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Free Will Astrology: February 22-28, 2012

Newt Gingrich is a Ridiculous Candidate for President -- Which Explains His Rise

Last week, when we told you Newt Gingrich was the GOP's flavor of the month, you could have been forgiven for being skeptical. That Newt Gingrich? The former Speaker of the House who pissed off most of the country by shutting down the government? Who was fined by Congress for ethics violations? Who ... More >>

Satirizing War in Technicolor: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Last week, when we told you Newt Gingrich was the GOP's flavor of the month, you could have been forgiven for being skeptical. That Newt Gingrich? The former Speaker of the House who pissed off most of the country by shutting down the government? Who was fined by Congress for ethics violations? Who ... More >>

What You Can Learn About Rick Perry From His Interview in Parade Magazine

​Rick Perry gave an interview to Parade Magazine (this week's issue was, yet again, almost completely devoid of any coverage on parades or the parade-attending lifestyle) and people are needling him for comments he made about Barack Obama's birth certificate. He told the interviewer that he ha ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: September 21-27, 2011

​Rick Perry gave an interview to Parade Magazine (this week's issue was, yet again, almost completely devoid of any coverage on parades or the parade-attending lifestyle) and people are needling him for comments he made about Barack Obama's birth certificate. He told the interviewer that he ha ... More >>

"Horrors of War" Playing Cards Available For a Mere $6,000

​For one of the most unsettling collector's items available, look no further than the new "Horrors of War" trading card collection. Cards range from "Atomic Bomb" to "Highway of Death," and cover every war from WWII to our current war on terror. You can also buy the signature of Winston Church ... More >>

Five Dishes Worth Traveling From Anywhere To Get

​The steamed fish head with pickled chili sauce is a Hunanese miracle. Reviewing restaurants requires a long lag time, and two or three months often separate the first time I visit a place and when the critique appears in print. But sometimes, dishes are so exciting, that I can't wait to tel ... More >>

R.I.P., Possible Great Gatsby Mansion

​We were warned this would happen, but it's still a sad day for nostalgists and fans of F. Scott. The Wall Street Journal, which has a pretty dramatic picture of the razing, reports that the Sands Point, New York, mansion believed by some to have inspired The Great Gatsby has been demolished. ... More >>

Possible 'Great Gatsby' Mansion to Be Razed to Build Houses for Rich People

​Sigh. A mansion on Sands Point, above Long Island Sound, that "some F. Scott Fitzgerald scholars believe served as inspiration for portions of The Great Gatsby" is going to be torn down to allow for the building of a five-lot subdivision full of $10 million homes. While it's not known for cer ... More >>

Minnie, the McSorley's Cat, Dishes About Her Sex Life, Beer Preferences, and How She Feels About Bowery Gentrification (EXCLUSIVE!)

Courtesy Minnie McSorley, from her Facebook page​Yesterday we mentioned that Minnie, the McSorley's cat facing a lawsuit from a woman who claims she was "seriously injured" by the mid-sized feline, has a Facebook page. Curious to hear Minnie's perspective on her legal drama, we got in touch, a ... More >>

The King's Speech: How Therapy Saved Monarchy

Courtesy Minnie McSorley, from her Facebook page​Yesterday we mentioned that Minnie, the McSorley's cat facing a lawsuit from a woman who claims she was "seriously injured" by the mid-sized feline, has a Facebook page. Curious to hear Minnie's perspective on her legal drama, we got in touch, a ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: November 10 through 16

Courtesy Minnie McSorley, from her Facebook page​Yesterday we mentioned that Minnie, the McSorley's cat facing a lawsuit from a woman who claims she was "seriously injured" by the mid-sized feline, has a Facebook page. Curious to hear Minnie's perspective on her legal drama, we got in touch, a ... More >>

Richard M. Nixon, Cinephile

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 20, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 34 Film in Focus By Andrew Sarris President Richard M. Nixon may not be quite the cinephile his recent press notices would seem to suggest. Or so we are led to believe by a recent Variety follow-up to the ... More >>

Sad Things for Lonely People: 85% of America Knows What Twitter Is

​According to a new Pew Research report, we are a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma (or maybe that was Winston Churchill talking about Russia) but at any rate, damn, we are confusing! And complex! And, chained to our computers, all the better to tweet to other persons who are chaine ... More >>

The World's Ugliest Jugs

This crying clown toby jug seems on the verge of murdering someone.​Stories abound about the origin of the toby jug. It was supposedly named after Toby Fillpot, an 18th-Century British drinker whose real name was Harold Elwes. His claim to fame was that he had downed over 2000 gallons of "stro ... More >>

The Queens Zoo and Art Museum Are Worth a Trip

Julie Larson Maher​I'm always so relentlessly Manhattan-centric, as if nothing else exists in New York, but a recent train voyage to Queens proved my self-imposed limitations have been a bit silly.

Hound of the Baskervilles and Adventures of Sherlock Holmes on DVD

Choose Basil Rathbone over Robert Downey

Clip Job: Goldstein Bemoans the Transformation of Judy Collins

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. December 22, 1966, Vol. XII, No. 10 Pop Bag By Richard Goldstein This is going to be a cop-out column of short ends and gristle. I hope you find it digestible: Judy Collins' transition from Joan Baez's kid sister to Barbra Streisand ... More >>

Obama's Afghan Surge Proves He's Trying to Lose, Say Rightbloggers

In his West Point speech on Tuesday, President Obama announced 30,000 fresh troops would be delivered to Afghanistan early next year. He also said that "after 18 months, our troops will begin to come home." "Begin to come home" is a vague term, perhaps purposefully so. In the 2007 surge, three a ... More >>

Booze News--Ludacris Launches Cognac; Gastropubs Lag in Gastronomy

The farm-to-glass movement parallels the farm-to-table movement, only the chefs are of the bar variety. Such bar chefs prefer to shop for fresh produce at farmers markets and organic-food stores, and shun pre-mixed syrups and bottled juices. [USA Today] Upscale gastropubs are getting the pub part r ... More >>

Clip Job: Hentoff Remembers the Maine

The farm-to-glass movement parallels the farm-to-table movement, only the chefs are of the bar variety. Such bar chefs prefer to shop for fresh produce at farmers markets and organic-food stores, and shun pre-mixed syrups and bottled juices. [USA Today] Upscale gastropubs are getting the pub part r ... More >>

Secrecy

The farm-to-glass movement parallels the farm-to-table movement, only the chefs are of the bar variety. Such bar chefs prefer to shop for fresh produce at farmers markets and organic-food stores, and shun pre-mixed syrups and bottled juices. [USA Today] Upscale gastropubs are getting the pub part r ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: April 9 through 15

The farm-to-glass movement parallels the farm-to-table movement, only the chefs are of the bar variety. Such bar chefs prefer to shop for fresh produce at farmers markets and organic-food stores, and shun pre-mixed syrups and bottled juices. [USA Today] Upscale gastropubs are getting the pub part r ... More >>

John Belluso's The Poor Itch

Sadness Pervades

John Belluso's The Poor Itch

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Women's Work

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The Young Ones

The landlords just put the rent up from $3,200. They're just fucking ripping us off.

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Murderous Maniacs in Fallujah

The landlords just put the rent up from $3,200. They're just fucking ripping us off.

Brave New Hamburger

Researchers cook up far-out ways to grow meat

Blair and Dubya: War and Words

Researchers cook up far-out ways to grow meat

Bombs Away

The truth about pilots, the pope, pot, and the Nazis' favorite dwarfs

Media Culpa

From the Dean scream to Abu Ghraib: a highlight reel from a year's worth of press bashing

Friday Night! What a Riot!

From the Dean scream to Abu Ghraib: a highlight reel from a year's worth of press bashing

Harrumph Roast

From the Dean scream to Abu Ghraib: a highlight reel from a year's worth of press bashing

Smile—That's the Ticket!

With Edwards in the room, Hillary's not exactly the life of her party

Close-Up on Cobble Hill

With Edwards in the room, Hillary's not exactly the life of her party

That's My Bushranger

Aussie renegade heroism and British dental derring-do thrive against overwhelming odds

How the U.S. 'Master Race' Helped Breed Selective Science

Aussie renegade heroism and British dental derring-do thrive against overwhelming odds

Letters

Aussie renegade heroism and British dental derring-do thrive against overwhelming odds

Where The Toys Are

Boss Tweed, de Tocqueville, and Hot Tubs at Here

Road Scholar

Boss Tweed, de Tocqueville, and Hot Tubs at Here

Ashes and Diamonds

'Blithe Spirit—The Windsor Set' at the Met

Speaker's Corner

'Blithe Spirit—The Windsor Set' at the Met

Horoscope

'Blithe Spirit—The Windsor Set' at the Met

Beat Manifestos

'Blithe Spirit—The Windsor Set' at the Met

Nation

'Blithe Spirit—The Windsor Set' at the Met

Into the Wood

Two-Room Apartment In Turn-Of-The-Century Row House