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Homo-Haters Grumble as Conn. Gets Gay Marriage
Fri Oct 10, 4:40 PM
Be nice to your conservative friends (or, if you don't have any conservative friends, your conservative boss or banker) -- this has been a horrible week for them. First the crash, then Obama's growing lead, then they lost a Buckley,... More >>
Pol Calls Mayor "Drunk," Thompson Enlists Churches in Term Limits War
Fri Oct 10, 4:04 PM
Here's a contender for the quote of the day in the Great Term Limits War as it raged this afternoon outside City Hall: "Power is intoxicating, and he's drunk on it. It's time to get him to AA." That was... More >>
Oh No They Di'n't: "Barack Osama" on Upstate Absentee Ballots
Fri Oct 10, 3:21 PM
Whoops: on absentee ballots printed up for bucolic Rensselaer County, NY, Barack Obama's name is rendered "Barack Osama." About 300 voters have received these ballots, but they probably think that's his name anyway: the county is very Republican,... More >>
Tom and Katie Bring Glamour into Our Humdrum Lives
Fri Oct 10, 1:36 PM
In these tumultuous times, thank fuck for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. TomKatCrazy reports that "Katie Holmes Has Fallen in Love with New York," and quotes an "inside source" who sounds very much like a publicist that "LA is more... More >>
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Letters 10.08.08Wednesday, October 08Hentoff in the dock Re Nat Hentoff's 'Bush in the Dock' [Ocober 1–7]: After reading this column on an investigation of possible Bush... More >>
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Watching the V.P. Debate with Young, Black, Palin-Proud RepublicansWatching the chronic winker with her outnumbered, seemingly unlikely supportersBy Chloe HilliardWednesday, October 08The young black Republicans had arranged, at the Voice's request, to meet at SideBar near Union Square to watch the vice-presidential debate last... More >>
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The Book of Sarah (Palin)Strafing the Palin recordBy Wayne BarrettWednesday, October 08Along with the winks and folksy "doggone" moments early in her debate with Joe Biden last week, Sarah Palin repeated her familiar claim to the... More >> -
Columbia Ignores PerilWhen Klaus Jacob talks, important people take action. Except the important people paying him.By Elizabeth DwoskinWednesday, October 01Columbia geophysicist Klaus Jacob is such a highly regarded expert on urban environmental disasters related to climate change that governments... More >> -
A Hip Young Couple Clears Out Low-Rent Tenants for its Television and Playroom NeedsGeneration excess comes to Prospect HeightsBy Maria Luisa TuckerWednesday, October 01In 2006, Dan Bailey and Felicity Loughrey, with the financial backing of another couple, purchased an eight-unit residential building in Prospect... More >> -
Letters 10.01.08By VariousWednesday, October 01Re-running for president Re J. Hoberman's 'What We Learned at the Movies This Summer' [September 17–23]: I find weak the comparison... More >>
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No Witness Protection for Mobster Turned Snitch Joe Campy. PS: He's Hiding in Plain Sight.PPS: He has a web site.By Sean GardinerTuesday, September 23After Joseph "Joe Campy" Campanella spent 20 years as a loyal mobster for the Colombos, the family bumped off his mentor. Then they shot Joe... More >> -
Former Mets/Yankees Reflect on the Stadiums Facing DemolitionBy Rob TrucksWednesday, September 17It's impolite to speak ill of the dead, so let's make this quick: Shea Stadium—smothered in something between a blue and purple semi-gloss... More >>
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Broward - Palm Beach
Roller Jam: Every night is '80s night at South Florida roller rinks
Dallas
DISD In the Hole
Teachers get axed and parents fret as Dallas' school leaders scramble to cover a budget hole
Denver
America's promise to protect asylum-seekers gets lost in the paperwork
Houston
Ronald Taylor Is One of Perhaps Hundreds of Innocent People Harris County Has Sent to Prison
Our local justice system would prefer to leave them there
Kansas City
The Ghosts of St. Elizabeth: For Kansas City's Catholic sex-abuse victims, this was a parish of pain.
Miami
Every Night Is Eighties Night at South Florida Skating Rinks
Remember couples skate? Suede rentals? Cheap pizza? They all live on at the roller rink.
Minneapolis
Skate or die: Life with the MN Roller Girls
The rough-and-tumble Roller Girls punch, smack, and kick their way to victory at the rink
Phoenix
A Mormon Widower Wasn’t Counting on a Murder Rap When He Followed His Late Wife’s Instruction to Marry His Ex-Lover
San Francisco
Building Overtime
Off-duty police officers making time and a half are swarming over construction sites, handing out tickets. Only in S.F.
St. Louis
Abracadabra: St. Louis has become a flourishing place for magicians
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John McCain's Vegas Getaway
Did a felonious ex–Giuliani aide pick up the tab?
By Tom Robbins
Mid-November 2000 was a time when hardcore Republicans rushed south to fight the battle of Florida and win the presidency for George W. Bush. But...
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The Real Soap Opera Behind Daytime TV's New Judge
Jeanine Pirro gets a grilling in the real courts
By Tom Robbins
Before there was Sarah Palin, there was Jeanine Pirro, another energetic, good-looking brunette eager to throw conservative punches at liberal...
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The Backstory of the Financial Collapse
Call it Gall Street. How else to describe an industry that applauds nearly $500 million in bonuses for executives taking an entire economy down with them?
By Tom Robbins
Here's one small bit of payback that angry and frustrated New Yorkers could easily bestow on the grasping financial merchants behind last week's...
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Veteran Pol Tony Seminerio and Bribe-Taking in Albany
Bribes and blatant nepotism in the senate. What else is new?
By Tom Robbins
What trips up most crooks, investigators say, is a firm belief that they're too smart to get caught. That had to be the working rationale behind...
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Mike Bloomberg Is The Eternal Mayor
How the mogul politician hatched his latest ploy to stay in play
By Tom Robbins
Mike Bloomberg awoke in the morning feeling great, although he wasn't sure why. He had been in a funk all summer. Every day brought a reminder...
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The Next American Revolution: When It Becomes Necessary To Bring King George to Justice
When, in the course of human events, it can't wait any longer
By Nat Hentoff
A revolutionary, Thomas Jefferson, provided the reason for continuing the project started at the Robert H. Jackson Conference on Planning for the...
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Considering the War-Crimes Trial of the Bush Administration
Who will lead Bush's defense team—Rudy Giuliani?
By Nat Hentoff
Over the weekend of September 13 and 14, a historic gathering in Andover, Massachusetts, took place and garnered little media attention. But at...
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When Is Obama Going to Start Talking About Bush's 'Dark Side'?
By Nat Hentoff
On C-Span, Dana Priest—the first reporter to break the story of CIA torture as an American Policy in "the war on terror" (Washington Post,...
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Bloomberg Writes His Own Report Card
Thankfully, there's no term limit on the Constitution and its protection of students
By Nat Hentoff
Our mayor, basking in his 70 percent approval rate, declared on September 3 that the state legislature will surely extend mayoral control of the...
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Back to School With Ray Kelly's Bullies on Patrol
Another fall begins with the Police Commissioner's henchmen in control
By Nat Hentoff
With all the news about Stalin's rebirth in Georgia and how many homes John McCain has, little attention was paid to an August rally at City Hall...
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Baby-Mama Drama and Deadbeat Dads Cathy Middleton has become black radio's favorite expert on child support
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What We Learned about the Election in This Summer's Movies From the multiplex to the stump: It's caped crusader versus community organizer, and the end is nigh
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Should the New 9/11 Museum Tell the Whole Truth? Victims' families say yes.
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