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Opinionist: A Stone Carver
Opinionist: Crazy for the Dog
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Opinionist: Angel Mountain
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Opinionist: "Clean" at Urban Stages
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Opinionist: Nerve
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Opinionist: In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Opinionist: Dead City
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Opinionist: Dark Yellow
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Opinionist: cagelove
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Opinionist: A Night Near the Sun
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Opinionist: The Mistakes Madeline Made
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Opinionist: screwmachine/eyecandy
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Opinionist: little Willy
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Theater Review: Rip Me Open
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Opinionist: Theater Review: Fahrenheit 451
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Opinionist: Theatre Review: Shiloh Rules
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Opinionist: Theatre Review -- Not Clown
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Opinionist: The Music Teacher
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Opinionist: The Miser
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Theater Review: Thousand Years Waiting
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Opinionist: Safety and the Cyclist
This week, the city failed to require Critical Mass, a monthly group bike ride through the streets of Manhattan, to obtain a parade permit beforehand. This shouldn't be much of a surprise to anyone, as the city was at best on shaky legal ground in its attempt at banning critical mass. However, the judge in the case made a very clear statement that unfortunately the vast majority of cyclists seem to ignore: "Riding a bicycle on city streets is lawful conduct, as long as one observes the applicable traffic laws and rules".
Theater Review: The Snow Hen
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Opinionist: Jay McInerney's Good Life
with a hint of trepidation, always slightly suspicious of any literary representation of that day in September. McInerney didn’t disappoint, at least not on that count. The aftermath of the attack, the atmosphere in the city – both human and architectural – was carefully and truthfully written, and the surrealism of downtown was captured perfectly. Even the behavior of his characters in relation to the disaster that disrupted their lives was believable; their questionable motivation behind their charity, the selfishness mixed with the unfamiliar camaraderie was all recognizable in the memories we all carry of that autumn.
Theater Review: Lenny & Lou
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Theater Review: Buried Child
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Opinionist: Who Doesn't LIke Mike?
But even if the mayor carries out every bit of his blueprint – even if he plants something we can be proud of at Ground Zero – let’s quit with the awestruck veneration; it’s not our job, and if we looked at ourselves, it’s not very becoming.

