Contributors to New York Press

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

  1. The Rundown On Scientology's Purification Rundown

    What Scientologists aren’t telling you about their detox program (and how much i

    by John De Sio

    “I’m not here converting these men and women to Scientology. And I’ve got to tell you something—I’ve been a Scientologist 20 years. In Sacramento I, more than any other Scientologist, got new people into Scientology, me personally. I’m very good at converting people, if I want to.” Jim Woodworth is the director of the New York Rescue Workers’ Detoxification Project, and he is bristling at the suggestion that his program is an arm of the Church of Scientology.


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  2. Scribble Man’s Day in Court

    Beneath Our Feet – the Work of a Criminal?

    by Andrew Bast
    • Topics:
      • Crime
    • Published:
      1. New York Press, April 20, 2004
    • Metainfo:
      • 1135 words
      • 37.8 inches

    “I'M NOT DE LA VEGA," says James De La Vega. To a woman stopping by his studio, he introduces himself as John. Other times, he tells people he's James' brother. De La Vega, the philosopher-poet, chalks sidewalks with drawings of sharks and maxims like "Many of us are helpless sheep amongst ferocious wolves."


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