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Tracing America's Relationship to the Middle East in Valentino's Ghost

The Master Gets Its Scientology On in 2nd Trailer

The second trailer to Paul Thomas Anderson's upcoming film The Master was just released, and this time we get a look at Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams along with Joaquin Phoenix. We gave PTA credit for being wily with his first trailer -- for years, we've all been waiting to see how much The ... More >>

L. Ron Hubbard in his Own Words: Mr. Charisma?

In March, we brought you excerpts from this year's big LRH Birthday Event held in Clearwater, Florida. We'd been sent a copy of the three-hour presentation, and pulled out what we felt were the best portions to share with you. In the time since, we're kind of surprised that a full version of the vi ... More >>

Redistricting Round Two: City Council Pushes Forward With New Commission Picks

The City Council today announced the key figures who will be charged with dividing up the city into new districts based on Census data. It's the next redistricting frontier! The announcement of the Council's appointments comes on the same day that important news broke in the statewide redistrict ... More >>

5 Biggest Lies in Scientology's 2-Minute TV Ad

We keep seeing Twitter reactions as people are stunned to see a 2-minute ad for Scientology show up on network television. We've written earlier about the negative reactions the ad is getting as it appeared during NFL playoff games, the Miss America pageant, the Golden Globes, and during such weekly ... More >>

Paulette Cooper, Scientology's Original and Worst Nightmare: A Thanksgiving Tribute by the Village Voice

[UPDATE: Think Scientology spying and harassment is a thing of the past? Check out our new story about how the church even spies on its most prominent member, Tom Cruise.] I couldn't think of a better way to give thanks this year than to pay homage to the woman who was there first, paid the highest ... More >>

The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, No. 1: L. Ron Hubbard

On August 5, we started a countdown that will give credit -- or blame -- to the people who have contributed most to the sad current state of Scientology. From its greatest expansion in the 1980s, the church is a shell of what it once was and is mired in countless controversies around the world. Some ... More >>

Let's Look at Obama's Debt-Reduction Plan!

​Hey American, did you do the assigned homework for today? You were supposed to watch Obama's big debt-reduction speech! People are going to try to talk to you about it, what are you going to say? Sure, whether you saw it or not won't affect your response to the plan or the president; our smal ... More >>

Don't Go Away, Crepeaway! A New Pancake Spot Lands in NYU Territory

Lauren ShockeyInternational House of Pancakes. Literally.​You'd think when one shop fails, the restaurant taking its place shouldn't have the exact same concept. But the owners of Crepeaway, a brand new creperie near NYU, don't agree, having revamped the space formerly occupied by Crepe Crea ... More >>

Scientology: The Now Religion!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. December 17, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 51 Scientology: The Now Religion By Donald M. Kaplan The true measures of the false prophet are an unrelenting certainty and a staggering income. The immediate impression of L. Ron Hubbard, the prophet ... More >>

Roy Den Hollander, Men's Rights Advocate, Will Not Stop Fighting Against Ladies' Nights

via www.roydenhollander.comRoy Den Hollendar, Men's Rights Advocate​Yesterday, Manhattan Federal Judge Miriam Cedarbaum ruled that ladies' nights are a legal part of New York's nightlife, dismissing a complaint by Roy Den Hollander, the lawyer and plaintiff who claimed that New York clubs, Copacab ... More >>

2010 Commencement Speeches: the Good, the Bad, the Hideously Ugly, and Lisa Kudrow

​Graduation is upon us, which means ... commencement speeches will soon commence (indeed, some already have). The question on the minds of everyone who hasn't yet graduated: If you have a shitty speaker, does that mean you'll have a shitty post-graduate life? As someone who can't remember much ... More >>

Army Objects, But Appeals Court Grants Brooklyn Doctor C.O. Status

A small but telling legal battle between the Army and a Brooklyn doctor whose anti-war "epiphany" led him to petition for conscientious objector status ended yesterday when a federal appeals court ruled that the doctor can stay home. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals (think: Sotomayor) decided t ... More >>

Craigslist Gun Shooter Found Mentally Ill, Remanded to DOH

Jesus Ortiz, the man who shot his East Village neighbor after buying a gun on Craigslist, was committed to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in a criminal court hearing in Manhattan yesterday. He was being held by the Department of Corrections since the incident last July. Often defense la ... More >>

Barrett: Delaware a Tax Haven for Bloomberg? Oh, Never!

The Times recently pointed out that while President Obama makes a lot of noise about shutting down overseas tax havens, there's an "onshore Cayman Islands" right here on the eastern seaboard: the little state of Delaware.Two thirds of the Fortune 500 use Delaware to cut down on their state taxes, th ... More >>

Freddie Mac CFO Found Dead; Wife Says Suicide

Trilateral Commission Alert! David Kellermann, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of the troubled mortgage lender Freddie Mac, has been found dead in his home. His wife is said to have reported him a suicide. Previously the company's Principal Accounting Officer, the 41-year-ol ... More >>

In the Beginning, There Was Adam

The man who helped bring Abramoff down goes to prison for his own nefarious deeds.

Arlen Specter's Sellout

Senate Judiciary Committee chair intent on rescuing Bush from felony charges

Tortured Truth

Bush says the U.S. doesn’t abuse detainees, but the evidence says otherwise

The Real John Roberts

Justice O'Connor ruled Bush can't get 'a blank check' but her successor will give him one

FBI Turned Loose

Privacy rights may disappear if a new Senate Intelligence Committee bill passes

Whose Constitution Wins?

As Democrats wonder what their party stands for, here is a way to reach more Americans

Digital Underground

Exposing the 'Darknet': Are Al Qaeda terrorists using your personal computer?

Wrestling With the Margins

The academy puts on its tights and steps into the ring

Lazy Bums

When you're allergic to covering the issues, head for the sports cliché. We're going into overtime.

Talking Point

In the Spin Room, even the big dogs start barking—but that doesn't make it worth talking about

Cheney Stops News Cycle Cold

Veep's debate performance shifts headlines away from Bush's lousy show

Walking the Edge

NYU confronts its suicide problem with counseling and a questionable questionnaire

Rummy's Love Affair With Iraq

Big Buddies With 'Many Common Interests'

Nation

Spinning the Military Tribunals

'A Mere Pretense of Legal Process'

As the Whorl Turns

Long the Difference Between Guilt and Innocence, Fingerprints Themselves Are on Trial

Why Doves Must Fly

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

An Uncivil War

Anarchists and Cops Square Off in Washington’s IMF Slugfest

D.C.’s Political Boot Camp

An Intern’s Guide to Capitol Hill

Stylin’

NYC Streetballers Drive Nike’s Infectious ‘Freestyle’ Campaign

Big Brother at 'The Village Voice'

An ‘Unlimited Right’ to Surveil

Spread ‘Em

Pro-Choice Is No-Choice on Campus

Hillary and the Death Penalty

‘Executions Are Class Warfare’

NY Mirror

Alien Toxins

Area 51's Sci-Fi Folklore Masks a Truly Spooky Reality

Private Eyes

Forget the Government—You Could Be Big Brother