Emanuel on Sweeney

In another sign that national Dems are looking to New York — and an anticipated Hillary landslide — to pick up seats in the House, DCCC Chair Rahm Emanuel just called to talk about Congressman John Sweeney.

Emanuel just told reporters a few minutes ago on a conference call that U.S. Rep. John Sweeney really, Read More

I Ignored the Pain and Sprinted

“Is that what you eat

before an Ironman?” I asked, taking a seat next to a tall, 40-ish Texan digging

into a burger and fries at the lunch counter across the street from the Ironman

Lake Placid race tent. He was lean and looked vaguely like Donald Sutherland.

“It’s what I eat,” he shrugged. Read More

A Boy’s Life in Scotland … This Summer’s Scream

A Boy’s Life in Scotland

From a 20-hour, six-installment Chinese opera at Lincoln Center, to a stage full of naked boys singing in Greenwich Village, there’s something for everyone in this summer of confusion. Clutching at straws, movie marquees change frequently in these dog days, offering everything from the sophomoric, submental humor of Austin Powers Read More