller “Thunderball” “to Ernest Cuneo who by then was one of the investors in the North American Newspaper Alliance they clashed about Al Capone and visited the Art Institute The following excerpt from Maier’s new biography of the first American secret agent of WWII details that Chicago stop with the man who brought the world the fictional British spy 007: “The Invisible Spy” who helped James Bond creator Ian Fleming with research for his 007 novels Aboard the sleek Super Chief train — hurtling through the Midwest — Ian Fleming wanted to get a sense of Chicago and the heartland Cuneo wasn’t a world chronicler like Alexis de Tocqueville or a traveling hipster like Jack Kerouac But he’d promised to take his British novelist pal on this roadshow across America at his request “Fleming was at this time all but unknown,” Cuneo recalled ‘waffling about’ not even conceiving remotely of the fame to come.” Fleming wrote down as many insights as possible background notes for future James Bond escapades in his novels and movies “We were halfway to Iowa before the Super Chief’s stewards had fully absorbed their instructions on how to make his martinis,” Cuneo said “He was off at every stop through New Mexico and Arizona walking briskly around the desert architecture stations “Casino Royale,” enjoyed some initial success in Britain “Live and Let Die,” had just been published But sales in America were so far disappointing Fleming resolved to improve in this foreign land through more reconnaissance “I would love to see Las Vegas and then perhaps the Hollywood world very briefly,” Fleming wrote to Cuneo “I would also very much like to make the trans-continental trip by train in the luxury to which you and I are accustomed and then perhaps fly back Fleming was aware of Cuneo’s pressing business matters at home but argued the trip would pay personal dividends “It would take you away from your desk for about 10 days and I wondered if you can spare the time to chaperone me as my education is now only incomplete with respect to the West Coast of America.” Though now married with two small children Cuneo was only too delighted to reunite with his wartime spy buddies They rallied at Bryce’s Vermont home near the Saratoga Springs racetrack where Ivar’s wife owned and raced thoroughbred horses as the first step in their sightseeing tour the Windy City was known as the land of Al Capone Churchill famously posed for a much-publicized photo holding a Tommy gun he expressed eagerness to visit one particular site on Chicago’s North Side “Off we go to America’s great shrine — the scene of the St Police and onlookers gather in front of the S.M.C garage on North Clark Street after the Feb He and other respectable Italian Americans he’d known implying that anyone with their shared heritage was somehow a Mafia criminal Cuneo recalled that Fleming “at once discerned that he had something in mind that would infuriate me.” He insisted Fleming go by himself if he must pay homage to this mob shootout scene let’s drop in at a little place they have here.” home to a large collection of Impressionist and other paintings comparable to the Louvre’s Cuneo wanted to make sure Fleming knew the Midwest wasn’t entirely made up of cowboys and hicks completely enveloped by the masterpieces,” Cuneo recalled Ian gazed at the Rembrandts and Picassos with genuine appreciation Fleming’s “enchantment evaporated… He went to the St The new book “The Invisible Spy” by former Sun-Times reporter Thomas Maier details a trip that former American World War II spy Ernest Cuneo took to Chicago and across the United States with James Bond creator Ian Fleming The long ride out West aboard the Super Chief — touted as “the Train of the Stars” because of the celebrities it carried out to Hollywood — provided a place for the two friends to converse Although they were business partners in their North American Newspaper Alliance syndicate most of their talk centered on personal affairs Ian’s life was certainly more complicated than Ernie’s Fleming had wed socialite Ann Charteris in 1952 I was on the edge of marrying and the prospect was so horrifying that I was in urgent need of some activity to take my mind off of it — so I wrote a book,” Fleming later explained the couple had carried on a longtime on-and-off affair while Ann was married to one man died while fighting in Italy during the war But that second union ended in divorce in 1951 when Rothermere realized she was seeing Fleming in Jamaica rather than British entertainer Noël Coward Ernest Cuneo in his football-playing days before he became America’s first World War II spy Ann married Ian while she was pregnant by Fleming and they moved in together in London The two pals had vowed jokingly during the war that whoever sired a son first would call him Caspar The uncommon name was an obscure reference to a poem “The Battle of Blenheim,” about a famous victory won by Churchill’s ancestor the Flemings’ marriage was ill-fated from the first,” Cuneo said years later “There is evidence that Anne [sic] and Ian did not drift apart; they tore each other apart instead.” The creator of the James Bond novels did research for the books with the help of Ernest Cuneo who’d been America’s first World War II spy as author Thomas Maier recounts in his new Cuneo biography “The Invisible Spy.” Fleming spoke of his new family with hopefulness “I think it is possible that Ian carried the image of the ideal damsel throughout his life and found his adult ideal in Anne,” Cuneo wrote Cuneo wondered how much of James Bond’s extravagant sexual conquests were a reflection of Fleming’s real life Cuneo had been taught “that evil ‘thoughts’ were as bad as evil ‘deeds.’ ” During World War II Cuneo had met wife Margaret who also worked as a Churchill spy at New York’s Rockefeller Center But Cuneo’s marriage reflected more the postwar desire for domestic tranquility of the 1950s than the sexual callousness James Bond exhibited toward bikini-clad single women in the 1960s films anyone I knew or had ever known,” Cuneo told his friend He spoke with detachment about his fictional spy the way a scientist might talk about constructing a human robot Both men shared a carpe diem perspective about the world they had witnessed tragedy and impending doom they assumed their existence would be short “You might just as well have a hell of a time while the voyage lasted,” Cuneo said “grinding out the juice of each day as if it were the last grape on the vine.” The tour around America — from Chicago to Los Angeles and then the casinos of Las Vegas — proved a success for both men “Ian used a lot of the material he gathered in his next book,” Cuneo said Fleming explained to him his formula for novel writing which relied on eight hundred words of notes and observations each day for his next work “Figure it out for yourself,” he told Cuneo I have about 250 or 300 of these daily memos Cuneo received a gift from Fleming: a small plain gold bill-clip Fleming’s inscription read as though written by James Bond himself: “To Ernie — my guide on a trip to the Angels and back.007.” a former Chicago Sun-Times reporter and author of the new book “The Invisible Spy.” His other books include “Masters of Sex,” which became a Showtime TV series Terms of Use • Privacy Notice • Cookie Policy • Terms of Sale How do you pick between two strong candidates to lead a successful city That’s the question we’ve been asking ourselves in the Batavia mayor’s race where incumbent Jeffery Schielke faces challenger Tom Connelly which speaks well for the leadership of Schielke who has been mayor since 1981 and is seeking his 12th term well-spoken and has a record of community involvement He seems well-versed in the issues facing Batavia does Batavia stay the course or is it time to go a different direction We believe Schielke’s experience and his extensive contacts can still benefit Batavia for another term we hope Connelly stays involved in his 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cease-fire in faraway Gaza opens some questions regarding her commitment to local issues Take a break around the water cooler or whatever it is remote workers do to mingle and you'll find there's one subject that's never off limits: The weather 'Did you see all that rain we got yesterday,' one person presents with glee we needed that,' another replies with vigor I've been amazed by the excitement surrounding one of humanity's most elementary conversations I'm also guilty of talking about the weather; after all especially if a conversation is already awkward don't fall victim to being the most boring conversationalist this year reimagine your dialogue with these simple and light discussion topics sure to appease any crowd FLAG FOOTBALL LAST YEAR 'Believe in yourself': After winning first ever flag football title, Ashley looks to bright future The plural of octopus is never octopiIf you've ever had the pleasure of using a great word like octopuses you may have been corrected by a seemingly astute friend who informs you that it's actually octopi A quick Google search will tell you that octopi is just fine While octopi has become an accepted plural for our tentacle-possessing sea friends The mistake arises when people assume octopus is a Latin word that receives a Latin plural This makes sense as many Latin words are pluralized with an 'i' ending (Radus becomes Radi There's just one problem: Octopus is a Latinized version of the Greek word it should technically receive a Greek plural You may want to sit down for this: Octopodes (ahk-TOP-uh-deez) Of course, whenever a word is brought into English, it also gets an English ending. So, octopuses is always correct, and according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary While you'd be right to assume causal usage of octopodes sounds esoteric it's nonetheless still etymologically more valid than octopi people started saying water wasn't wet on social media The idea went something like this: Water isn't wet because the definition of wet is: Saturated in or covered by water or another liquid water itself cannot be wet; it can only make other things wet While a single water molecule (H2O) is not saturated by other water molecules every observable amount of water in the universe is surrounded by and attached to hundreds of billions of other H2O molecules A single drop of water reportedly has around 1.5 sextillion molecules in it 1.5 sextillion seconds is equal to 47.6 trillion years We use more than 10% of our brainsThis is one of those myths everyone knows can't possibly be true but still believes for some reason You may have also seen the 2014 movie Lucy in which Scarlett Johansson plays a woman who unlocks unthinkable powers by accessing 100% of her brain modern technologies like PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scans and fMRI machines can provide imaging that clearly shows how much brain activity occurs in your average Joe Now you have a few facts and topics you can deploy anytime to avoid becoming a tiresome weather enthusiast Michael Cuneo covers high school sports for the StarNews 2024 at 8:02 am ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Bob Cuneo recently-retired founder of Chassis Dynamics in Oxford and recipient of the 2024 President's Award from the CVonnecticut Sports Media Alliance (Bill O'Brien/Connecticut Sports Media Alliance)SOUTHINGTON CT — Racing royalty was in the house Sunday afternoon at the Aqua Turf Club as a legend of NASCAR returned to Connecticut to pay tribute to a longtime friend and colleague upon his receipt of a special award from members of the state's sports media recently-retired founder of Chassis Dynamics in Oxford was presented the President's Award at the 82nd annual Gold Key Dinner Organized by the Connecticut Sports Media Alliance (CSMA) the dinner has been among the most prestigious sports ceremonies in the Nutmeg State since its inception in 1940 Cuneo was recognized for his work in developing an American-made bobsled that would be engineered to compete with the best in the world the United States had not captured a single Olympic medal since 1956 and had not won gold since Harry Truman was in office in 1948 On an inspection visit to the Olympic training facility discovered the sleds being used by the American teams were purchased second-hand from its competitors in Europe a longtime friend from their days on the New England auto racing circuit and the result was formation of the Bo-Dyn Project ("Bo" for Bodine The new sleds debuted at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer but it wasn't until the 1998 Games in Nagano That set the stage for the 2002 competition in Salt Lake City won the gold medal in the inaugural two-woman event and four-man teams took home silver and bronze medals The two-woman team earned a silver medal in the 2006 Olympiad in Turin then the ultimate peak was conquered in 2010 in Vancouver when the collaboration led to construction of the "Night Train" sled An American four-man team knocked off perennial powerhouse Germany that year to win the country's first men's gold medal in 58 years A native of Trumbull who graduated from Fairfield Prep and Northeastern University Cuneo was inducted into the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame in 2021 Bodine flew in from his home in Florida to introduce Cuneo who then briefly addressed the audience of more than 400 guests including more than 40 employees of the nearby Ansonia Steel Fabrication Company was not able to see him receive this accolade The two met nearly 60 years ago at Northeastern and were inseparable since; unfortunately He dedicated his acceptance of the award to her memory Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. 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When I first started watching football as a kid there was something electric about observing my hometown team take the field each Sunday and coliseum-style spectacle of football stimulated the senses unlike any other form of entertainment The emergence of fantasy sports and online sports betting has created a new dichotomy surrounding how average fans go about watching their favorite teams Gone are the days when a 21-14 win truly excited me Did my wide receiver get more than 15 fantasy points Playing fantasy sports and making online bets can be fun but they've also become yet another catalyst in our incessant hunger for dopamine amplification Here are a few things to remember as you continue to consume sports in the modern age 2024 FOOTBALL GUIDE StarNews 2024 Wilmington-area high school football guide: Complete coverage from every week While sports betting and fantasy leagues have existed for decades their prevalence is reaching unprecedented heights According to the Fantasy Sports and Gaming Association The industry is forecasted to top $38 billion in revenue by 2025 studied fantasy football's impact on mental health and mood They found that the more invested a player is the more negative and positive reactions are amplified "More experienced players reported less anxiety than less experienced players and players who engaged more with the game made more social comparisons and had greater financial involvement generally reported more mental health concerns and more positive mood than other players," the study's results read Sports betting on the riseThe American Gaming Association reported that Americans wagered a total of $119.84 billion in 2023 That translated to nearly $11 billion of revenue An astounding $7.9 billion of revenue came from sports betting apps in 2022 These apps have skyrocketed in popularity since the Supreme Court deemed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act a 1992 law that kept states from legalizing sports betting 38 states and the District of Columbia have legalized sports betting in some capacity North Carolina was the most recent state to join the party legalizing online sports wagering earlier this year While I believe everyone has the right to choose how they spend their money the urge to bet on one's favorite team has never been more present Companies like FanDuel and DraftKings, which make up a combined 67% of the online sports betting market share, run advertisements nearly everywhere you consume content, from traditional T.V. campaigns to your social media feed. If you never considered betting before, you certainly are at least aware of it now. While constantly being inundated with adverts compelling you to wager your money away might be annoying, it's up to each individual to decide what they spend their money on. The main point I'm making here is that the gargantuan impacts of fantasy sports and online betting have reshaped the way everyone, including myself, consumes sports, even if we don't always notice it. Is this a net positive? That likely depends on your values, but for most people, it's a change that they can't avoid. What is indisputable is that more Americans are consuming sports than ever before, even if it's because they're addicted to made-up fantasy teams and betting. Trump has been eagerly awaited by cartoonists the artist John Cuneo created a familiar illustration of the former President’s latest entanglement with the justice system—but For some of the previous covers about Trump “The Big Short,” by Barry Blitt “Blowhard,” by David Plunkert “Courtroom Sketch, Manhattan Criminal Courthouse,” by Jane Rosenberg Find John Cuneo’s covers, cartoons, and more at the Condé Nast Store the Complesso Monumentale di San Francesco in Cuneo will host an exhibition dedicated to 18th-century vedutismo: it’s Canaletto organized by Fondazione CRC and Intesa Sanpaolo in collaboration with the National Galleries of Ancient Art and with the support of MondoMostre Curated by Paola Nicita and Yuri Primarosa the exhibition offers a journey into the urban views of the 18th century through twelve masterpieces from the National Galleries of Ancient Art in Rome.The initiative reinforces the collaboration between Fondazione CRC and Intesa Sanpaolo and which in previous years brought to Cuneo highly successful exhibitions such as The Colors of Faith in Venice and Lorenzo Lotto and Pellegrino Tibaldi The exhibition is part of the National Galleries in the World project of the National Galleries of Ancient Art “On the track of the success recorded here in Cuneo in previous years,” says Gian Maria Gros-Pietro “the exhibition presented today and realized together with Fondazione CRC can contribute to consolidating Intesa Sanpaolo’s presence in the Cuneo area and thus further strengthen its ties with stable shareholders such as the Foundations.” “The event hosted in the monumental complex of San Francesco”; says instead Mauro Gola “represents a unique opportunity to enrich the cultural offer of our community and promote beauty as a generative force capable of attracting new audiences and affirming the role of the province of Cuneo as a nationally recognized center of cultural production The new exhibition confirms the collaboration between the CRC Foundation and Intesa Sanpaolo underscoring the harmony and communion of purpose between the two institutions which are marked by a strong commitment to social health and cultural issues and are particularly sensitive to the needs of the provincial territory.” “We are happy to participate with an unprecedented loan in an exhibition project of the highest scientific value that presents a peculiar aspect of the National Galleries’ collections in an extraordinary territory,” comments Thomas Clement Salomon director of the National Galleries of Ancient Art The exhibition explores urban representation in the 18th century a time when Rome and Venice were essential stops on the Grand Tour The exhibition focuses on the works of Giovanni Antonio Canal known as Canaletto (Venice but also includes works by Giovanni Paolo Pannini (Piacenza whose talents transformed cities into open-air theaters From Venetian festivals to Roman celebrations the works on display capture not only the architecture but also the vital soul of cities with a precision that mixes realism and poetry Each painting tells a piece of urban history immortalizing a unique and unrepeatable moment The exhibition opens with five views by Gaspar van Wittel the Dutch artist who took Vedutism to the highest degree of perspective rigor thanks to his scientific training producing large bird’s-eye architectural compositions animated by moving figures and invaded by a vital atmosphere Among the works on display are Veduta di Roma dalla piazza del Quirinale (1684) and Veduta del Tevere a Castel Sant’Angelo (1683) which combine the precision of technique with the animation of urban life Also on view is the painting The Borromean Islands (c which was commissioned from the artist by the Borromeo family and to create it the artist stayed for some time on Lake Maggiore This is followed by a tribute to Giovanni Paolo Pannini such as Capriccio with the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius (1745) and Ruderi con terme (1730) transporting the viewer to a universe where ruins dialogue with the present and from which a sense of nostalgia for classicism shines through Canaletto’s Venetian views represent another focal point With works such as Veduta di Venezia con Piazza San Marco e le Procuratie (1735-40) and Veduta di Venezia con la piazzetta (c the artist captures the luminous beauty of Venice blending architectural details and atmospheric vitality in compositions of extraordinary clarity The exhibition closes with Bernardo Bellotto who was able to reinterpret vedutismo with a cooler color palette and a melancholy approach His Market Square in the New Town of Dresden (c The exhibition is not only an opportunity to admire great masterpieces but also a project that focuses on sustainability The displays reuse existing structures to reduce environmental impact while the headsets for guided tours are designed to be reusable admission is free and guided tours are available every weekend Laboratories and workshops for schools of all levels enrich the educational offerings creating a bridge between art and education Accompanying the exhibition is a catalog edited by Paola Nicita and Yuri Primarosa enriched by contributions from young scholars participating in the “Museo Laboratorio” project of the National Galleries of Ancient Art in collaboration with La Sapienza University of Rome allows students to explore aspects related to conservation and art history the San Francesco Monumental Complex will host side events further enriching the public’s experience Thanks for visiting ! 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Melting sea ice threatens their eating and migration patterns; some scientists believe that the species could be nearly extinct by 2100 John Cuneo puts a mordant spin on the problem We recently talked to the artist about his process Do you think that funny pictures can help bring attention to the issue I agree that these are not qualities that lend themselves to funny pictures captures that balance of uncomfortable and bleak because of the milder winters we’ve been having So now they seem to have become a yearlong menace for occasional inspiration—if not blatant imitation—the work of past masters such as A who clue me in when it comes to anthropomorphizing the fact that bears can walk on their hind legs didn’t hurt Are there others that you would never publish I work a lot in sketchbooks and try not to edit myself even less tasteful drawings that are probably best left unpublished the guideline-violation folks who monitor my Instagram account (@johncuneo3) have been sorely tested You spent a lot of time over the past few years trying to portray Donald Trump’s venal side Do you find President Biden as much of an inspiration I dearly hope that I will never be as “inspired” by a President as I have been by Trump I don’t consider myself much of a political satirist but that guy was simply too rich and venal a subject to not draw him in a hundred unseemly ways “Underwater,” by Istvan Banyai “The Great Thaw,” by Marcellus Hall “The Real Emergency,” by Barry Blitt Find John Cuneo’s covers, cartoons, and more at the Condé Nast Store. Alev Gurbuz Cuneo is an Economist of the Women She conducts research on the implementation of laws benchmarked by the WBL project she worked at Africa Region Gender Innovation Lab at the World Bank where she conducted impact evaluations of the economic interventions aiming to increase women’s empowerment in Africa region in Economics from Georgetown University and a Master of Arts degree in Economics from New York University as a Fulbright Scholar The Graduate College and Office of the Provost are pleased to present the 2023-2024 University Scholars Lecture Series offering free public lectures by three distinguished UVM faculty members University Scholars Awards are conferred annually on UVM faculty who have been nominated and selected by colleagues based upon their sustained excellence in research and scholarly activities in social sciences and creative arts and in basic and applied sciences (including biological Marsh Chair of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy will present “Excellent Moral Reasons,” April 9 Professor Cuneo is a world-renowned scholar of moral philosophy He has written seven books; six with the preeminent Oxford University Press Among his authored books is The Normative Web and is elected president of the Society of Christian Philosophers College of Arts and Sciences will lecture on "Intersections between Reproductive Health and Substance Use," April 30 Heil’s prolific research has appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine Heil has received $10M of funding as a PI and another $64M as a co-PI or co-Investigator An elected Fellow of two American Psychological Association divisions she serves on the Board of Directors for the College on Problems of Drug Dependence and a Chartered NIH study section Heil has served on expert panels on addiction and pregnancy convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will present on “Phosphorus and Other Endangered Elements: What Elemental Scarcity Means for our Health and Planet,” May 1 Waterman’s research has been funded by NSF and other federal agencies and private bodies He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science as well as of the American Institute of Chemists He was the plenary or keynote speaker at four national and international chemistry conferences University of Vermont home Prosecco DOC Imoco Conegliano returns to Palaverde to face Honda Olivero Cuneo the Panthers secured victories against Numia Vero Volley Milano and Igor Gorgonzola Novara clinching mathematical first place in the regular season arrive in Villorba in tenth place in the standings with 22 points For the 24th round of Serie A1 Tigotà the surprise is the absence of coach Daniele Santarelli sidelined at the last minute due to the flu assistant coach Tommaso Barbato takes charge coach Lorenzo Pintus opts for the Signorile-Bjelica diagonal the Panthers take the lead at 5-4 thanks to Sarah Fahr Adigwe scores the first ace of the match for the initial mini-break (7-5) Prosecco DOC Imoco adjusts its defense; midway through Wolosz and her teammates pick up the pace: Adigwe finds the right rhythm with De Gennaro in the back row then Wolosz and Lukasik step up with blocks (18-14) After a fragmented phase marked by lengthy video checks with Greek player Bakodimou (6 points in the set) tying it at 20-20; Tommaso Barbato’s timely first timeout sparks a decisive 5-0 run and Lukasik seals it with a final double to close 25-20 The Polish wing spiker is the Panthers’ top scorer in the first set with 5 points and an impressive 66% efficiency Fahr starts the second set roaring with quick attacks and blocks (7-3) Lukasik and Lanier heat up from position 4 (12-8) Prosecco DOC Imoco delivers a total symphony and more: the first opponent timeout is called at 6-0 after a lethal serving run by Lubian (11 points who scores an ace in the break that pushes Prosecco DOC Imoco to 17-5 this time led by Lukasik (10 points total) the Panthers cruise toward their 43rd consecutive victory despite a spirited response from an unyielding Honda Olivero (17-10) thanks to 15 total points and 2 blocks; the American was the cornerstone of the attack in a game where captain Wolosz got all her attackers into double digits The Panthers will return to the court Tuesday for an away match against Bisonte Firenze scheduled for the penultimate round of the regular season they’ll be back at Palaverde at 8:30 PM for the 26th and final round against Bartoccini Mc-Restauri Perugia Emily Cuneo DeSmedt represents employers in a wide variety of employment-related matters including the defense of wrongful termination who has achieved summary judgment dismissals and/or favorable settlements for clients with minimal disruption to their internal business clients She also handles internal investigations into complaints of alleged harassment Emily provides strategic employment and diversity and inclusion (DEI) counseling to in-house counsel Emily is a co-leader of the firm’s employment counseling practice and regularly advises on complex issues such as leaves of absence; disability and religious accommodation requests; sexual harassment allegations; and executive-level performance management Emily is also a leader of the firm’s DEI Task Force and she advises many of the nation’s largest private and public companies and investment funds regarding how to advance their DEI and supplier diversity programs and strategies without running afoul of the law Emily also defends Section 1981 lawsuits challenging DEI and racial equity programs Emily represents clients in several industries As the pro bono chair of the Princeton offices Emily maintains an active pro bono practice Emily gained experience as an associate in the New Jersey office of a large national firm where she focused on employment litigation and represented employers particularly large healthcare institutions in employment matters before state and federal courts and agencies Labor and Employment Law – Management No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. A description of the selection methodology for the above awards can be found here +1.609.919.6673 +1.877.432.9652 Download VCard Jonathan W. Cuneo of Washington, D.C. died peacefully on July 26 at his home on Martha’s Vineyard, surrounded by family and friends. He was 70. He was born in New York City. His Canadian-born mother worked for the British Security Office during World War II and his American father worked as a lawyer, newspaperman, U.S. intelligence officer, aide to Fiorello LaGuardia and, for a period of time, also played in the NFL. He attended Columbia University, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree. He went on to attend Cornell Law School and earned his juris doctor. After completing his degrees, he clerked for a federal judge and then entered into government service. His entire work life was focused on consumer protection and anti-trust litigation, ensuring that the average person could not be overpowered and silenced by wealthy and powerful corporations. He began his career by serving as assistant counsel and then counsel to the Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law in the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary. In 1986, he went on to serve as general counsel and legislative representative to the committee to support antitrust laws. In 1988 he co-founded the National Association of Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys, serving as its general counsel from its founding until 2004. Jonathan was the sole founder of his own practice which is still operating today as Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP. The firm specializes in anti-trust and consumer protection litigation and is widely recognized as one of the most respected practices in the Washington, D.C. area. He had a long list of victories in litigation, representing defrauded investors in the Enron scandal and recovering the largest amount of money ever recovered in securities litigation — more than seven billion dollars. He also pursued the first litigation against the Joe Camel cigarette ad campaign. It resulted in the uncovering of cigarette company documents acknowledging that the company was, in fact, targeting children. Those documents would later be used by the U.S. Attorney General when the federal government began litigation. His firm also represented Hungarian Holocaust survivors seeking restitution from the U.S. government because of the actions of U.S. Army soldiers who looted a Hungarian train during World War II. The result of this case was a $25.5 million dollar settlement as well as an apology from the Bush administration for the soldiers’ behavior. The firm also litigated cases against Worldcom, Metromail and the Prudential insurance Ccompany, to name a few of many. Jonathan received numerous awards and recognition for his work. He also authored pieces that appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Georgetown Law Journal and the Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal. He served on numerous nonprofit boards including American Antitrust Institute and the Violence Policy Center. He enjoyed athletics and, for 15 years, boxed recreationally. He was a collegiate and club competitive heavyweight oarsman and a club rugby player. Jonathan is survived by his loving wife of 29 years, Mara Liasson, their son Eli Cuneo and daughter Mia Rose Cuneo; his sister Sandra Cuneo; his first wife Lisa Burgett and their daughter Lucy Sharon Burgett Cuneo; and two grandchildren. He will be deeply missed but his undeniably positive impact on the legal system will remain forever. The Vineyard Gazette welcomes obituaries of people who have lived or vacationed regularly on Martha’s Vineyard. Submission deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday for publication in print on Friday. Obituaries will appear online and in print. she notes that Hollywood legend holds that he even received the most votes for the first-ever Academy Award for Best Actor I recently spoke to the artist John Cuneo about his inspiration for this week’s cover The city seems overwhelming and barely navigable I find the very first garage I come across close to the West Side Highway if it means I can go without the vehicular stress I’m in awe of the film shoots I see in the city and the huge teams of people simply boggle my mind Just drawing it was almost more than I could handle This isn’t your first cover featuring a dog Why do you think they make such good stars you don’t have to worry about misrepresenting or offending anyone we can never be sure what a dog is thinking and maybe that allows people to project emotions onto them That makes the covers feel a little participatory Your interpretation is as valid as anybody else’s You are about to travel abroad for the first time What are your fears as you prepare for that trip so I’m not exactly expecting to fit in in Paris But it would be nice if I at least looked the part—I got a haircut and bought tighter pants My fear is that the show’s opening goes badly and no one shows up I’ll spend the rest of the trip hunkered down in the Airbnb drawing dark thoughts in my sketchbook and wondering what crêpes are like Your finished drawings pack in so many details How do you retain the breeziness of a quick sketch I think most comic artists strive to make their drawings appear as if they come from a place of ease and spontaneity I know I enjoy seeing work that feels like the artist enjoyed making it Capturing spontaneity is a contradiction of course but I try to invest a little novelty in the lines and to keep a light touch figuratively and physically—drawing with clenched teeth and a clenched fist is to be avoided “February 8, 1930,” by Theodore G. Haupt “February 9, 1946,” by James Thurber “Tag Sale,” by Peter de Sève Find John Cuneo’s covers, cartoons, and more at the Condé Nast Store Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors BRANCHVILLE — Jim Cuneo readily admits his business would be impossible without the loyal residents of the dairy farm he purchased here 24 years ago So when he decided to expand his operation he named it after the 38 four-legged producers of his now-coveted cheese "The girls in Jersey Girl Cheese are the cows," Cuneo explained during a visit to his Sussex County farm Cuneo teamed up with cheesemaker Sal Pisani five years ago. Now, their growing business includes a store on the 68-acre Hillcrest Orchard and Dairy where Cuneo has lived and worked since 1999 He was already selling his milk and cream to Pisani who was at another Sussex County cheesemaking operation until that business closed down who specializes in cheese varieties from southern Italy agreed to make a quick transition to Hillcrest Jersey Girl Cheese also has a retail store in downtown Rockaway the bulk of its sales come from five farm stands in Morristown "That's worked really well for us," Cuneo said The farm store and cheesemaking facility in Branchville were built around Cuneo's existing apple orchard Cuneo rents 85 adjacent acres where he grows his apples the apple crushers and juicers are disassembled for maintenance while the focus turns to making high-quality cheeses popular with fans of farm-to-table cuisine "Everyone loves coming to the farm and the farm-to-table thing," said Susan Geuther Jersey Girl's retail manager "We get to tell the customers 'the milk comes from the cows and here's your cheese.' There's no in-between." He went into construction before returning to his roots purchasing the run-down Hillcrest property and saving it from a 10-home subdivision He now begins his day milking the cows and delivering milk and cream directly to Pisani who crafts his cheese in a sanitary room full of industrial equipment Stainless steel containers and machines do everything from pasteurizing the milk and churning butter to stretching shaping and portioning a variety of cheese products Into the cheese caveThe cheese is then taken to the "cave," a climate-controlled brick-and-stone room Cuneo built into a nearby hillside The different categories − including scamorza caciocavallo and provola calabrese − are aged in the cave from a week to more than a year until they are ready for sale The grotto was built "as low into the ground as possible" to help maintain a consistent climate "It's all about temperature and humidity," said Pisani a Randolph resident who took up his family's cheesemaking tradition eight years ago "Two numbers we shoot for are around 50 degrees and 70% to 75% humidity specific to this style of cheese we are making." Pisani is Jersey-born, but his father was born in Calabria, Italy. "My inspirations come from the family traditions my father brought over," he explains in a promotional video for the business "We want to show people what real ricotta and mozzarella taste like." the cows have to provide the essential ingredient The herd includes both Jersey and Holstein cows in a combination that produces the ideal ratio of cream for Jersey Girl cheeses The business' top-seller − mozzarella − takes about six hours to make "from the morning milk," Pisani said A 150-pound batch requires about 120 gallons Geuther manages the farm store at Hillcrest and handles social media after a career at Macy's which ended two years ago during the COVID pandemic It's fun in the summer and it's even crazier in the fall when apple season rolls around You can pick apples and there are hay rides The stores sell other complementary food products, including in-house, freshly butchered meats and fresh eggs, breads and butter. Other offerings include sauces and condiments made by First Field in Princeton, jams by Holly Jolly from the Jersey Shore and delicacies imported from Italy Jersey Girl also sells cheese to select restaurants, including the top-rated Razza Pizza Artigianale in Jersey City, where the menu proudly mentions the source of the fresh mozzarella it spreads on its famous Jersey Margherita pizza William Westhoven is a local reporter for DailyRecord.com. For unlimited access to the most important news from your local community, please subscribe or activate your digital account today Email: wwesthoven@dailyrecord.com  Twitter: @wwesthoven When his mother was diagnosed with dementia John Cuneo dropped everything and moved from California into a converted upstairs apartment in his childhood home in Norwood Park he retained his gift for seeing humor and the human connection in almost everything he walked into her hospital room wearing his glasses his mother immediately recognized the visitor was her son He told friends it made him feel a little like Superman “He would put his glasses on and he would be like Clark Kent and nobody’d recognize him,” said one of those friends “then he would take his glasses off and he was Superman.” is being remembered by family and friends as creative He died early last month at Lutheran General Hospital after a brief illness He graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in journalism and started his career as a reporter at the City News Bureau of Chicago then moved to California and became a reporter for the Ventura Star-Free Press trained her on what questions to ask and information to collect to appease their strict editors and the rewrite desk “John made fun of the fact that it was like the blind leading the blind while training me but I appreciated his calm and steady guidance his keen observations and funniness,” Shields said “That’s why he was so good at interviewing people because he could pick up on something right away Later he founded his own Los Angeles company creating videos for clients that included the UC Davis MIND Institute which researches neurodevelopmental disabilities In 2011 his firm won a regional Emmy for a PSA for the Illinois Secretary of State’s office about the dangers of texting and driving he worked as a writer and producer at WGN America he got to know the neighbors — and Bodacious learned which ones kept dog treats in their pocket “He was really just a very wonderful human being,” his wife said Cuneo once formed a rock band with friends 18-year-old kids and we rented out a motor home and played some shows out East … John was the one who had a plan and was like He had “flash and style,” Kawal said “He was very animated as a drummer I think that’s what attracted attention to the band You’d see him behind the drums flailing around.” John and I liked to get together and watch old movies and heckle the hell out of them,” said longtime friend Mike Carey “And that’s how he developed a lot of comedy bits he would use when he was writing his own material when he had his own company doing commercials and he produced little comedy shorts.” He once told Carey “The Godfather” was a “perfect movie.” But he also appreciated those that were The friends would get together every Halloween and watch the 1943 B movie “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” Carey said “not because it’s very good — because it’s absolutely ludicrous And we would laugh our heads off watching all the mistakes “You couldn’t be around John without having a smile and he loved to tell a good story,” Carey said “He always would find whatever the funny was in the story he was cracking the nurses up in the hospital room.”