Let’s go ahead and pencil in Hillary Clinton as the winner of next month’s Pennsylvania primary. The state is a near-perfect demographic fit for her and the three most recent polls show her ahead of Barack Obama by somewhere between 14 and 19 points.
She absolutely should win Pennsylvania and, assuming she does, it’s Read More
Mississippi offers Barack Obama a chance to reinforce what his dominating victory in Wyoming over the weekend suggested: That Hillary Clinton’s March 4 results have not significantly altered the Democratic playing field.
It is a primary state, which supposedly plays to Clinton’s advantage. But it’s also a heavily black state—36 percent of the overall population Read More
Philip Seymour Hoffman, everybody’s favorite Very Serious Actor, will star in his own theater company’s production of Jack Goes Boating. Written by actor turned playwright Bob Glaudini (The Princess Diaries, Mississippi Burning), the play is a demonstration of Manhattan courtship mayhem, with subway attacks, cocaine and mental meltdowns—all on the first date. Mr. Hoffman and Read More
I was in Sacramento, looking at microfilm. Since Thucydides, most of the great war stories have started with these very words.
It was early May 2005. The stuff on the microfilm was really good, and I was running behind for the dinner I had planned with my parents, a quick stop in the Bay Area Read More
I was in Sacramento, looking at microfilm. Since Thucydides, most of the great war stories have started with these very words.
It was early May 2005. The stuff on the microfilm was really good, and I was running behind for the dinner I had planned with my parents, a quick stop in the Bay Read More
O.K., here’s a quick Choose Your Own Adventure to test your political savvy.
You’re the President of the United States, it’s September, and over in Iraq, various gangs of thugs are driving around murdering and terrorizing a certain community, which has, naturally, created some militia outfits to defend itself. Bear in mind that after Read More
O.K., here’s a quick Choose Your Own Adventure to test your political savvy.
You’re the President of the United States, it’s September, and over in Iraq, various gangs of thugs are driving around murdering and terrorizing a certain community, which has, naturally, created some militia outfits to defend itself. Bear in mind that after your Read More
On Saturday, the 27th annual Mississippi in the Park picnic will be held in Central Park’s East Meadow, featuring Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, for native Mississippians now living in the New York area.
Deborah Glick hosts a breakfast before petitioning at the Village Independent Democrats’ clubhouse.
On Monday, Manhattan Libertarians Read More
Horowitz has this from the Hoftra Arena:
So the delegates are voting (“Lewis County -with more cows than people and the largest wind farm east of the Mississippi proudly supports John Faso”). Faso looks like he is doing very well so far, but the last few counties that voted, especially Manhattan, which is voting now, Read MoreObviously, the best way to be confirmed for a seat on the Supreme Court is to be like Chief Justice John Roberts. Not only is he a lawyer, but so is his wife. Moreover, except for shortish stints to bale money as a $1-million-a-year corporation lawyer, Justice Roberts has spent most of his adult lifetime Read More
