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The Naked Cowboy Running For Mayor Of New York City

A man who makes his living posing for pictures with tourists as The Naked Cowboy in New York City’s Times Square plans to run for city mayor, FOX 5 New York reports.

Robert Burck, who has made a career of playing a guitar dressed only in cowboy boots, hat, and tighty-whiteys wants to replace incumbent Michael [...]

Laurence Leamer: Return to Shangri-La

When I flew into Kathmandu in a Royal Airlines DC-3 in September of 1964, the old plane wheezed its way across the mountains and into…

Mihal Freinquel: The $3 Rule

Let’s look at the things New Yorkers spend money on daily and don’t blink an eye about.

Scott Stringer: Putting Food Policy On The City’s Front Burner

Our food system in New York City needs a radical overhaul. We need to make food a real priority.

Jennifer Vanasco: A city approves of lesbians in love

My girlfriend Jenny and I were standing on a subway platform in Harlem. She had flown in from Chicago and had just gotten off a…

Kim Morgan: Be My Bloody Baby, Marty

I miss New York City. I miss the New York City I’ve never seen — the one I’ve only seen in movies. And after…

On Inauguration Day, will my cell phone work?

I am one of the 240,000 people with free tickets attending President-elect Barack Obama’s swearing-in ceremony on the steps of the U.S. Capitol next week. And like the other 2 million or so people descending upon Washington, D.C., this weekend for the festivities, I am counting on my cell phone to not only keep me [...]