Even when he’s not sporting his trademark cowboy boots, it’s tough to take U.S. Senate candidate Jonathan Tasini seriously.
In the hours before an open-air viewing of Rocky at Bryant Park on Monday evening, Hillary Clinton’s opponent in the Democratic primary was prancing around on the grass barefoot, catching pretzels in his mouth and singing Read More
“The goalposts have been moved,” said Dan Gerstein, a former aide to Senator Joseph Lieberman and an informal advisor to the Lieberman campaign.
Mr. Gerstein was referring to the work of the New York Times editorial board, which stunned and dismayed Team Lieberman on July 30 by endorsing the three-term incumbent’s upstart rival in Connecticut’s Read More
The Transom is so relieved to finally hear the truth from those liberal fatcats on 43rd Street: In New Orleans, the mayor seemed to assume all that was beyond his control, just like the mayors in the 1960′s who let the riots occur.
They said their cities couldn’t survive without help from Washington, Read More
While the political playing field is lined with union bosses, lobbying groups and eminent ex-statesmen, this is the time of year when New York’s politicians have their sights set on the most influential—and least-known—power broker of all: a former U.S. ambassador to Belize named Carolyn Curiel.
Ms. Curiel, who served briefly as a diplomat in Read More
While the political playing field is lined with union bosses, lobbying groups and eminent ex-statesmen, this is the time of year when New York’s politicians have their sights set on the most influential—and least-known—power broker of all: a former U.S. ambassador to Belize named Carolyn Curiel.
Ms. Curiel, who served briefly as a diplomat in Read More
Maureen Dowd and Thomas L. Friedman both have Pulitzer Prizes and best-selling books to their names. But as of earlier this month, neither one has a Sunday opinion column in The New York Times.
“I don’t regard one day as any better than another day,” said Gail Collins, Times editorial-page editor. Ms. Collins was on Read More
“I am someone who’s always changed my career a lot,” Frank Rich said. It was a substantial understatement-yet, in its own way, an overstatement too. Mr. Rich was on the phone from the New York Times Building, discussing his latest reassignment: At the end of this month, Mr. Rich will go from writing a showpiece Read More
“I’m looking forward to being surprised,” New York Times editorial-page editor Gail Collins said. Ms. Collins was elaborating on The Times’ March 1 announcement that reporter John Tierney would be the newest addition to her stable of Op-Ed columnists.
Mr. Tierney, Ms. Collins said, is an “out-of-the-box” thinker with a knack for contrariness. Her department, Read More
Wednesday 17th
St. Patrick’s Day! Well, both of us gals have pretty pasty complexions (though one of us is just about to jet off for spring break- ¡olé! ), so we’re not too psyched about this one day of the year when green is chic …. If you’re thirsting for real “culture,” the Irish Read More
The last time Daniel Okrent worked for The New York Times , he was a student at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor with a plum stringer assignment and a bad attitude.
“Watch out! I’m from The Times !” he said recently, making fun of his 19-year-old self from the comfort of his Read More
