Golden Globes Go Nancy Red

History was made at the Golden Globes. On Monday night, we television viewers gasped as the unthinkable unfurled before our eyes: Hollywood, it would appear, has abandoned its lefty point of view and gone totally, shockingly and utterly Republican! Never in the history of the red carpet have we ever witnessed such a turgid parade—sleek Read More

New York World

Memos from Tina

To: Si

From: Tina

Got your lovely message, but I’m afraid I’ve already edited TNY once, and once was enough.

I do, however, have something else in mind.

O.K., here it is. New magazine. Keep reading.

What’s the hottest thing going right now? No, not Angelina’s baby or Miers’ mire. Disasters, of Read More

Tom Ridge: A Threat To Our City

In the year 2004, there is no more vital issue facing this country than homeland security. It is terrible that this is so, but there’s no denying it. The fight against terrorists intent on murder and mayhem requires a high level of competence, wisdom and plain common sense. What a shame that the man in Read More

He Pelted Liza! Meet the Furrier: Dennis Basso, Quite Profundo

Did Liza really beat the crap out of her maquillaged Svengali? Does Mr. Liza seriously think he can successfully characterize himself as a victim and the emotionally fragile Ms. Minnelli as a dangerous tormentor? Craving insights into this hideous standoff, I went right to the source and called Liza’s gravelly voiced, larger-than-life, über -glamorous furrier, Read More

Poisonous Rhetoric ShowsBush Is Dividing the Nation

For a politician who promised to unite rather than divide the nation, George W. Bush seems peculiarly contented to watch his cause advanced by some of the ugliest rhetoric since the impeachment crisis. His lawyers freely dispense dubious accusations of criminality, mostly anonymous, against the citizens counting ballots in southern Florida. His surrogates, such as Read More

Constitution Isn’t Worth Parchment It’s Written On

Any C-Span viewer of recent Potomac cavortings has the evidence of his or

her eyes to know how rankly foul our school systems, public and private,

must be. Seldom has there been a more discouraging parade of illiterate,

unlearned, ill-prepared, poorly spoken ignoramuses than the men and women

members of the Congress depositing their soot Read More