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  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    The Telegraph Would Like to Apologize For Making Things Up About the First Lady

    A note to the media -- if you're going to accuse a public figure of elitism, perhaps you shouldn't totally make things up in order to achieve that goal. The Telegraph of London learned this the hard way, after publishing an article which falsely reported that First Lady Michelle Obama had an entire ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2011

    Snowstorm Pounds Northeast; White House Plans for Troop Presence in Middle East; 30 OWS Arrests in Oregon

    ​Millions of people lost power and at least three deaths were reported as a result of yesterday's snowstorm along the east coast. States in the Northeast were hit the hardest and CNN reports parts of New Jersey were buried in as much as 15.5 inches of snow. Airline cancellations stranded passe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Foreign Diplomats Owe New York City $17 Million in Parking Tickets

    ​As we freak out over possible $16 muffins purchased by the Justice Department -- how could they? Muffins? Muffins aren't even good -- and the overall implosion of the U.S. economy, let us freak out more, about something with some pretty egregious dollar signs. Back in May, Representatives Mic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Debt Deal Passes; Mailman arrested for Diamond District Theft; Anders Behring Breivik Reportedly had Plastic Surgery in America to Look More Aryan

    ​Last night, President Obama announced that congressional leaders and the White House had made a deal to raise the debt ceiling. The agreement, which is expected to be voted through today, raises the debt ceiling $900 billion to get the country through the year. A special congressional committ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Magnolia Is Basically Planning to Take Over the Planet

    bearbooandyumyum/FlickrSoon, world, this will all be yours.​Although you could be forgiven for thinking that Magnolia Bakery had already achieved worldwide domination, its reach extends only to New York, Los Angeles, and Dubai. But that's about to change.

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Soon, the Words "Rooty Tooty Fresh 'n' Fruity" Will Be Heard in Saudi Arabia

    A Cinn-a-Stack sand blast!​Following in the steps of Shake Shack, the Chocolate Bar, Pinkberry, and cupcakes, IHOP is the latest US company to bank on the Middle East's appetite for all-American excess.

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2011

    Qatar Ripping Off Old Simpsons Episodes?

    ​The Simpsons is a very influential cartoon. Influential enough that Qatar may have gotten the idea for an "artificial cloud" from a 1995 episode. In "Who Shot Mr. Burns?", Mr. Burns came up with the diabolical plan of a huge shield that would prevent sunlight from reaching Springfield. Now, for t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Don't Take The Road To Qatar!

    ​At the York Theatre Company, The Road To Qatar! is a slap-happy show about the real-life saga of two nerds who got hired to write a musical in the title country in 2005. The result is genial and peppy and basically comes off like an extended bit from an old variety show. And that's the prob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    World Cup 2018 Goes to Russia, 2022 to Qatar, Psychic Octopus TBD

    ​Russia has been chosen to host the 2018 World Cup, via a secret ballot vote by Fifa's executive committee today. Condolences to England, Spain and Portugal, and Belgium and the Netherlands, (the latter two in joint bids), who were all finalists.

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Qatar: A Great Place to Work on Your Tan, So Long as You Dress Modestly

    Yeah, we're all upset because the big old strong and powerful US of A, which nobody needs help pronouncing and almost any decently educated first-grader can locate on a map, lost the World Cup 2022 hosting honors to a teensy little oil-rich Middle Eastern nation. But if this video of the five propos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    World Faces Totally Unfunny Helium Shortage

    ​In disturbing news for clowns, people who like to do that annoying high-pitched voice at parties, and, oh yeah, people who get MRIs, the U.S. is about to sell its last stockpile of helium -- currently stored underground somewhere near Amarillo, Texas -- and allow the private sector to start t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    It's Official: Bluefin Ban Gets Sunk

    Sushi lovers sink the ban that could have saved this species.​ Despite the best efforts of Greenpeace, PETA, and OCEANA, the proposed ban on the trade of endangered bluefin tuna was rejected yesterday at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITE ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Under Review--Sietsema At An Choi; DiGregorio At Aldea

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema puts newcomer An Choi's banh mi to the test; while Sarah DiGregorio ducks it up Iberian-style at Aldea. Bruni knocks two stars off of Spice Market now that the restaurant has expanded to Atlanta, Istanbul and Doha, Qatar, which could be the reason "sloppines ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 3, 2008

    Giuliani's Rudy-in-Nylons Skit Starred Some Witless Crooks

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema puts newcomer An Choi's banh mi to the test; while Sarah DiGregorio ducks it up Iberian-style at Aldea. Bruni knocks two stars off of Spice Market now that the restaurant has expanded to Atlanta, Istanbul and Doha, Qatar, which could be the reason "sloppines ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    Tribeca Film Fest Goes to Qatar

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema puts newcomer An Choi's banh mi to the test; while Sarah DiGregorio ducks it up Iberian-style at Aldea. Bruni knocks two stars off of Spice Market now that the restaurant has expanded to Atlanta, Istanbul and Doha, Qatar, which could be the reason "sloppines ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    Daily Flog: Future mortgaged; balloon payment due; either Obama, McCain on hook

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema puts newcomer An Choi's banh mi to the test; while Sarah DiGregorio ducks it up Iberian-style at Aldea. Bruni knocks two stars off of Spice Market now that the restaurant has expanded to Atlanta, Istanbul and Doha, Qatar, which could be the reason "sloppines ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2008

    Daily Flog: Tally woe! Fears on voting machinery, machinations

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema puts newcomer An Choi's banh mi to the test; while Sarah DiGregorio ducks it up Iberian-style at Aldea. Bruni knocks two stars off of Spice Market now that the restaurant has expanded to Atlanta, Istanbul and Doha, Qatar, which could be the reason "sloppines ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2008

    Arab Government Bites Off a Big Chunk of G.E.

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema puts newcomer An Choi's banh mi to the test; while Sarah DiGregorio ducks it up Iberian-style at Aldea. Bruni knocks two stars off of Spice Market now that the restaurant has expanded to Atlanta, Istanbul and Doha, Qatar, which could be the reason "sloppines ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2008

    Capitalist Kumbaya

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema puts newcomer An Choi's banh mi to the test; while Sarah DiGregorio ducks it up Iberian-style at Aldea. Bruni knocks two stars off of Spice Market now that the restaurant has expanded to Atlanta, Istanbul and Doha, Qatar, which could be the reason "sloppines ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2007

    Meet Rudy Giggliani

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema puts newcomer An Choi's banh mi to the test; while Sarah DiGregorio ducks it up Iberian-style at Aldea. Bruni knocks two stars off of Spice Market now that the restaurant has expanded to Atlanta, Istanbul and Doha, Qatar, which could be the reason "sloppines ... More >>

  • Specials

    December 11, 2007

    Letters

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema puts newcomer An Choi's banh mi to the test; while Sarah DiGregorio ducks it up Iberian-style at Aldea. Bruni knocks two stars off of Spice Market now that the restaurant has expanded to Atlanta, Istanbul and Doha, Qatar, which could be the reason "sloppines ... More >>

  • Specials

    December 4, 2007

    Letters

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema puts newcomer An Choi's banh mi to the test; while Sarah DiGregorio ducks it up Iberian-style at Aldea. Bruni knocks two stars off of Spice Market now that the restaurant has expanded to Atlanta, Istanbul and Doha, Qatar, which could be the reason "sloppines ... More >>

  • News

    December 4, 2007

    A Fool's Gold

    Doctoroff's legacy: no Olympic Medal, no Ground Zero mettle

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2007

    Giving Credit Where It's Due

    Doctoroff's legacy: no Olympic Medal, no Ground Zero mettle

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2007

    Barrett Talks Rudy's Terror Sheikh Ties on MSNBC

    Doctoroff's legacy: no Olympic Medal, no Ground Zero mettle

  • News

    November 20, 2007

    Rudy's Ties to a Terror Sheikh

    Giuliani's business contracts tie him to the man who let 9/11's mastermind escape the FBI

  • Film

    June 26, 2007

    Auto-Chaotic

    As giant robots transform all around us (!), it's good to know Michael Bay won't ever change

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2006

    Morning Report 1/23/06
    Going Nuclear

    As giant robots transform all around us (!), it's good to know Michael Bay won't ever change

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2005

    'Trick or Trick!' Halloween's Early This Year.

    As giant robots transform all around us (!), it's good to know Michael Bay won't ever change

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2005

    Whodunit: The British Consulate Bomb

    As giant robots transform all around us (!), it's good to know Michael Bay won't ever change

  • News

    April 12, 2005

    The GOP's Fright Wing

    DeLay and Frist light the torches for a crusade against 'activist' judges

  • News

    April 12, 2005

    Unnatural Gas Woes

    DeLay and Frist light the torches for a crusade against 'activist' judges

  • Film

    June 1, 2004

    Photo Ops

    Docs about Calcutta slums, 9-11 detainees, and gay marriage evoke the power of images

  • Film

    May 11, 2004

    Seeing Double

    A Room with a different view: Digging through the trenches of the image war at Al Jazeera

  • News

    May 4, 2004

    Remote Control

    A new film goes behind the scenes at Al Jazeera

  • News

    April 20, 2004

    How the War Looks

    A new film goes behind the scenes at Al Jazeera

  • News

    February 24, 2004

    Pomp or Protest

    Choosing the Narrative for the GOP Convention

  • News

    November 25, 2003

    One Unusually Scared Turkey

    Give Thanks. We Can Blame Al Qaeda for Everything.

  • News

    March 25, 2003

    The Shock and Awe Show

    The Media-Military Complex Presents a New Genre: Hyper-Reality TV

  • News

    March 11, 2003

    Get Your Hood On

    War Reporting Is Risky Business

  • Books

    June 11, 2002

    Inside Al-Jazeera

    War Reporting Is Risky Business

  • News

    April 2, 2002

    Nation

    War Reporting Is Risky Business

  • News

    March 5, 2002

    Nation

    War Reporting Is Risky Business

  • News

    December 25, 2001

    Checking in for Waldorf Hysteria

    Free Traders and Fair Traders in Stalemate as CEOs Converge on New York

  • News

    December 25, 2001

    Why Doves Must Fly

    Now That We've Lost the Anti-War, We Need the Peace Movement More Than Ever

  • News

    December 4, 2001

    Shirts Off Their Backs

    The Global Economy, as Told Through a Tee

  • News

    November 6, 2001

    Terrorism and Free Trade

    On Eve of First WTO Meeting Since Seattle, Bush Pushes for 'Fast Track' While Activists Prepare to Agitate

  • News

    July 17, 2001

    First Tear Gas, Now Bullets

    Activists Weigh the Cost of Confrontation

  • News

    October 17, 2000

    Nation

    Activists Weigh the Cost of Confrontation

  • News

    August 31, 1999

    They Teams They Are A-Changing

    Activists Weigh the Cost of Confrontation

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