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The Mayor of Sneakerdom

A cautionary tale laced with obsession

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Blog

Runnin' Scared

Former NY Supreme Court Judge Convicted of Extortion

Thu Aug 27, 5:57 PM

?A former New York State Supreme Court Justice with ties to the Republican Party was convicted by a federal jury in Albany today of soliciting bribes from an lawyer with cases pending before him. Justice Thomas Spargo, an election law... More >>

Jeremy Piven Gets Away with Fishy Excuse for Bolting Broadway Show

Thu Aug 27, 4:51 PM

Remember when Jeremy Piven abruptly left Broadway's Speed-the-Plow, claiming mercury poisoning? Producers were enraged, and took Piven to arbitration to recoup losses owing to the star's departure. Today they lost, arbitrators from Actors Equity... More >>

GOP Clears the Air with Poll About Obamacare Killing Old People, Republicans Etc.

Thu Aug 27, 4:04 PM

?The Republican National Committee has been sending a "2009 Future of American Health Survey" around to folks down south. Among the questions: It has been suggested that the government could use voter registration to determine a person's... More >>

Agency Sues to Defend Its Horrible, Soul-Deadening Product Placement Idea

Thu Aug 27, 3:23 PM

A little firm called Denizen is suing the J. Walter Thompson ad agency because its recent creepy TV ad gimmick closely resembles a creepy TV ad gimmick they showed JWT years ago. The offending ads, for Microsoft web engine... More >>

News Features «

Features

  • The Mayor of Sneakerdom
    A cautionary tale laced with obsession
    Tuesday, August 25
    Mark Farese is a man with two feet and 1,400 pairs of sneakers. In his New Jersey basement, plastic shoeboxes line the floor in rows and stack up... More >>
  • Letters: August 25, 2009
    Tuesday, August 25
    The Tarantino furor Re J. Hoberman's review of Inglourious Basterds ['Quentin's Final Solution!' August 19–25]: Like every other... More >>
  • Quentin Tarantino: The Inglourious Basterds Interview
    Two decades after the severed ear of Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino serves up Hitler's head on a plate
    Tuesday, August 18
    Seventeen years ago, when Reservoir Dogs was setting American cinema on fire, Quentin Tarantino drove up to his favorite watering hole, a... More >>
  • Inside the Heads of Obama's Health Care Town-Hall Rowdies
    Tuesday, August 18
    In the reports from the health care town halls that some frightened politicians have been holding with their constituents ("Raucous Crowd Greets... More >>
  • Letters: August 19, 2009
    Tuesday, August 18
    Reds, whites, and the blues Re Graham Rayman's 'High and Dry' [August 12–18]: Thanks for the inside dish regarding the beverage industry.... More >>
  • What Do You Have To Do To Get a Bottle of Wine Around Here?
    Why you still can't buy wine with your groceries in New York
    Tuesday, August 11
    People in New York and other big cities love to ridicule places in flyover country, like Kansas or Utah, for their "blue laws"—arcane... More >>
  • Letters: August 12, 2009
    Tuesday, August 11
    Broadcast news Re Tom Robbins's 'Inside the Mayor's Studio' [August 5–11]: Interesting piece. Certainly it did seem as if NYC-TV went from... More >>
  • Inside the Mayor's Studio: NYC-TV's Secrets of New York
    The many scams of Bloomberg's hip TV execs
    Tuesday, August 04
    This spring, a potential minor disaster loomed in the otherwise charmed life of Mike Bloomberg's administration. A top official at NYC-TV was... More >>

National

News from Coast to Coast

Broward - Palm Beach

James Randi has been worshiped by nonbelievers and doubters. So what will free thinkers do when he's gone?

On stage in a spacious Las Vegas banquet hall sits a nervous-looking, dark-haired Danish woman... More >>

Dallas

Dallas' Homeless Turn To The Bridge for Food, Shelter and a New Start

A silver bracelet dangles from her wrist as she clasps her cell phone in her left hand. She... More >>

Denver

Kenny Be's 2008 DNC Dream Days: One Year Later

This week's feature is a cartoon by Kenny Be. See it on the Latest Word blog.More >>

Houston

No More Bull

The past, present and future of the Texans breaking our hearts
It is time again for the newest of Houston traditions — the annual point in August when... More >>

Kansas City

Still at war, the Army opens a new front: against soldier suicide

Jim Haus barreled down a dusty road to Kuwait, piloting an M816 recovery truck. Sitting behind... More >>

Miami

The God of Skeptics

Heretics, nonbelievers, and doubters worship the Amazing Randi. So what will free thinkers do when he's gone?
Onstage in a spacious Las Vegas banquet hall sits a nervous-looking, dark-haired Danish woman... More >>

Minneapolis

Tony Sutton: Savior of Minnesota's Republican Party?

"Relentless" Sutton leading state's GOP out of the wilderness
In 1984, Tony Sutton took a long walk home. It was early September, and the 17-year-old Hibbing... More >>

Phoenix

Burning Man: An Attorney Says He Escaped His Blazing Home Using Scuba Gear; Now He’s Charged with Arson

Shortly before Phoenix Fire Department investigators arrested Michael Marin for allegedly... More >>

San Francisco

The Demystifying Adventures of the Amazing Randi

On a stage in a spacious Las Vegas banquet hall sits a nervous-looking, dark-haired Danish... More >>

St. Louis

The God of Skeptics: Heretics, nonbelievers and doubters worship "The Amazing Randi." So what will free thinkers do when he's gone?

Onstage in a spacious Las Vegas banquet hall sits a nervous-looking, dark-haired Danish woman... More >>

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  • The Strip-Search Room

    Students manhandled by police in Bloomberg's schools have no place to complain

    By Nat Hentoff

    When our mayor and schools chancellor accept awards from national education organizations for regenerating New York City's schools, they somehow...

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  • Nat Hentoff's Last Column: The 50-Year Veteran Says Goodbye

    I used to say, 'I've been at the Voice since the Civil War.' But now I'm off to other combats.

    By Nat Hentoff

    I've borrowed Woody Guthrie's 1942 song to report that this is my last column for the Voice. I'm not retiring; I've never forgotten my exchange on...

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  • Federal Court Defendants Joel Klein & Ray Kelly

    Our Education Mayor remains silent about police abuses of students in public schools

    By Nat Hentoff

    While Joel Klein was among those being seriously considered by Barack Obama for Secretary of Education—Chicago Superintendent Arne Duncan...

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  • Obama's Black Widow

    Thanks to Bush and Obama, the National Security Agency now knows more about you

    By Nat Hentoff

    Barack Obama will be in charge of the biggest domestic and international spying operation in history. Its prime engine is the National Security...

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  • What Obama Doesn't Know

    Much has been hidden from the new president by the Bush team

    By Nat Hentoff

    No presidential transition team in recent history has ranged as widely as Barack Obama's in its attempt to find out what minefields he may be...

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