Ross Is Supreme
To the Editor:
Re Rebecca Dana’s NYTV column “Good Night, ABC! TV Tabloid Empress Packs Up and Leaves” [Dec. 11]: I was the first prosecutor on the Menendez trial.
After my refusing to talk to Ms. Ross during the trial, we became fast friends afterward. I generally despise the media, and therefore Read More
Honor Thy Writer of Talese
To the Editor:
I cannot find the words to tell you how much I enjoyed Jason Horowitz’s piece on Gay Talese [“Honor Thy Talese,” April 24]. Oh, … yes, I can. It was a masterpiece—crafted beautifully and spun together like fine silk. I discovered it because I couldn’t Read More
Would-a, Should-a Schumer
To the Editor:
In Ben Smith’s “Dubai or Not Dubai: Chuck on Killed Deal” [March 20], Senator Charles Schumer states in response to accusations that his anti-Dubai stance was motivated by xenophobia and anti-Arab racism: “Let’s say skinheads had bought a company to take over our port …. I think the outcry Read More
With the help of an intrepid Park City Stringer and a late deadline, I report on Al Gore at Sundance last night and look at the prospects for a Gore ’08 groundswell.
Jason addresses one of those glaringly obvious, yet widely ignored, facts about the Bloomberg administration: As under Rudy, virtually Read More
I look at the migration of political power to, of all places, the West Side of Manhattan, while Jason profiles one of the new Manhattan players, Jessica Lappin.
Lizzy Ratner has an undeniable piece on the whiteness of magazines.
Richard Brookhiser writes on life after Ariel Sharon.
And Joe Conason Read More
To the Editor:
Jonathan Ames’ piece “My Very Open Diary: Ogling Short Skirts on Ashe’s Blue Courts” [Sept. 12] was wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
I rarely read sports news, but the caption caught my eye.
However (there is always a “however,” have you noticed?), I would not go out drinking with a guy who admits being Read More
