Voltaire

All Art Is Propaganda

Ben Davis sums up art, class, and criticism in 9.5 Theses

Testament of Mary: Tóibín’s play gives Fiona Shaw endless opportunities for self-indulgence

Noho's Le Philosophe Flourishes in Ambiguity

Sartre eats

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Free Will Astrology: October 12 through 19, 2010

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 >>

Fringe Festival 2009 Reviews

Free Will Astrology: February 11 through 17

Code Pink Saves Queens Gold-Star Mother's Home

DANGEROUS LIAISONS

A game of seduction and style

Tribeca Preview

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

Meat Puppets

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

Singles Going Steady

Pet sounds and animal magnetisms

Crazy Beautiful

Mayhem was their antidote to a world gone mad

Horoscope

Horoscope

The Omen

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

Letters

Attack of the Puppet People

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

Unknotting Nottage

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

Horoscope

Tunnel Vision: Mosley's Hypnotic Middle Eastern Fiction

A-M-O-R Spells Mozart

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

Horoscope

Mind the Gaps

Vive L'Amour

On His Back

Is This the End of Iron Mike?

Fire Down Below

Ace in the Hole

Billy Wilder, 1906–2002

Nation

Search and Rescue Operations

Losing the Plot at Sundance

The Real Andrew Sullivan Scandal

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

Wild Thing

Blake Brings Heaven and Hell to the Met

Occupational Hazards

Four-Letter Law

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

Beyond Advanced Placement

Prep schools rethink a standard

Founding Fodder