Niccolo Machiavelli

Struck by Lightning

Tupac Shakur, the Los Angeles Times, and Why I'm Still Unemployed: A Personal History by Chuck Philips

Last week, a trial in Brooklyn started off with a strange twist. At the federal criminal trial of James Rosemond -- a/k/a Jimmy Henchman -- one of the first things Rosemond's attorney did was kick an unemployed journalist named Chuck Philips out of the courtroom by naming him a witness in the case. ... More >>

Open and Closed: Say Hello to The Tippler, Goodbye to La Fonda Boricua

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. If you hear of any new openings or closings, let us know. Coco, a Japanese restaurant in Williamsburg, has shuttered. [Eater] The Burger Heaven location on Madison between 54th and 55th Street ... More >>

Rightbloggers Discover the Real Victims of Norway Mass Murderer Breivik: Themselves

As you probably heard, someone bombed downtown Oslo, Norway and shot up kids in nearby Utoya, killing 93 people. it turns out that the suspect is not a jihadist but an anti-jihadist -- Anders Behring Breivik, a real deport-them-all, Norway-for-the-Norwegians type who denounced "multiculturalism," "p ... More >>

Rap Made Me Do It: Ten Books I Read Because Of Hip-Hop

​When rappers reference items they consume--whether Cristal, Clarks Wallabees, or chronic--listeners seek them out, either out of curiosity or a desire to be like their heroes. And thanks to hip-hop's tendency to occasionally serve as an educated, sound-advice-giving older sibling, those refer ... More >>

This Week in the Voice

​What may we expect of a third Mike Bloomberg term? Few people pay closer attention to city politics than Wayne Barrett, so he's your man for "A Bloomberg Score Card: The Mayor's Hits and Misses." He still thinks "the self-serving reversal of term limits was the greatest abuse of power I have ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: April 15 through 21

Mr. Untouchable

'The Ex'

The Right Rallies For Al

Machiavellian minister wins DNC subsidies and plots mayoral moves

Imperial Asspirations

Emo boy turns Super Mensch

The Parallax View

Orpheus Ascending

The Power and the Gory

Bloom-in’ Hypocrisy!

The Moralist’s Big Fibs

Beyond Advanced Placement

Prep schools rethink a standard