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  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez Charged With Attempting to Assassinate Barack Obama

    A 21-year-old man from Idaho, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, has been charged with attempting to assassinate Barack Obama. He allegedly fired shots at the White House last Friday night. Later, Ortega-Hernandez's abandoned Honda Accord, containing an assault rifle with scope, ammunition, an "aluminum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Love Letter Arrives 53 Years Late, When Everyone Rather Dislikes Each Other

    ​The story of the mysterious found letter written to Clark Moore by his then-girlfriend Vonnie in 1958, a letter that somehow failed to arrive at the California University of Pennsylvania, where he was a junior, at the time, has captured the romantic imaginations of people who want to believe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Dennis Pogue Gives Us a History Lesson That Involves Making George Washington's Whiskey

    (This is not Dennis Pogue.)​Whiskey is as American as apple pie. At least that's what Dennis Pogue, chief archaeologist at Mount Vernon, would have you believe. Over the last several years, he's spent much of his time making George Washington's whiskey (our first president was a distiller, in ... More >>

  • Film

    May 11, 2010

    Migrating Forms and the Search for Meaning

    All avant-garde all the time at Anthology

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    I've Hit Rock Bottom! I Played Beer Pong!

    ​Somebody stop me now because my worst nightmare has come true. The other night, I found myself fully conscious and in charge of my actions, yet actually playing a game of Beer Pong at a local gay bar! I always thought this was the trap door to rock bottom--that surely someone who went to an ... More >>

  • Art

    September 29, 2009

    Robert Frank's Real America

    The photographer who changed the way we look at—and depict—ourselves.

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Amok Time: Star Trek Provokes Political Gibberish

    Oh boy, the new Star Trek movie is here! Can we just go to the theater and forget about mundane crap like politics? Fat chance. This is 2009, baby -- everything is politics. Newsweek started the ball rolling by announcing, "Spock's cool, analytical nature feels more fascinating and topical than e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Voters Persist in Voting

    Oh boy, the new Star Trek movie is here! Can we just go to the theater and forget about mundane crap like politics? Fat chance. This is 2009, baby -- everything is politics. Newsweek started the ball rolling by announcing, "Spock's cool, analytical nature feels more fascinating and topical than e ... More >>

  • News

    July 29, 2008
  • News

    December 18, 2007

    Motel Sucks

    Exploiting a Depression-era loophole, more landlords are booting renters for short-term hotel guests

  • News

    October 30, 2007

    The Million-Dollar Jackpot

    A Brooklyn dope dealer hid it in a closet. A robbery crew found it. One gangster got screwdrivered to death. Another one just got screwed.

  • Screens

    September 12, 2006

    A Memorial at Once Visceral and Sober

    A Brooklyn dope dealer hid it in a closet. A robbery crew found it. One gangster got screwdrivered to death. Another one just got screwed.

  • Film

    April 11, 2006

    A Flight to Remember

    Bloody Tuesday: Paul Greengrass's visceral cine-memorial stakes its claim to authenticity

  • Music

    January 17, 2006

    Music

    Bloody Tuesday: Paul Greengrass's visceral cine-memorial stakes its claim to authenticity

  • Specials

    November 8, 2005

    Letters

    Bloody Tuesday: Paul Greengrass's visceral cine-memorial stakes its claim to authenticity

  • VLS

    November 1, 2005

    Humbert: An Introduction

    Jerome David Salinger, Author of Lolita

  • Specials

    January 18, 2005

    Letter to the Editor

    Jerome David Salinger, Author of Lolita

  • News

    September 25, 2001

    Working-Class Heroes

    Towering Losses, Towering Deeds

  • Theater

    October 12, 1999

    Weakened in the Country

    Towering Losses, Towering Deeds

  • News

    March 2, 1999

    Virtual Bill

    Assault Charges Hit President, Right Revives

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