Sydney Schanberg

Lacey said if he wanted to read a daily or regular critiques of the Bush administration, he would read the New York Times, and that's not what he wanted in the Village Voice.

My own reaction from a distance is that Pol Pot's demise as the leader of the Khmer Rouge was inevitable, and that his own paranoia did him in as much as anything else.

The Voice has always been an alternative paper. They have always understood that that was part of their role.

A prophet is always much wider than his followers, much more liberal than those who label themselves with his name.

The number of witches had everywhere become enormous.

I am a big one for subtlety and empathy. My dad was softly spoken and didn't carry his honours and accomplishments for everyone to see.