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    January 16, 2012

    Rightbloggers Rush to Defend Mitt Romney -- The Corporate Raider, Not the Candidate

    When last we left our heroes, the 2012 Republican Presidential challengers, they were inevitably folding to Mitt the Man Whose Turn It Is. Then Newt Gingrich -- or, excuse us, a Newt Gingrich Super-PAC to which he is not connected -- decided to go out swinging with a little film that portrayed Romne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Occupy Wall Street Re-Occupies Foreclosed Home in East New York: A Report From the Scene

    Nick Pinto​Occupy Wall Street organizers ushered in a new phase of their movement yesterday when about 400 people participated in a collaborative takeover to re-occupy a vacant foreclosed home in East New York for a homeless family of four. The afternoon's event, part of a collaborative Nati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Jack Newfield Plumbs the Depths of Reform at the '72 Democratic National Convention

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 20, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 29 Of reform hacks and guideline junkies By Jack Newfield MIAMI BEACH -- Those who say patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels have not fully explored the possibilities of reform. I have reached this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Jack Newfield: There Is No "New Journalism"

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 18, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 20 Of honest men & good writers By Jack Newfield After participating in several panel discussions, attending (More)'s counter-convention, reading books and articles by Tom Wolfe and Mike Arlen, and being i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    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 >>

  • Columns

    October 13, 2010

    Free Will Astrology: October 12 through 19, 2010

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Atheists in Subways? Ad Campaign Aims to Bring Them Out with a Soft Sell (Updated)

    ​"You asked for it. You anticipated it. You waited for it!" And now, thank Go -- er, nobody, it's here: Advertising for Atheists. The NYC Atheists have gotten propaganda for godlessness on city buses. (They ask for donations to keep it up, as there is no Supreme Being to provide for them.) And ... More >>

  • Theater

    August 25, 2009

    Fringe Festival 2009 Reviews

    ​"You asked for it. You anticipated it. You waited for it!" And now, thank Go -- er, nobody, it's here: Advertising for Atheists. The NYC Atheists have gotten propaganda for godlessness on city buses. (They ask for donations to keep it up, as there is no Supreme Being to provide for them.) And ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 11, 2009

    Free Will Astrology: February 11 through 17

    ​"You asked for it. You anticipated it. You waited for it!" And now, thank Go -- er, nobody, it's here: Advertising for Atheists. The NYC Atheists have gotten propaganda for godlessness on city buses. (They ask for donations to keep it up, as there is no Supreme Being to provide for them.) And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2008

    Code Pink Saves Queens Gold-Star Mother's Home

    ​"You asked for it. You anticipated it. You waited for it!" And now, thank Go -- er, nobody, it's here: Advertising for Atheists. The NYC Atheists have gotten propaganda for godlessness on city buses. (They ask for donations to keep it up, as there is no Supreme Being to provide for them.) And ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 19, 2008

    DANGEROUS LIAISONS

    A game of seduction and style

  • Film

    April 17, 2007

    Tribeca Preview

    25 movies that intrigued, annoyed, and greatly pleased our fest-happy critics

  • Books

    January 30, 2007

    Meat Puppets

    Eat your greens: chewing over the history and politics of vegetarianism

  • Music

    January 9, 2007

    Singles Going Steady

    Pet sounds and animal magnetisms

  • Art

    July 25, 2006

    Crazy Beautiful

    Mayhem was their antidote to a world gone mad

  • Columns

    February 21, 2006

    Horoscope

    Mayhem was their antidote to a world gone mad

  • Columns

    December 6, 2005

    Horoscope

    Mayhem was their antidote to a world gone mad

  • News

    August 2, 2005

    The Omen

    What's in a name? A hell of a lot, if you're the new pope.

  • Specials

    December 21, 2004

    Letters

    What's in a name? A hell of a lot, if you're the new pope.

  • News

    October 19, 2004

    Attack of the Puppet People

    Team America's critical mess: How reviewers misread the year's most potent political satire

  • Theater

    June 15, 2004

    Unknotting Nottage

    Lynn Nottage's satire on black America comes equipped with morals—but should it?

  • Columns

    April 27, 2004

    Horoscope

    Lynn Nottage's satire on black America comes equipped with morals—but should it?

  • Books

    August 19, 2003

    Tunnel Vision: Mosley's Hypnotic Middle Eastern Fiction

    Lynn Nottage's satire on black America comes equipped with morals—but should it?

  • Theater

    August 19, 2003

    A-M-O-R Spells Mozart

    Mark Lamos's Witty, Light-Handed 'Mostly Mozart' Show

  • Columns

    June 3, 2003

    Horoscope

    Mark Lamos's Witty, Light-Handed 'Mostly Mozart' Show

  • Film

    November 12, 2002

    Mind the Gaps

    Mark Lamos's Witty, Light-Handed 'Mostly Mozart' Show

  • Film

    July 16, 2002

    Vive L'Amour

    Mark Lamos's Witty, Light-Handed 'Mostly Mozart' Show

  • News

    June 11, 2002

    On His Back

    Is This the End of Iron Mike?

  • Music

    April 9, 2002

    Fire Down Below

    Is This the End of Iron Mike?

  • Film

    April 2, 2002

    Ace in the Hole

    Billy Wilder, 1906–2002

  • News

    April 2, 2002

    Nation

    Billy Wilder, 1906–2002

  • Film

    January 29, 2002

    Search and Rescue Operations

    Losing the Plot at Sundance

  • News

    June 19, 2001

    The Real Andrew Sullivan Scandal

    His Private Life Is None of Our Business. His Public Life Certainly Is.

  • News

    April 10, 2001

    Wild Thing

    Blake Brings Heaven and Hell to the Met

  • Film

    March 20, 2001

    Occupational Hazards

    Blake Brings Heaven and Hell to the Met

  • NYC Life

    January 9, 2001

    Four-Letter Law

    Recently, a Judge Threw Out a Case in Which the Defendant Cursed at a Police Officer. Ever Felt the Urge?

  • News

    April 11, 2000

    Beyond Advanced Placement

    Prep schools rethink a standard

  • Theater

    January 12, 1999

    Founding Fodder

    Prep schools rethink a standard

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