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March 17, 2012
Irish Queers Protest At St. Patrick's Day Parade
As the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade marches up Fifth Avenue today, an annual protest will take place. The group Irish Queers will call out the NYPD's participation in the event, which they say on their website "was redesigned so that anti-gay bigots could parade using the church's special right t ... More >>
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February 8, 2011
An Irishman Bemoans St. Patrick's Day
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. March 23, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 12 A terrible blather is born By Joe Flaherty This piece is dedicated to Frank McCourt who, with the wisdom of Solomon, spent the day lying on his bloody Irish are. Sweet suffering' Jesus, thank be it i ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
Joe Torre And His Big Mouth
So, as we close the door on the whole sordid "Joe Torre Return To The Mets" non-story, let's recap what we know. First, Torre did tell WFAN that he was "curious" about managing the Mets in 2011. Then, after the shit hit the WFAN he told reporters "I'm closing the door on managing the Mets, ... More >>
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July 22, 2010
Tim McCarver, Joe Torre, and the Hyperbole of Hindsight
Holocaust victim?According to the reliable Richard Sandomir and Michael S. Schmidt in the Times, Tim McCarver is backtracking from trying to associate the Steinbrenners with Hitler and Stalin for their treatment of Joe Torre -- but he's not backing off too far.
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July 29, 2009
Let's Play The Fame Game
Famegame.com analyzes people's "social connections and media attention" and comes up with a ranking of just how fabulously anonymity-challenged they are at that moment. Last time I looked, I ranked #117, which is pretty good considering Octomom and her brood must take up 15 whole slots and al ... More >>
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July 29, 2009
Live! Coney Island Council Vote!
Photo (cc) MapDork. Against all odds, there's actually working (sort of) WiFi in the city council chamber, so I'm going to attempt to liveblog today's final vote on the city's Coney Island rezoning plan. The council's land use committee gave its preliminary blessing last week, so the last ... More >>
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July 24, 2009
Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared
Twitpic by tedsink. Last weekend's Siren Festival left many of us groggy, and a good thing too, as the week that followed was best seen in soft focus. President Obama and Henry Louis Gates were the comedy team of the week. Mayor Bloomberg, angry about the way mayoral school control ... More >>
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July 20, 2009
Frank McCourt, 1930-2009
Years ago we gave to a family friend, an middle-aged Irishwoman who never read much of anything, a copy of Angela's Ashes. We hoped her feeling for her heritage would lead her to appreciate the gift, but did not expect her to read it. But when next we saw her she had read it clean through and cheerf ... More >>
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August 1, 2007
Rocky Sullivan's Last Night in Manhattan
Years ago we gave to a family friend, an middle-aged Irishwoman who never read much of anything, a copy of Angela's Ashes. We hoped her feeling for her heritage would lead her to appreciate the gift, but did not expect her to read it. But when next we saw her she had read it clean through and cheerf ... More >>
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July 24, 2007
Rocky Sullivan's Moving to Red Hook
Years ago we gave to a family friend, an middle-aged Irishwoman who never read much of anything, a copy of Angela's Ashes. We hoped her feeling for her heritage would lead her to appreciate the gift, but did not expect her to read it. But when next we saw her she had read it clean through and cheerf ... More >>
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August 3, 2006
Malachy McCourt Fiddles, Burns
Years ago we gave to a family friend, an middle-aged Irishwoman who never read much of anything, a copy of Angela's Ashes. We hoped her feeling for her heritage would lead her to appreciate the gift, but did not expect her to read it. But when next we saw her she had read it clean through and cheerf ... More >>
NYC Life
October 28, 2003
Close-Up on Windsor Terrace
Years ago we gave to a family friend, an middle-aged Irishwoman who never read much of anything, a copy of Angela's Ashes. We hoped her feeling for her heritage would lead her to appreciate the gift, but did not expect her to read it. But when next we saw her she had read it clean through and cheerf ... More >>
NYC Life
December 12, 2000
Gift Rap
Treasure Hunting on 14th Street
News
November 7, 2000
Double Duty
Why Is a Planning Commissioner Hawking the Olympics?
Film
December 21, 1999
From Riches to Rags: Ugly Americans and Plucky Irish
Why Is a Planning Commissioner Hawking the Olympics?
Long Island Voice
November 23, 1999
Dual to the death
Why Is a Planning Commissioner Hawking the Olympics?
Specials
March 2, 1999
Letters
Why Is a Planning Commissioner Hawking the Olympics?
Books
February 23, 1999
More Bread or I'll Appear
Why Is a Planning Commissioner Hawking the Olympics?

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Irish Queers Protest At St. Patrick's Day Parade

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An Irishman Bemoans St. Patrick's Day

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Joe Torre And His Big Mouth

Blogs

Tim McCarver, Joe Torre, and the Hyperbole of Hindsight

Blogs

Let's Play The Fame Game

Blogs

Live! Coney Island Council Vote!

Blogs

Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

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Frank McCourt, 1930-2009

Blogs

Rocky Sullivan's Last Night in Manhattan

Blogs

Rocky Sullivan's Moving to Red Hook

Blogs

Malachy McCourt Fiddles, Burns

NYC Life

Close-Up on Windsor Terrace

NYC Life

Gift Rap

News

Double Duty

Film

From Riches to Rags: Ugly Americans and Plucky Irish

Long Island Voice

Dual to the death

Specials

Letters

Books

More Bread or I'll Appear

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