Smartmom: Smartmom’s tree is a symbol — not of the birth of Jesus, silly, but of her acceptance of her family’s new holiday traditions. Comment.

Brooklyn Angle: News that Morton’s of Chicago — an upscale chain steakhouse — had leased space at the Brooklyn Marriott finally gives borough beef lovers a distinct choice. Here’s how the newcomer fares against our legendary Porterhouse purveyor, Peter Luger in our first ever steakhouse smackdown. Comments (1).

Editorial: Are there problems with all this development going on Downtown? Of course. But on the balance, Downtown’s rebirth is far better off in the hands of the market than in those of the bureaucrats. Comments (1).

Heights Lowdown: Our columnist sets out to examine the rat problem — and finds a man who shoots the vermin with an air rifle! Comments (4).

Letters: The mailbag is filled with letters about Atlantic Yards, Walter O’Malley’s induction into the Hall of Fame, biking safely and bus service in Brooklyn. Comments (3).

Smartmom: Hepcat gets the invitation — and it makes the younger — but more neurotic — Smartmom question what she’s accomplished in life. Comment.

PS … I Love You: Our columnist — herself going through a bitter divorce — helps a divorced friend get through her anger by tearing up a newspaper (not ours!). Comment.

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist digs for history in Bay Ridge — and finds that no one else is bothering. Comment.

Checkin’ in with: Our interview with teen writing phenom Libba Bray. Comments (3).

Cartoon: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

Editorial: We always knew that the Atlantic Yards project would afford us many occasions over the next 30 years to say, “We told you so.” But we just didn’t expect to get one so soon. Comment.

Atlantic Yards: Our cartoonist’s take. Comments (1).

Brooklyn Angle: Four years ago this week, Bruce Ratner unveiled the Atlantic Yards project. That anniversary gives us a chance to revisit whether the developer is living up to his original promises (thank goodness we saved the press kit!). Comment.

Beside the Point: The stunning conclusion of our “Should Walter O’Malley be in the Hall of Fame” saga. Comment.

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist explores the world of subway lap dances. Comments (2).

PS … I Love You: Our columnist offers a timeless tale of Christmas heroism. Comment.

Letters: Letters pour in regarding a Hanukkah snub; the loss of the Brooklyn Dodgers; an allegation of an anti-Italian bias in The Brooklyn Paper; how to keep our streets safe; Bruce Ratner’s new tower at City Tech; security at Atlantic Yards; poor bus service in Brooklyn; Smartmom’s column; and the limits of Paper Editor Gersh Kuntzman’s intelligence. Comment.

Smartmom: Hepcat makes latkes the old-fashioned way: He improvises. And therein lies a great life lesson! Comment.

Editorial: The city’s decision to spare a house on Duffield Street is a good one — but now the Bloomberg Administration must go one step further and ensure that a museum to Brooklyn’s Abolitionist past gets built. Comment.

Smartmom: A chance encounter with Painter Mom jumpstarts Smartmom’s holiday dread. Comment.

Yellow Hooker: They’re putting the biggest bum of ’em all in the Hall — and our columnist objects. Comment.

Beside the Point: Our columnist punctures the revisionism about Walter O’Malley. Comments (2).

Letters: Letters on Coney Island, the Navy Yard’s Admirals Row, security at Atlantic Yards and a report from one of our “Big Turkey” contest winners! Comment.

Downtown plan: Our columnist explores the wonder of Downtown — and worries about how long it will all last. Comment.

PS … I Love You: Our columnist looks inward to get her holiday shopping done. Comment.

Editorial: The Brooklyn Paper would love to be the loudest cheerleaders for Ratner’s City Tech tower, reportedly slated to be the tallest residential building in the city. But until public officials answer reasonable questions about this backroom deal, we will remain skeptical. Comments (1).

Cartoon: Our cartoonist’s take on the writers’ strike. Comment.

Brooklyn South: Our columnist discovers that the venerable D’Amico’s coffee shop on Court Street is considering a jump into Starbucks’ territory: flavored coffee. Comment.

PS … I Love You: Our local baker does Brooklyn proud, winning a Food Network competition despite severe gastric distress (of course she was in distress, she was in North Carolina!). Comment.

Yellow Hooker: Curtis Sliwa — Guardian Angel, radio host, self-promoter — came to Bay Ridge to talk about his future, which may someday be inexorably linked to yours. Comment.

Beside the Point: Our columnist gets an exclusive sit-down (or is that flyby?) with the new Red-tail hawk that’s taken up residence in McCarren Park. Comments (1).

Smartmom: Smartmom runs in the Turkey Trot — but why didn’t she tell the hubby and kids? Comment.

Letters: The mailbag is full with letters about the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Mayor Bloomberg’s Coney Island plan, the death of bicycle rider Sam Hindy, and Brooklyn Heights’ favorite son, Norman Mailer. Comment.

Editorial: Some elected officials have come out against the mayor’s plan for Coney Island. Where were they when the mayor was making the same mistake at Atlantic Yards? Comment.

Smartmom: The Oh So Feisty One gets sick but Smartmom is the one who needs medication! Comments (1).

Letters: Our mailbag is filled with missives about Barclays, pigeons, two old sisters and restaurateur Nick Monte. Comment.

Editorial: The Brooklyn Paper once again calls on Bruce Ratner to sever his relationship with Barclays, which has now been found to be propping up the dictatorial regime of African strongman Robert Mugabe. Comments (1).

Brooklyn Angle: Someone is killing pigeons on Eighth Avenue and — wouldn’t you know it! — our columnist is in the middle of it. Comments (6).

Cartoon: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

Smartmom: Smartmom and her hubby finally threw out their old trash. Now, can they preserve their memories? Comment.

Checkin’ in with: Our reporter sits down with mob reporter Tom Robbins to talk about the Mafia, life as a reporter, and suddenly finding himself on the other side of a story last week. Comment.

PS … I Love You: Our columnist tries to be the karma arbiter of Park Slope. Good luck with that. Comment.

Greene Acres: A widely unpublicized public hearing on Dec. 11 may be your last chance to save the historic houses of the Admirals Row at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Comments (1).

Beside the Point: Morgan Avenue residents are still angry at the city for not longstanding fixing sewer problems that exacerbated the floods in July and August. Comment.

Heights Lowdown: Being a carbohydrate lover in Brooklyn Heights is costly — and I don’t mean having to sacrifice your size-6 jeans — thanks to new price hikes on wheat. Comments (1).

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist says the anti-pigeon bill is fowl. Comments (2).

Brooklyn South: The Public Place is moving forward — and the rivalries are only beginning. Comment.

Letters: Our mailbag is bursting with letters about Coney Island, the invasion of the nuthatches, Sen. Charles Schumer’s “painful’ support for new Attorney General Michael Mukasey, a gay and lesbian political group’s rejection of Atlantic Yards, and a new rivalry on the muddy Gowanus Canal. Comment.

Editorial: The city’s plan to crush Joe Sitt’s plan for a Coney Island Xanadu raises a lot of questions. Comments (2).

Cartoon: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

Brooklyn Angle: Our columnist gets loaded — and cranks out the best drunken art of his career. Comments (1).

Letters: Our mailbag is filled with missives about our bike-riding editor (from his mom!), plans for the Gowanus Canal, our outrageous headlines, the Monitor Museum in Williamsburg, a Park Slope day-care center in a Kafka-esque nightmare, Smartmom’s new biggest fan (he’s a shrink, what a surprise!), and the need for more trains in Downtown Brooklyn. Comment.

Smartmom: Smartmom’s uncle died last week — but should she take Teen Spirit and the Oh So Feisty One to the funeral? And therein lies another great Smartmom psychodrama! Comment.

Perspective: The poet laureate of Park Slope, was so inspired by his neighborhood’s appearance on the list of best neighborhoods in the country that he created this week’s poetic offering, “A Hope for the Slope.” Comment.

Heights Lowdown: Our columnist hates the smell — but loves the taste — of those damn gingko nuts. Comment.

Brooklyn South: Our columnist gets behind the call for a restaurant atop the Smith–Ninth Street subway station. Comment.

PS … I Love You: Our columnist has a problem with a mean ass tree. Comments (1).

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist discovers the secret to killing the superbug: communication. Comments (2).

Beside the Point: Our columnist picks his best (or is that worst?) Halloween haunted houses. Comment.

Greene Acres: Our columnist delves into the high-priced produce at Fresh Garden, a new organic bodega. Comments (2).

Editorial: Voters must reject Noach Dear for Civil Court and choose his worthy opponent, the Republican James McCall. A Republican for judge? In Brooklyn?! Here’s why. Comment.

Cartoon: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

PS … I Love You: Our columnist — an actual writer — was so inspired by all the actresses putting out kids books that she now vows to crank out a story for the illiterate set. Comment.

Smartmom: Teen Spirit is coming out of his shell — but did Smartmom have anything to do with it? Comments (1).

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist thinks Lowen’s and Dolphin Fitness are being railroaded in the steroid probe. Comments (1).

Letters: Our mailbag is full as usual! Comment.

Checkin’ in with: The man behind that weird line of “customers” at Trader Joe’s is unmasked! Comments (1).

Heights Lowdown: Our columnist dresses up her dog and joins the party on the Promenade. Comment.

Greene Acres: Our columnist looks at why so many Fulton Street stores are closing. Comment.

Beside the Point: Our columnist opens the mailbag. Comments (2).

Brooklyn Angle: Our columnist decides that the city’s crackdown on sidewalk chalk “vandals” has now officially gone too far. Comments (7).

Beside the Point: Our columnist actually read the recent EPA study — and it has some shocking (and healthy) news buried inside. Comments (7).

PS … I Love You: A British guy mocks the Food Co-op as Soviet. Our columnist mans the Kremlin walls! Comment.

Editorial: A plan for retail stores in the ground floor of the Municipal Building is a major step in the right direction towards revitalizing the entire area — a common-sense move long resisted by Metrotech builder Bruce Ratner. Comments (1).

Cartoon: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

Letters: Our letters column has lots of interesting missives about the 6-year-old graffiti girl, the greatness of Park Slope, the new “green” Galapagos art center, two new old-style clocks on Flatbush Avenue, our Big Turkey Thanksgiving Dinner contest, the Khalil Gibran International Academy, an adult toy shop on Fifth Avenue and our Bay Ridge columnist Matthew Lysiak. Comment.

Brooklyn South: Our columnist gets the scoop on a local plan for the future of the Gowanus Canal zone. Comments (1).

Greene Acres: Our columnist — a biker — gets angry about the bike-lane controversy in Fort Greene. Comments (1).

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist gets to the bottom of the stench at Owls Head. Comment.

Smartmom: Smartmom learns first-hand that no good deed goes unpunished online. Comment.

Heights Lowdown: The Heights is no place for a bicyclist, our columnist finds. Comment.

Brooklyn Angle: Last week’s 6-year-old graffiti “vandal” is still fighting a city warning letter demanding that she remove her sidewalk chalk drawing from her front stoop. Comments (21).

Beside the Point: Our columnist offers a pop quiz for people who think they know North Brooklyn. Comments (1).

Brooklyn South: Our columnist’s friend helped nab a wanted bar robber. Here’s the saga. Comment.

Perspective: Smartmom and her daughter are addicted to the new show, “Gossip Girl.” It’s like “The O.C.,” only better (it’s in Brooklyn!). Comments (1).

Yellow Hooker: Local activists are asking if the destruction of three beloved Bay Ridge Victorian homes is the beginning of a broader trend. Well, this columnist has an answer — let’s hope so! Comments (1).

PS … I Love You: Why do all the drivers — and some bikers — want to destroy our bike-commuting editor? Comment.

Letters: Our mailbag groans under the weight of letters about Grand Army Plaza, pay-to-play politics in the City Council, The Paper’s Atlantic Yards editorial and New York University’s proposed merger with Polytechnic University. Comment.

Greene Acres: Our columnist finds that the Pratt Area Community Council doesn’t always practice what it preaches. Comments (2).

Letters: The Brooklyn Paper received more e-mails and comments regarding its front page story on 6-year-old “graffiti” vandal Natalie Shea than on any story in its 30-year history (“New face of vandalism,” Oct. 13). True, the ease of Internet communication and the nature of modern blogging played a role, but there’s no question that Shea’s story touched people in ways in which they are not usually touched. Here’s a sampling from our mailbag. Comments (5).

Heights Lowdown: Brooklyn Vegetarian Week is all well and good, but the Heights doesn’t have any vegetarian restaurants! Comments (2).

Brooklyn Angle: A 6-year-old Park Slope girl is facing a $300 fine from the city for doing what city kids have been doing for decades: drawing a pretty picture with common sidewalk chalk. Comments (668).

Yellow Hooker: Congressional candidate Steve Harrison, who is anti-war, stands up when a group of anti-war activists go too far. Comments (5).

Greene Acres: A community meeting shows the danger of greed. Comment.

Cartoon: Our cartoonist’s take. Comments (1).

Beside the Point: Our columnist reminds us all that Brooklyn was once the center of the baseball universe. Comments (2).

Smartmom: Smartmom and Hepcat are fighting again — but this time, it’s for their health! Comment.

PS … I Love You: Our columnist revisits the site of a horrific 1960 plane crash and finds…condos! Comments (2).

Letters: The mailbag is full with comments about our recent coverage of Fulton Mall, an alleged “cat-napping” case, the possible sale of the Slave Theater, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, and a plan for a seven-story apartment building in Carroll Gardens. Comment.

Brooklyn South: A graffiti artist wants to create a football-field-sized gallery in Red Hook. Comments (3).

Heights Lowdown: Brooklyn Heights is full of holes — sinkholes and potholes, that is. Comment.

Editorial: More evidence of why the state condo, commercial and open space project commonly referred to as Brooklyn Bridge Park is not, in fact, a park. Comment.

Cartoon: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

Brooklyn Angle: Ayveq may finally be mating, but he’s still the same old self-lovable walrus! Comments (1).

Smartmom: A tribute to Best and Oldest — Smartmom’s best and oldest. Comment.

Heights Lowdown: No one in the Heights likes the Fulton Mall — but the tourists love it. Comment.

Greene Acres: Our columnist hopes that the dentists will remain in their old haunts at the Williamsburgh Savings Bank tower. Comment.

Beside the Point: Our columnist wants to know why he and his black friends are always being mistaken for cops. Comments (1).

Letters: Our mailbag is filled with complaints from a City Councilwoman, a Polytechnic University alum, a member of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, the head of the Chamber of Commerce and others. Comment.

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist loves those fall festivals! Comment.

Brooklyn South: Our columnist gets the scoop on the man who saved a beloved bookstore. Comments (1).

PS … I Love You: The Mets stink — but our columnist is addicted to the stench. Comments (2).

Editorial: The Brooklyn Paper has started inviting its readers to add their comments directly below the articles that appear on our Web site. Here are some ground rules. Comments (1).

Brooklyn Angle: Our columnist goes to Ebbets Field on the 50th anniversary of the last game played there and discovers that today’s Brooklyn is as distant from Pee Wee and Duke and Preacher and Oisk as the Earth is from a star on Orion’s belt. Comments (1).

Checkin’ in with: The Brooklyn Paper checks in with the borough’s three new MacArthur geniuses. Comment.

Beside the Point: Love food? Love quantity? Hate high prices? Greenpoint is your neighborhood. Here’s a foodie’s-eye view. Comment.

PS … I Love You: Welcome to 1988, members! Comment.

Atlantic Yards: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

Greene Acres: The three founders of a nearly finished Fort Greene music venue and art gallery that the city intends to raze to make way for a new home for a Manhattan dance group in the BAM Cultural District need to find a new home of their own — now. Comment.

Brooklyn South: Our columnist confronts crime — and her own white guilt. Comment.

Heights Lowdown: At least one woman — our columnist — is not so happy about the arrival of George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Comment.

Smartmom: Smartmom follows the supposedly independent Oh So Feisty One to school. And all heck breaks out! Comment.

Yellow Hooker: A movement against a local crackhouse began with a mouse click. Comments (3).

Letters: Our mailbag is full with responses to our F-train express editorial, plus notes about Coney Island, Duffield Street, the express bus from Bay Ridge, the fake trolley in Prospect Park, the ongoing raccoon invasion, and our recent awards from the Independent Free Papers of America. Comment.

Editorial: Editorial: The city ceremonially co-named Duffield Street “Abolitionist Place” on Thursday. Forgive us if we didn’t celebrate. Comment.

PS … I Love You: Our guest columnist tells an amazing tale — soon to be a major book! — about meeting the twin sister she never knew she had. Comment.

Coney Island: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

Yellow Hooker: Councilman Vince Gentile thinks he’s solved the mystery of Bay Ridge’s great hum-conundrum. But our columnist isn’t ready to award him a MacArthur grant. Comments (1).

Beside the Point: Our columnist — a Greenpoint insider — concludes his two-park series on the McCarren Park pool. Comment.

Smartmom: Smartmom learns to rely on the kindness of her friends, not strangers. Comment.

Brooklyn South: Our columnist weighs in on the Court Street McDonald’s debate. Comments (1).

Greene Acres: Our columnist sees hope rising from the ashes. Comments (1).

Heights Lowdown: Our columnist delights in the tastes of fall. Comment.

Checkin’ in with: Our reporter checks in with the man who is going to market Lexuses to rich black women. Comment.

Letters: Letters: This week’s mailbag features two letters attacking our recent criticism of the Heart of Brooklyn “trolley,” plus letters on our F-train coverage and the Khalil Gibran International Academy (what else is new?). Comment.

Editorial: Local politicians’ call for an F express train ignores one reality: An F express would not improve F-train service through Brownstone Brooklyn. Comments (1).

Coney Island: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

PS … I Love You: Our columnist’s third — yes, third — column about rubber-band-dropping postal workers. Comments (1).

Brooklyn South: Our columnist debunks a recent Observer article about biker babes. Comments (1).

Greene Acres: Our columnist solves the mystery of the tall radio tower atop Brooklyn Tech HS. Comments (1).

Letters: Letters about Ed Shakespeare’s coverage of the Cyclones; the Arabic language and culture school, Khalil Gibran International Academy; racism at the McCarren Park pool; the redevelopment of Duffield Street; the state of repair — or disrepair — of the Coney Island Boardwalk; a plea to retain an artist’s Borough Hall project; redevelopment of Coney Island; and one woman’s particular love for “Alex.” Comment.

Heights Lowdown: Our columnist hangs with the dorm kids of Brooklyn Heights. Comment.

Smartmom: The start of the school year has been an emotional roller coaster for Smartmom. So what else is new? Comment.

Brooklyn South: A tale of a landlord who may or may not have sniffed his tenant’s panties. Comment.

Beside the Point: Our columnist — a Greenpoint insider — tells the real story of the McCarren Park pool. Comment.

Editorial: Two new reports show that Brooklyn’s leaders need to do more to attract visitors and keep them here long enough to spend their money. Comment.

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist uncovers a rash of stroller-jackings in Bay Ridge! Comment.

Heights Lowdown: Our columnist hits the back room at Ricky’s and finds that she doesn’t even blush. Comments (1).

Red Hook: Our cartoonist’s take. Comments (1).

PS … I Love You: Our columnist weighs in on the blog war against Elementi, a new — and actually good — restaurant. Comments (1).

Greene Acres: Our columnist goes to a lecture by some old ladies and discovers that the so-called “good old days” weren’t so great. Comments (2).

Smartmom: Smartmom and her fellow mom-friends mark the opening day of school. Comment.

Letters: Somehow, our columnist’s anti-litter call angered some former Park Slopers — plus letters on Brooklyn hospitality, the late John Gallahue, plans for a rodeo in Prospect Park, President Bush’s slow response to the Bay Ridge tornado, a former brothel in Park Slope, and the fine work being done by our Bay Ridge reporter, Matthew Lysiak. Comment.

Checkin’ in with: In our back-to-school issue, The Paper sits down with a rising star principal Comments (1).

Smartmom: American Girl releases a 1970s doll as part of its “historical” collection. Man, does that make Smartmom is feel old, or what? Comments (2).

Atlantic Yards: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

Perspective: Our poet laureate weighs in on a new study about senior sex. Comment.

Editorial: The mayor’s new tourism campaign — “Just ask the locals” — falls flat in Brooklyn, where tourists have been forced to beg for directions for years. Comment.

Letters: Our mailbag is filled with letters about the changes on Columbia Street, a former brothel on Lincoln Place, a Downtown development project, Paul LoDuca’s rehab starts with the Cyclones, our troops in Iraq, and what a great job reporter Matthew Lysiak is doing Comment.

Editorial: A single extra story — 10 feet! — drew the ire of Borough President Markowitz last week when the Beep recommended that the city deny a developer, Two Trees Management, a variance to build a little higher. Comment.

Cartoon: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

Greene Acres: A local developer is back in the mix to help develop the BAM Cultural District — and that’s good news. Comment.

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist is wary of the mayor’s new plan to send inspectors to every city street. Comment.

Brooklyn South: A medieval legend tells of a Jew cursed to wander until Judgment Day because of a bad run-in with Jesus. In Brooklyn, it’s a karmic — and financial— arrangement with real-estate developers that keeps one pair of so-called Wandering Jews on the move. Comment.

Brooklyn Angle: The invasion of the rubber bands continues unabated in Park Slope — and our columnist is fighting back. Comment.

Beside the Point: America and Germany — the odd couple of international beer — are having a baby. Twins, actually. In Williamsburg. Comment.

Letters: Our Inbox was stuffed with letters about our coverage of the Khalil Gibran International Academy, our coverage of Councilman Simcha Felder (in a note from the Councilman himself!), the development of Coney Island, parrots in Park Slope, a neighborhood brothel, luxury development Downtown, and a strange omission on Borough President Markowitz’s Web site. Comment.

Heights Lowdown: Our columnist finds that the answer, probably, is no. Comment.

Smartmom: Smartmom takes on the Chinese! Comments (1).

Cartoon: Our cartoonist takes on the Khalil Gibran Academy debacle. Comment.

Editorial: Our editorial take on the city’s ongoing inept handling of an Arabic language and culture school. Comment.

Letters: This week’s mailbag is full of letters about our coverage of Thor Equities’ Coney Island plan, Borough President Markowitz’s dream of a Brooklyn Nordstrom, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, a bike lane on Ninth Street, an unstable stable near a construction site in Kensington, and, of course, our recent award as “Newspaper of the Year.” Comment.

Brooklyn Angle: Mangosteens have finally landed in America — and our columnist has ’em! Comments (4).

Perspective: Our poet weighs in on the conversion of a former brothel into luxury condos. Comment.

Smartmom: Ducky turns 3 — and all rejoice. Comment.

Yellow Hooker: Our libertarian columnist had to admit something after last Wednesday’s tornado: Sometimes government can work. Comment.

Brooklyn South: Our columnist can’t understand what the city has against her beloved Red Hook taco vendors. Comment.

Greene Acres: It’s taken six years for the city to build a community center in the Ingersoll Houses. Comment.

Heights Lowdown: Our columnist stalks the less-than-elusive source of the raw meat stench in the Hillside Dog Park on Columbia Heights. Comment.

Cartoon: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

Editorial: What does the city have against Joe Sitt and his company, Thor Equities? Comments (1).

Heights Lowdown: Why do baby strollers need to be the size of SUVs? Comment.

Letters: In a letter to The Paper, a former Jehovah’s Witness issues a warning. Comment.

Letters: Once again, we’ve received a number of interesting letters from readers like you! Comment.

Checkin’ in with: She lets you know what happens to your trash! Comments (4).

Brooklyn South: Just off our Stoop, there are two public pools to choose from. Our columnist tells you where to go. Comment.

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist attempts to get to the bottom of the lack of information on two recent Ridge crimes, and learns something along the way. Comments (1).

Greene Acres: Our columnist check’s into the rumored sale by the city of the Ingersoll housing project. Comment.

Beside the Point: The final of a three-part piece on the history of the sugar industry in Greenpoint. Comments (1).

Smartmom: Smartmom noticed it first: there was a note on the menu blackboard and in the menu as well that said: It is a condition of service at the Clam Bar that all children must stay in their seats. Comment.

Perspective: The Weekly World News, featuring our favorite voice of conservatism, Ed Anger, has stopped it’s presses forever. How would Mr. Anger react? Comment.

Heights Lowdown: Our columnist visits with her Brooklyn Heights neighbors Comments (1).

Brooklyn South: Our columnist crunches the numbers and figures out her favorite summertime pick-me-up is too expensive for everyday use. Comment.

Greene Acres: The city earned some brownie points in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this week, quashing a developer’s plans to build a 16-story tower on a four-story block. Comment.

Beside the Point: The second of a three-part series on the history of sugar in the United States. Comment.

Yellow Hooker: Another beloved building may be coming down for condos and - you guessed it — everyone is up in arms! Comment.

Bridge ‘Park’: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

Smartmom: What happens in the idyllic brownstone neighborhood of Park Slope if you see a teenager smoking a cigarette on Seventh Avenue? Comment.

Letters: Once again, The Paper has been inundated with correspondence from readers like you. Comment.

Editorial: Borough President Markowitz championed the MTA’s land giveaway to pal Bruce Ratner, yet now says MTA mismanagement is behind a proposed transit fare hike. Markowitz shares the blame Comment.

Beside the Point: The Domino sugar refinery in Williamsburg may be an important relic of 19th-century industrial architecture, but a far better reason for preserving it is the part it has played in the history of Brooklyn and of America. A gripping historical tale. Comments (1).

Heights Lowdown: A co-op board decides to cut down a tree to save some cash. Comment.

Brooklyn Angle: Our columnist is sick of all the rubber bands that his letter carrier dumps on his block. Comments (1).

Smartmom: Smartmom went to Block Island — alone — and did not want to come back. Comment.

Letters: Our mailbag is full with letters about Borough President Markowitz’s run for mayor, Barack Obama’s run for president, a state bill to ban the distribution of some flyers and the conclusion of the Arena Bagels saga. Comment.

PS … I Love You: Our columnist tells the story of a homeless man, a pickup truck and a woman with a big heart. Comment.

Brooklyn South: Our columnist searches for meaning — and guilt-free snacks — at Trader Joe’s. Comment.

Greene Acres: Our columnist’s old Fort Greene digs — the $750 three-bedroom apartment that she called home a mere four years ago — was one of Brownstoner.com’s “condos of the day” last week. Naturally, she tried to go home again. Comment.

Cartoon: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

Brooklyn Angle: Park Slope has officially caught Obama Fever. And Brooklyn Heights is filled with rabid Clintonistas. A report from the campaign trenches. Comment.

Beside the Point: Our columnist enjoys the $2-million view from atop Williamburg’s tallest tower. Comment.