We’re off through December 30th, and will be back with fresh news and opinion columns on December 31st. Until then, happy holidays!  

More than three years after tycoon Raymond Perelman sued his son Jeffrey, in 2009, he is suing longtime friend, lawyer and confidant Arlin Adams. Adams was the […]

More words were created or repurposed in 2012 than ever before. Linguists and sociologists point to worldwide presidential elections, Hurricane Sandy, and the Olympics, as […]

In the hours since NRA VP Wayne LaPierre unleashed a looong tirade against his critics this morning (in the form of statement on the Newtown […]

On December 31, 1862, at around 7 p.m., enslaved black men, women and children unknowingly created something that cultural historians would later refer to as […]

On the heels of recent donations to the needy (Central Falls, RI) and the not-so-needy (the New York Philharmonic), Alec Baldwin is ponying up a […]

You probably know by now, but the world didn’t end this morning at 6:11 AM. Have no fear, there are other theories lurking that will […]

Earlier this year National Rifle Association Executive Vice-President Wayne LaPierre accused Barack Obama of giving “first term lip service to gun owners” to “deceive voters and […]

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Presenting the video you’ll all been waiting for: The full 3-round, 30 minute rap battle between Lil’ Snupe (Meek Mill’s guy) and Retro (DeSean’s guy), […]

The first time I heard my father say it, I was seven years old. We were waiting for an elevator in New York, where we […]

After the Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration last week (read: got fed up with Washington) Obama is left with his number two option, […]

Of the 37 schools Superintendent William Hite has slated for closure, two of them received donations this summer received donations from the Cole Hamels’s foundation, […]

A couple years ago, Jersey native Mark Zuckerberg handed Newark public schools a $100 million grant. The education reform movement, with Zuckerberg and Cory Booker […]