Ambling
into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush , by Frank Bruni.
HarperCollins, 278 pages, $23.95.
This is a curious book, in
that it’s both quite a good personality study of George W. Bush and also a
prize example of what’s wrong with political journalism.
The genre is campaign memoir,
and Read More
I’ve become an agony aunt (or uncle) for fresh-faced young Manhattanites. Encouraged by the forthright views espoused in this column, the young and the restless are seeking my guidance in ever-increasing numbers. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not complaining. In fact, I rather enjoy guiding a young personage through a sticky rite of passage or Read More
Wednesday, June 20
You want your New York Times TV! Well, listen here, smarty-pants: Unless corporate America ponies up the big bucks, you ain’t getting it anytime soon.
Late last year, the nation’s Maureen Dowdies and Paul Krugmanoholics were gleefully tapping their Rockports at the prospect of an 11 p.m. New York Times Read More
It’s the primal scene of American power, of Bush family values. For two centuries, the initiation rite of Skull and Bones has shaped the character of the men who have shaped the American character, including two Presidents named Bush.
And last Saturday, April 14–for the first time ever–that long-secret rite was witnessed by a team Read More
It’s the primal scene of American power, of Bush family values. For two centuries, the initiation rite of Skull and Bones has shaped the character of the men who have shaped the American character, including two Presidents named Bush.
And last Saturday, April 14–for the first time ever–that long-secret rite was witnessed by a team Read More
There was something about the sunglasses.
“I think that one of my problems in communicating effectively is that I assume too much,” mused Hillary Rodham Clinton, her eyes obscured behind a pair of electric-blue lenses.
It was Sunday, July 9. The First Lady was seated at a picnic table at a park in Van Read More
Where is the all-girl break-in team now that we need them? Where are the intrepid young women who had the nerve and daring to pull off one of the great investigative coups of our era: to sneak into the triple-locked “tomb” of Skull and Bones, the secret citadel, the sanctum sanctorum, the heart of the Read More
