Opener

It’s Not the End of the World

We hope not, anyway; if Harold Camping and FamilyRadio.com are right–if a massive earthquake splits the globe in half like a chocolate orange on Saturday evening, sending Christ’s chosen people flying upward in rapture while the rest of us curse ourselves for just having renewed our 30-day unlimited MetroCards (see page 18 for further details)–then Read More

Better Days

Sheen, Kruger, Bloomberg: This Week's Signs of the Apocalypse

The Ides of March are upon us.  Actually, that’s inaccurate. The ides of March have shaken, slammed and otherwise shamelessly brutalized us over the course of the last week. Acts of god. Horrible accidents. More Charlie Sheen. “Upon us” is a bit of an understatement.

Then again, understatement has been the preferred coping mechanism this week. Read More