Contributors to Village Voice

  1. John De Sio(1)
  2. Andrew Bast(1)

  1. Camille de Toledo's Rebel French Yell

    Coming of Age at the End of History shows a willingness for grand ideas.

    by Andrew Bast

    Here's something to celebrate: Next year will mark two decades since history came to an end. In 1989, the Cold War fell apart: the Berlin Wall crumbled, the Soviet Union began to dissolve, and the West triumphantly climbed atop the rubble. Francis Fukuyama jubilantly proclaimed that we'd reached, "The end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government.


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  2. Penn Jillette on Libertarians, Hillary, Obama, McCain and Bloomberg

    by John De Sio

    Penn Jillette, the verbal, boisterous half of the duo Penn & Teller, talked with the Voice about “Penn Says,” his new stream of consciousness video commentary project on Crackle.com, why Hillary Clinton reminds him of Jerry Lee Lewis, and why he'd like to see Mayor Mike Bloomberg “inject some nuts” into the presidential race.


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