When Howard Dean hit New York several weeks ago, he made two stunning but characteristic comments. Speaking with fervor at the final D.N.C. forum prior to his election as party chairman, he explained to the assembled flock that he didn’t just disagree with Republicans on specific issues, but rather that “I hate the Republicans and Read More
America’s Secret War: Inside the Hidden Worldwide Struggle Between America and Its Enemies, by George Friedman. Doubleday, 354 pages, $25.95.
The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West, by Gilles Kepel. Harvard University Press, 336 pages, $23.95.
America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism, by Anatol Lieven. Oxford University Press, 274 Read More
Rudy Giuliani campaigned against David Dinkins for Mayor in 1993 by calling for “one standard, one city.” And far more than even his admirers are aware, he has delivered on that promise. As he leaves office after eight memorable years, it’s worth recalling just how much he changed city politics, the Mayoralty and the city Read More
Almost everyone knows a sad sack who can’t move on. He’s the
college athlete who’s still wearing his faded championship jacket long after
his brief triumph. The New York Review of
Books is a magazine version of that guy. A cutting-edge publication in the
1960′s, when the street fighters at Elaine’s signed on to the Read More
In his biography of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, author Wayne Barrett executes a feat of virtuoso revisionism. He simply excises the David Dinkins mayoralty rather than deal with the disastrous riots and rampant unemployment that helped lead to Mr. Giuliani’s victory in 1993. In “The Real Rudy,” the lead essay in the Oct. 19 issue of Read More
When it comes to race, liberal politics in New York has become a theater of the blind. At the Apollo Theater on Feb. 21, Al Gore and Bill Bradley spoke repeatedly about the Republicans’ moral failure to condemn the Confederate flag flying over the South Carolina State Capitol. They are, of course, entirely right, even Read More
Ric Burns and his collection of talking heads and writers gave us a history of New York in film and print. But, argues FRED SIEGEL, they celebrate the New York that almost went bankrupt. And if they have their way, New York’s end-of-century glory will disappear with the end of the Giuliani administration.
Three powerful Read More
