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Fear on SNL, 1981: “It’s great to be here in New Jersey”
Always heard about...
Dec 2nd
test, soon to be deleted
Dec 2nd
Lock breaks his contextual blogging silence since the Abrams Scandal surfaced: “I just hope...
Dec 1st
We’re still not sure what to make of Choire Sicha blogging about the Britney Spears MTV...
Dec 1st
Nintendo DS or Play Station Portable?
Doing my part to turn this world around from the inside out, in the belly of the American beast...
Dec 1st
“Television news is more “consultant” heavy and flack-driven and non-transparent...
Dec 1st
There might be some MSM apologists in our ranks but you know what? Fuck NBC News and Fuck Brian...
Dec 1st
My Genius Idea For Solving Two World...
lindsayrobertson: This was a get out of bed in the middle of the nighter! Are you ready? Here it...
Dec 1st
Countdown to rehashing my old “Scar-Fucking Tina Fey” post in 5, 4, 3…oh fuck it,...
Dec 1st
Rickie Lee Jones?? (Yeah, I had to Google those lyrics.) Obviously it was too much to expect The...
Dec 1st
katiebakes:
thehils:
SOMEONE’s getting booked outside my...
Dec 1st
So where are we with Hillary’s Senate seat? I’m inclined to say “fuck...
Dec 1st
Page Six runs into the intersection of cool, culture, community and caring for kids:
‘TIS the...
Dec 1st
The Jew York Stock Exchange.
Dec 1st
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Zionist mating rituals.
Dec 1st
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Katie blogs the New York Times to soften the edges. Read it and weep: here, here, here and (whew!)...
Dec 1st
Monday night’s reading with Amitav Ghosh should be something special, for obvious reasons....
Nov 30th
Please Visit Your National Parks
Nov 30th
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It’s just another Scriabin Sunday.
Nov 30th
Earth Thirst: a window into our stream of consciousness.
Nov 29th
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Sweet Caro:
Thunder Road (Live) - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
If you bought one...
Nov 29th
I could listen to Cornel West all day. If you’re not prepared for such a commitment, try 10...
Nov 29th
Scott invited you to “Festive LGBT Event with Manhattan Borough President Scott M....
Nov 29th
We didn’t start the fire but we’re finishing the...
Nov 29th
“It is one of history’s great ironies that the...
Nov 28th
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“Come on Pilgrim, you know He loves you…”
Related: Larry Norman
Nov 28th
Far away from Palm Desert and Valley Stream, we’re...
Nov 28th
I’m alive, currently resting in the lovely hamlet of Salisbury in Litchfield County,...
Nov 28th
Since Krucoff is in a food coma or something, I’ll go ahead and post this link to the most...
Nov 28th
newfaceofevil: “This is the best you can do? Really?”
Actually, we thought this was....
Nov 27th
Inside the Activists’ Studio. We’ll be there.
Nov 26th
Lock is now sending coded messages about the Abrams fiasco via Dodgeball:
“Hey there, your...
Nov 26th
With interest but no opinion or stake in the discussion, we present this exchange between Rex...
Nov 26th
And Dan-O, you can shut the fuck up now:
“I guess having Lock[hart Steele, founder of Curbed...
Nov 26th
Someone recently took the balls off this bull because he was sick of running into people he realized...
Nov 26th
Before we head out to spend Thanksgiving at a community food program in East Harlem, we’d like...
Nov 26th
Rex, I’m surprised you didn’t disclose that your picture appears on the Abrams Research...
Nov 26th
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And then there’s this, Oliver Stone’s best film in ever: Salvador. Bonus awesome: Jim...
Nov 26th
If it’s not apparent to studious observers of YM by now, I am reblogging the holy fuck out of...
Nov 26th
“What happens to us when we exclude millions of poor people from existence? The most forgotten...
Nov 26th
Peretz bitchslaps Peres on the Prez connection. No comment from Perez.
Nov 26th
Goat? No way. She’d send the kid.
Nov 25th
Speaking of both giving (and taking) and the odds of it happening, what’s the over-under on YM...
Nov 25th
I’d like to help you son but you’re too young to gloat… No promotion? Damn dude, I...
Nov 25th
He’s right: not giving to Darfur puts the ‘Dar’ in Darfur, but you know what is...
Nov 25th
Geez Katie, cut her some slack! Maybe the goat stopped making trips to the post office.
Nov 25th
Be forewarned: when I was a big winner in Biloxi he made me use my winnings to support the local...
Nov 25th
DON’T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY. I’m having trouble finding any “fun” in this...
Nov 25th
Thalif Deen, IPS U.N Bureau Chief: Will nuclear disarmament, under an Obama administration, be...
Nov 25th
YOU MISSED THE POINT.
If I win any money this weekend at home (chances: zero to FAIL) I’ll...
Nov 25th
Actually, Foster, they do read blogs. It’s the donating of money and volunteering of time that...
Nov 25th
Damn, kid. Don’t you know? PEOPLE DON’T READ BLOGS ANYMORE. Now: donate money.
Nov 25th
While I was aware the 92nd Street Y is involved in outreach and providing scholarships to area...
Nov 25th
Good luck Jolie, I don’t see a spare minute to fill a soup ladle with yummy turkey chili in...
Nov 25th
All They Wanna Do Is...And...And Take Your...
Nov 25th
Thanks Danny Schechter, this is depressing:
Here are twenty indicators that could lead us ever...
Nov 25th
Meanwhile, some of us have loving mothers who call us at 5:00 on the Monday before Thanksgiving,...
Nov 24th
Thanksgiving came early for some of us last night.
Nov 24th
Well, I told you guys I’d be there … in spirit.
Thank you thank you.
Nov 24th
Lesson from Saturday night’s viewing of VALLEY GIRL: no.
Nov 24th
All They Wanna Do Is...And...And Take...
Last week, sitting in the office sometime late at night (or at least: “late” for someone...
Nov 24th
“2008 marks the 20th anniversary of Multinational Monitor’s annual list of the 10 Worst...
Nov 24th
Sam Norich, publisher of the Forward, and Dan Sieradski (aka...
Nov 24th
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Robert Hazard, Escalator of Life - Song of My Youth (Eli)
Nov 23rd
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So much to enjoy here, but wait for Sally Kellerman.
Nov 22nd
The best part about the Emily Gould-compiled “Moments That Mattered” is the accompanying...
Nov 22nd
Original SNL writer and comedy producer journeyman Alan Zweibel on the Catskills era of the $7 joke...
Nov 21st
Just a reminder, we’ll be here on Sunday. Jews Uniting to End the War & Heal America:...
Nov 21st
I’m browsing the new Counterpoint/Soft Skull catalog and considering how much we liked the...
Nov 21st
Peter Holsapple hits one with Anatomy of a Flop (via Kottke). There was a summer during the mid 80s...
Nov 21st
It’s around the time of year that I think about this post. The links are now dead like trees...
Nov 20th
Desperate Drinking In Desperate Times
Nov 20th
oldmanhattanite:
youngmanhattanite:
Email Alert from NY Cares… New York Magaine’s Indie Rock...
Nov 20th
Ed Koch on his depression as Mayor: “I in fact became, what I believe to be, clinically...
Nov 20th
Email Alert from NY Cares… New York Magaine’s Indie Rock Karaoke, Wed., Dec. 3: Rock out...
Nov 20th
Great piece of Journalism (deserves the capital J) by Laura Rozen: The Adventures of a K Street...
Nov 20th
Digital Youth Project: If you care about kids and want to understand how they use technology and...
Nov 20th
OK Rex, I’ll bite. On that “storied” night I stood in line (on line? I forget but...
Nov 20th
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Allison Carvalho: Guitar from Ipanema
Nov 20th
I swear, Election Day feels like FOREVER ago. Remember who you voted for? I do.
Nov 19th
Take that, Forward! “Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents...
Nov 19th
oldmanhattanite:
youngmanhattanite:
Hello Bad Economy, I’m hiring! Web Content Developer job at...
Nov 19th
NYPress on the End of the Knitting Factory. Questions remain: Will 92YTribeca fill the void??...
Nov 19th
Hello Bad Economy, I’m hiring! Web Content Developer job at the Y. Looking for someone who can...
Nov 19th
Bin There, Done That: This morning we helped the students...
Nov 19th
It wasn’t nearly run-on enough. Speaking of run-on, check out this Lauren Collins comma...
Nov 19th
Are you saying *I* wrote that? Because you would be mistaken. Must’ve been that Curt dude...
Nov 19th
True, I guess this could have been interpreted to mean gossip.
Nov 19th
Gee, great, put your sketchy drug-dropping posts here why don’t you! I guess your mom reads...
Nov 19th
I just apologized to my dope guy for not tipping him (give back to your local underground economy!...
Nov 19th
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ninety9:
Now that socialism is in vogue, we should start listening to some of the classic socialist...
Nov 18th
YM hearts Caro. That is all.
Nov 18th
Is everyone still linking to The 7 Greatest Stories in the History of Esquire Magazine? Great. Five...
Nov 18th
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German band Wir Sind Helden makes twee indie music with girls and then makes a music video that...
Nov 18th
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alexbalk:
You forgot one.
Ha, if we’re going Style Council then this one would work too.
Nov 18th
Molly Young + Israel. How could we not link?
Nov 18th
Your media career as outlined by Paul Weller, except it wasn’t this cool: Absolute Beginners...
Nov 18th
This is a little old but I was just thinking it might be...
Nov 18th
Typepad’s Journalist Bailout Program: Let’s see, Choire Sicha and Megan McArdle are for...
Nov 18th
Here’s your daily State Of The Media: me, at work,...
Nov 18th
Jews Uniting to End the War and Heal America: Organizing for Action: A Daylong Call to Conscience...
Nov 18th
So if that Elizabeth Peyton show wasn’t up right now, there wouldn’t be any ad revenue...
Nov 18th
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The word of the day is “friend”. Go. (You’re the blond on the right with the...
Nov 17th
Friends.
Nov 17th
You know what? Fuck Ron Rosenbaum and Fuck Jeffrey Goldberg. (L’Shanah Tovah, fellas!) While...
Nov 17th
Oooh, go enter Radosh’s New Yorker Cartoon Anti-Caption Contest this week for a chance to win...
Nov 17th
Theodor Herzl beyond the grave: Compassionate Zionism.
Nov 17th
I mentioned super cool Elliott Sharp before, now you can listen to a podcast with him and read a...
Nov 17th
caro:
Krucoff, you are sweaty.
Ha, unfortunately I come from the poster family for hyperhidrosis.
Nov 17th
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“This is a 20 minute film that explores the work of Mississippi Gulf Coast artist Lori K....
Nov 17th
chelsaskees:
Staying out until 4.30am dancing with...
Nov 17th
The Kru-Cut: Before, After, Hipster Fix
Perhaps a...
Nov 17th
In the city, the mighty city, the fail...
I have been living in the same apartment for exactly 13 years and one day. On the night of the...
Nov 17th
Wanda Sykes - black, gay and proud - is one of the few notable graduates of my high school, a list...
Nov 17th
Yes, yes it is.
Nov 16th
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Is this one too easy?
Nov 16th
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Sure, sure. Athens, GA Inside/Out. In that Kurt Cobain way, Peter Buck used to lament how much...
Nov 16th
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Thanks to Obama, people will never think of the president as a dead white guy ever again. President...
Nov 16th
Anyone else want to add to the rock doc theme of the day? 99? Fek? KATIE??
Nov 16th
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Being that X is one of my favorite bands, I pretty much feel like an asshole for having never seen...
Nov 16th
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You might like this one, cold hearted cynical son of a bitch that you are.
Nov 16th
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There was that time 2003, maybe it was 2004… (Christ you’re old.) (Also, can’t...
Nov 16th
“Identities get postulated by people who are trying to break out of categories and escape that...
Nov 16th
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bantr:
“C is the Heavenly Option”
Fletcher
1992
Nice. One of my favorite songs. Here’s...
Nov 16th
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In the history of popular music, this is near perfection.
Nov 15th
Dressed in all black and armed with $20 worth of canned...
Nov 15th
Old blog favorite Slavs of New York has been updating lately with walking tours and other stuff....
Nov 15th
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Study Links Unattractiveness to Lawlessness:
The study results...
Nov 15th
A new Rex Sorgatz Production: I’m Just Sayin’ Show. This is somewhere between...
Nov 14th
justsayjolie:
So here’s the plan: find an old folks home for the Irish in need of volunteers to...
Nov 14th
The 2008 Forward 50, an annual list of individuals who, “by words and deeds … shaped...
Nov 14th
I suspect that the real reason the Democrats are so far failing to act has less to do with...
Nov 14th
Not to be outdone, here’s another friend on video eating a Krispy Kremed In-n-Out Burger. His...
Nov 14th
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Mike Tully pulls a Merlin out of his ass.
Nov 14th
Image: Jerk House 11.08.08 on BrooklynDIY
HOLY FUCKING...
Nov 14th
Image: John Yates
Keeping some balance on the dashboard.
Nov 14th
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doree:
Pretty great 1951 Air France promotional video about Israel.
Yeah, but what the hell is...
Nov 14th
I had nothing to do with this 92Y Camps video (look for the cameo by Jamal Mashburn who attended the...
Nov 14th
Perhaps some of you are taken aback by YM’s brand of militant philanthropy and selfless...
Nov 13th
A whole bunch of spring talks went on sale today at the Y and there’s an interesting lineup....
Nov 13th
Mercy me, maybe I am approaching Ryan Brown territory. I...
Nov 13th
Ed Lasky is disgusted. Fuck him.
Rabbis and other leaders in the Jewish community were in the...
Nov 13th
Ryan, please consider making a donation. We would.
Nov 13th
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Third Harmonic Distortion - “Release the Hounds”
These guys are close friends and...
Nov 13th
Ryan Brown, get a fuckin’ haircut you hippie. (Did you really think the ponytail would not be...
Nov 13th
“What are we going to do about Oklahoma?” an audience member asked Howard Dean last night at the...
Nov 12th
Let’s give this context. She said, with complete conviction, that Obama was a secret Muslim...
Nov 12th
Can’t wait to see Andrew try to scratch your roommate’s eyes out again.
Nov 12th
Lock, what’s in your wallet (and will it ever come out)? This project was fully funded with no...
Nov 12th
Yeah, like I’m gonna let “my boys” swim in the backwater of European desperation.
Nov 12th
alexbalk:
So my idea was to ask a bunch of people if they could come up with new jokes. I’m not...
Nov 12th
Conversation With A Freelancer In My Office
Me: That’s a problem. Her: You’re a...
Nov 12th
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ninety9:
Back in the day, videos were recorded live in the studio. No, they weren’t. Sonic Youth...
Nov 12th
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ninety9:
Back in the day, videos were recorded live in the studio. No, they weren’t. Sonic Youth...
Nov 12th
Dear lovies, please note that my ACTUAL REAL LIFE friends will be there too. So try not to scare...
Nov 12th
Oh, Katie is hosting a get-together or something at Barramundi tonight, 8pm. I’m unclear on...
Nov 12th
“America is obsessed with potential and dismissive of...”
— The profile of Penny Arcade in...
— The profile of Penny Arcade in...
Nov 12th
maura:
ninety9:
soupsoup:
“That’s right — because each of you thinks knowing who Fiest is...
Nov 12th
AK: You know, I chuckle to myself thinking of you whenever I write something like this. There has to...
Nov 11th
Eli riles the right-wingers on Commentary. That’s the YM spirit!:
Shocking Cartoon at the...
Nov 11th
Tamar Yonah is one of the most insane people I’ve ever read. She turned “El Paso”...
Nov 11th
Since Team Green doesn’t meet tomorrow due to student testing, I’ve been looking for...
Nov 11th
Read this. Now.
A Poem for the Last American Soldier to Die in Iraq
Nov 11th
Hook Up on Aisle 5:
Lichtenstein was investigating the theory that after an older woman leaves a...
Nov 11th
Eli’s Jew Comics Empire has spread to the Forward. Here’s his latest: Evangelical Tours...
Nov 10th
Attenton YM theater geeks (all two of you?), Spring Awakening cast members at 92YTribeca tonight. I...
Nov 10th
Hey Maggie Shnayerson, welcome to Tumblr! Bold move out of the gate with an attack on Brian Stelter....
Nov 10th
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There are probably more dramatizations of “Bohemian Rhapsody” than other song in rock...
Nov 10th
2008
HAS
THE
PENIS
Nov 10th
Ahlan! is my go-to source for a progressive Middle Eastern perspective on celeb gossip, but damn,...
Nov 10th
dearconbon:
staff:
Just added “Likes”: an easy way to let people know that you like their...
Nov 10th
Markie Post vs. Mark E Smith
Nov 10th
Add-Art, Let’s Kill
Nov 10th
Every LiveJournal is like Sunday…
I ended up eating 3 multigrain pancakes which I, of course,...
Nov 10th
What’s the next best thing to being ad-free? Hijacking ads with free art! Check out The Future...
Nov 10th
Does anyone make quips about the last media job in Iran?
Nov 10th
RetroWow: “Hosting a 70s party has never been more...
Nov 10th
“I would have liked to have been a district governor in Africa or India.”
Nov 9th
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ninety9:
This celebrates poverty? Really?
I dunno. I enjoyed this post.
Nov 9th
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Joy Division. Vintage. Live. Nerd. What? Yes. You.
Nov 9th
peterfeld:
youngmanhattanite:
Dick Nixon, tickling the ivories. A class act, that guy. Here’s...
Nov 9th
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Dick Nixon, tickling the ivories. A class act, that guy. Here’s hoping he’s the last...
Nov 9th
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“Follow me through a city of frost covered angels
I swear I have nothing to prove
I just...
Nov 9th
Did a Google search to see if anyone has punned “Shout Obama Lama” (Otis Redding...
Nov 9th
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Giving proof through the night that our flag is still there: the Star Spangled Banner, where last...
Nov 9th
If the rainy day has got you down and you’re not diverting attention to real life by catching...
Nov 8th
Love and hate tattooed across the...
Where’s the “do not like” button on this thing? C’mon, Karp. Equal...
Nov 7th
Philanthropy from Venus (or, He Gives Like A Girl): “Women tend to want to spread the wealth a...
Nov 7th
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Winwood. 1972. You’re the guy with the tamborine.
Nov 7th
Today’s word is buoyant.
Buoyant Dems eye Texas victories in 2010 voting [Chron]
Beyonce...
Nov 7th
Ian Schrager talks about the success of Studio 54 and says something about the Chinese Wall between...
Nov 7th
Update: Lock has acknowledged but not yet covered the bet. If he waits long enough, we’ll have...
Nov 7th
In one of the most watched wagers of this election, Lockhart Steele predicted in March ‘08...
Nov 6th
What Africa means for Palin.
Nov 6th
From Kelsey:
Oh, and even better news — the far-right religious Zionists of Kumah have begun a...
Nov 6th
What Obama means for Africa: “On the African continent, Obama’s victory has been hailed as our...
Nov 6th
I’m sure Doree had a good reason (even if I can’t think of one for the life of me) to...
Nov 6th
Almost forgot this odd moment from last night: Around 10:30pm, I saw Sonja Sohn (Kima from The Wire)...
Nov 6th
asie:
I just completed the mandatory orientation for NY Cares — super siked to be of service, super...
Nov 6th
Meet the new boss. Endquote.
I’m in the Bay Area every Tuesday and Wednesday for work, so I voted on Monday at the county...
Nov 6th
If there’s a category for sanctimony, you can send us our prize now.
Nov 6th
I know I annoyingly - and endlessly - trumpet the volunteer thing (of course it’s deliberate...
Nov 5th
Our boy Daniel Squadron won yesterday but not before Steve Lewis of Black Book tried to label him...
Nov 5th
Somewhere in a Jewish neocon stink-tank, they’re talking about this part of Obama’s...
Nov 5th
LA Times:
When historians start looking for turning points in the trajectory of the Obama campaign...
Nov 5th
Oh, my favorite text from last night:
Hey there, your friend Lockhart S. just shouted out:...
Nov 5th
I got the email from Sheila asking for social media overshares. I didn’t reply because...
Nov 5th
7:22am: What time is it? Fuck, this is gonna be much harder than I thought. Change requires...
Nov 5th
Oh, this is what I came home to last night. That’s the...
Nov 4th
This is not a picture inside my voting booth. That’s...
Nov 4th
pocketnovel:
Just another reason I’m glad I’m past the phase in my life where I would’ve ended up...
Nov 4th
Hop On The Bus, Gus
Nov 4th
Hop On The Bus, Gus
Today’s a strange day. Not ‘strange’ like “get me some strange”,...
Nov 4th
Hey Joe the Electrician, when you’re done voting,...
Nov 4th
Election Day Pop Quiz: Who’s widely considered to be the “first lady” of piano jazz? Answer.
Nov 4th
The election guide you’ve been waiting for: Endorsements by Bay Ridge Bloggers.
Nov 4th
Vote Early, Vote Often
Nov 4th
Vote Early, Vote Often
You obviously don’t need to be told this, but you should probably leave your house tomorrow...
Nov 4th
Live Texting The Who in DC!
8:32pm: I had forgotten how much opening bands piss me off.
...
Nov 4th
Thank you Young Manhattanite.
vivresavie: As someone who is going directly from teaching 56 children all day long to the...
Nov 4th
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peterfeld:
A short segment I did yesterday morning with Robert George on New York’s WABC-TV,...
Nov 4th
Some people are talking about the national hangover coming our way on Wednesday, November 5. (Have...
Nov 4th
From The Kvetcher:
In a shocking break from even a modicum of menschkeit, Cross-Currents, a site run...
Nov 3rd
How am I celebrating the Obama presidency? With good ol’ American consumer confidence. My...
Nov 3rd
“Yeah, I’m always worried sitting in a Condi screening that I’m going to start to...
Nov 3rd
Rosa Clemente is one of the most prominent activists of our generation. She is a nationally renowned...
Nov 2nd
MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T DRESS LIKE A...
Can someone please explain It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia in three sentences?
Nov 2nd
“Two weeks ago, TV Guide, one of the famous brand names in magazines, was sold for one dollar,...
Nov 2nd
Are my sons gay? I hope not: “Great post. I actually can’t help but hope one of my sons...
Nov 1st
When I worked as a press aide on Parris Glendening’s first Gubernatorial campaign in...
Nov 1st
A-OK Antisemitism in Australia (not Austria):
One child’s work, displayed on a board, stated:...
Nov 1st
Drug trafficking in Baja: “We let the ghosts here kill each other and hope that one day their...
Nov 1st
Full video of the “How Should Jews Vote?” panel talk with Ed Koch, Rabbi Michael Lerner,...
Nov 1st