One of the more salacious post-election stories released about Sarah Palin involves her greeting Mark Salter and Steve Schmidt wearing only a towel. [US Weekly]
Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake will appear onstage with Madonna tonight in a performance so awesome that they will surely get back together. [Read More
Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism
By Bernard-Henri Lévy
Random House, 233 pages, $25
Yes, he’s a celebrity who wears expensive suits. But he’s a real-deal philosopher, too, so let’s put on our thinking caps and review the principles of Bernard-Henri Lévy’s political thought as presented in Left in Dark Times, Read More
Famous French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy is optimistic about Barack Obama’s chances in November. "My feeling is that Barack Obama will win this election from far," he said last night at the 92nd Street Y. A native French speaker in the next seat assured me he meant "by far."
This, by the way, was not Read More
“I never wore a tie in my life. Even in very official circumstances. Which is very unusual for a Frenchman!”
Bernard-Henri Lévy was standing amid admirers at the 92nd Street Y after delivering the annual State of World Jewry address. The address had been mostly grim: Jewry is in peril, was the main idea. Read More
Bernard-Henri Lévy undid the top three buttons of his shirt as soon as he was done with his oration last night. “Now I’m free!” he said. “My love of freedom goes till that. I never wore a tie in my life. Even in very official circumstances, I never wore a tie. Which is very unusual Read More
The mind behind the Matrix
New York‘s “alternative history” cover story–tastefully titled, “WHAT IF 9/11 NEVER HAPPENED?“–has an interesting sidebar on its second page. Jonathan Miller, the demigod of New York real estate stats, writes:
“September 11 prompted this housing boom. Just before 9/11 we were in a recession; housing Read More
As Bernard-Henri Lévy strolled along the edge of a field in Michigan abutting Highway 94, a police car pulled up. Told by the cop that “it is forbidden to stop on highways, to hang around, to dawdle, to piss,” Mr. Lévy identified himself. The cop was unimpressed. But his face lit up when Mr. Lévy Read More
As Bernard-Henri Lévy strolled along the edge of a field in Michigan abutting Highway 94, a police car pulled up. Told by the cop that “it is forbidden to stop on highways, to hang around, to dawdle, to piss,” Mr. Lévy identified himself. The cop was unimpressed. But his face lit up when Mr. Lévy Read More
“I had the feeling,” Bernard-Henri Lévy says, “that the 21st century really began with the collapse of the Twin Towers and the murder of this single man, Daniel Pearl.” Both are deeply symbolic killings. What’s more, he contends, the same forces behind both crimes are now planning something far worse.
“It will make 9/11 look Read More
