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Freakonomics

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    January 26, 2011

    Alice Waters Weighs in on Nathan Myhrvold's Modernist Cuisine

    ​Nathan Myhrvold's Modernist Cuisine may still have a while before it hits the shelves, but Alice Waters has already offered her own informal review.

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    What is the Street Price of Marijuana at Columbia University?

    ​It's High Times uptown these days, as five Columbia University students/fratboys were busted this week for selling all kinds of crazy drugs at school. Ivy League? More like High-vy League. Luckily, via Columbia's BWOG, understanding the numbers of the busts also gives us a chance to understand ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    This Week in the Voice: White America Has Lost Its Mind

    ​From Glenn Beck to Breitbart, Sarah Palin to Rush Limbaugh, from sea to shining sea, from their mere followers to their Kool-Aid drinkers, the rage, motives, and manners all lend themselves to a certain composite picture developing quite neatly in this country, that's really, more than anythi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    This Week's Voice: Marnie Stern, No Age, Jazz Consumer Guide, and More

    Marnie Stern is not impressed. Photo by David Torch.​In this week's Village Voice, Mike Powell profiles the awesome Marnie Stern, Dan Weiss hails No Age's graduation to Their Own Sound, and Tom Hull strings together another edition of his Jazz Consumer Guide.

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Science: Saying "Fuck" Makes You Feel Better...Unless You Work at the New York Times

    ​Today the New York Times Freakonomics blog points out that dropping the f-bomb, among other choice delicacies, has an upside: It's good for you! There's a new study out from Bellevue that finds that "swearing can also be used as a psychological tool in the service of helping." In fact, it may ... More >>

  • NYC Life

    January 10, 2006

    After the Snow

    The mirror crack'd: Last year, a drug and its discontents seeped into books and hip-hop

  • Music

    June 28, 2005

    Music for The Megachurch

    Amy Grant leads Christian rock into promised land, but it settles for bake sale normalcy

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