Email Author Jarrett Murphy

2005 Stories by Jarrett Murphy

• Larceny? Grand!

  published December 20, 2005

  So there I am on the 4 train minding my own business, packed in with hundreds of other folks after the Fourth of July fireworks, when the door... More >>

• The History of Rudy

  published December 13, 2005

  Twas the night before Christmas four years ago when outgoing mayor Rudolph Giuliani cut an unusual agreement with his own government. Instead of... More >>

• The Spying Game

  published December 6, 2005

  If you've seen or attended a recent protest in New York City about the war or the president or even rent guidelines, you have probably seen the... More >>

• Tales of the Tape: The Bigger Picture

  published December 6, 2005

  Ironically, video footage shot by the police and others helped several people who were arrested during the RNC get their charges dropped. The... More >>

• Voice Editor Quits

  published November 29, 2005

  Don Forst resigned as editor-in-chief of the Village Voice on Monday after nine years at the helm, during... More >>

• Open and Shut

  published November 29, 2005

  On Monday, December 5, the 9-11 Public Discourse Project�a private group formed by 9-11 Commission members after their... More >>

• Voice-New Times Wedding Is On

  published November 22, 2005

  The Justice Department has closed its investigation of the proposed combination of New Times and Village Voice Media, meaning the two alt-weekly... More >>

• Vote of No Confidence

  published November 22, 2005

  New York's 2006 primary elections are only 10 months away, but it's still a mystery what machines the state's 11.6 million registered voters will... More >>

• This Crime Didn't Count

  published November 15, 2005

  Sean Eden doesn't know who hit him on the left side of his face at around 8 p.m. on September 24, 2004, at the corner of DeKalb and Washington... More >>

• La Victoria de Freddy

  published November 8, 2005

  The problem, at last, was that there were no hands to shake. Fernando Ferrer had made it to the Parkchester stop of the No. 6 train for his last... More >>

• Roe v. No

  published November 1, 2005

  Once more into the breach go America's abortion partisans, this time over Judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court. The issue,... More >>

• The Other Race

  published October 25, 2005

  Freddy Ferrer came to Bronx Community College on October 25 and gave his most stirring speech of the campaign, talking about his humble origins,... More >>

• The Drama's Non-Supporting Cast

  published October 25, 2005

  On the fateful day Rosa Parks stepped onto his bus, James Blake had been driving for Montgomery City Lines for 13 years, save for two years he... More >>

• Village Voice Media, New Times Announce Merger

  published October 18, 2005

  Fifty years ago tonight, The Village Voice did not exist. Then on October 26, 1955, it did—just like that. And if all goes according to the... More >>

• Paper Route

  published October 18, 2005

  Crusading and independent journalistic beacon that it is, The Village Voice seems like the kind of intransigent social rebel that... More >>

• 2,000 Troops Dead—and No End in Sight

  published October 18, 2005

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• 2,000 Troops Dead—and No End in Sight

  published October 18, 2005

  Continued: Lieutenant Commander Edward Eugene Jack Specialist... More >>

• Blots on the Record

  published October 11, 2005

  In the public version of FDNY lieutenant Neil Brosnan's retelling of his 9-11 experience, there are blank spots. First, Brosnan talks about racing... More >>

• New Threat Renews Old Tactic

  published October 4, 2005

  Editor’s note: On Thursday in New York City, officials announced they had received the first specific and credible—if still... More >>

• Test Pattern

  published September 27, 2005

  No sooner did state math test results come out two weeks ago than the mayoral candidates pounced. "The dramatic increase in fourth grade math... More >>

• Storm Front

  published September 20, 2005

  When Haley Barbour remarked that damage from Hurricane Katrina evoked thoughts of Hiroshima, the Mississippi governor seemed to have confused an... More >>

• Labor Costs

  published September 20, 2005

  One wonders how SEIU Local 1199 union chief Dennis Rivera phrased his alleged quid pro quo offer to Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "Mr. Mayor," he... More >>

• The New Fight Against the War

  published September 13, 2005

  Anyone who thinks today's anti-war movement is trapped in tie-dyed '60s nostalgia should go to the United for Peace and Justice website, where one... More >>

• Rudy to the Rescue

  published September 6, 2005

  As the World Trade Center collapsed around him on that violent Tuesday morning four years ago, as thousands were dying or about to die, with the... More >>

• The Battle of New Orleans

  published August 30, 2005

  "The water's formation avoids the high and rushes to the low. So an army's formation avoids the strong and rushes to the weak. Water's... More >>