It’s Jan. 20, 2005. Inauguration Day. As of 9 a.m., with the Presidential inauguration scheduled for noon, the Supreme Court still hasn’t still ruled on Bush v. Kerry, otherwise known as the Consolidated Election Cases.
D.C. police have appealed to the Army Reserves to attempt to keep order when the two rival “Million Voter Marches” Read More
The sight of Janet Jackson’s right breast hit America with the explosive force of a terrorist bomb. The government reacted in the same way it did on the weapons-of-mass-destruction question. The Federal Communications Commission announced it was starting an investigation.
If it follows precedent, the President will explain that the investigation will not play the Read More
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Trotting through Prospect Park with my Walkman, I tune into Focus on the Family, that daily talk show of pop psychology, national politics and the Word. The lineup includes pontifications on a variety of topics sure to rattle any liberal sophisticate: It’s anti-choice, anti-gay, anti-feminist, pro–corporal punishment. Read More
“I recommend the fondue du jour,” said our waiter. “It’s made with 100 cheeses.”
“Do we get to choose which 100?” asked my husband.
The waiter looked nonplused. But the question wasn’t as far-fetched as it sounded. From where we were sitting, we could see a tilted mirror on the wall reflecting more than Read More
Instructions for the interested: Go to www.WeLiveInPublic.com. There you will see Josh Harris, sleeping in the master bedroom of his magnificent Soho loft. You will see his cat, Neuffy, jump onto the bed and curl up at his feet. I see him, too, though I’m a few blocks away, watching him on my laptop at Read More
The antigun posturing in the wake of the massacre in
Littleton, Colo., took a bizarre turn recently when the irrepressible Rosie
O’Donnell used her clout with the Tony people to propose changing a song from
Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun to
eliminate the offending lyric: “I can shoot a partridge/ With a single
cartridge.” Read More
