George and Hilly

DR. SELMAN: How have you been?

GEORGE: We had a prior commitment this evening. We just went to a party at Erica Jong’s.

HILLY: We have to admit we had a few drinks.

GEORGE: I had one. Hilly had three.

HILLY: I didn’t have three! I had two large glasses of wine.

[GEORGE holds up Read More

Elsewhere: At the Opera

Liz Benjamin says that presidential hopeful Russ Feingold will speak at the Empire State Pride Agenda annual fundraiser on October 5th.

The richest man in America, Bill Gates, has maxed out his contributions to Bill Frist’s political committees. He also gave $2,000 to Sen. George Allen.

That outrageous North Carolina congressional candidate, Read More

Mrs. Spitzer Suits Up

Last week at the contemporary photography gallery at Christie’s, an Elizabeth Montgomery look-alike named Silda Wall took the podium before a polished mix of lawyers, Wall Streeters and politicos. She wore a crisp cream-colored shift and slingbacks, and her honey-brown hair was set in a perfect Samantha flip.

Meanwhile, her husband—ruddy-cheeked, handsome and working Read More

Lindsey Graham Where Are You?

I fell for Lindsey Graham during the Impeachment hearings back in ’98 when he was still a Congressman. I used to talk to him after the hearings. The things I love about him are: he’s independent-minded, incredibly gifted politically, and he has the common touch. He’s a populist with a soft way about him, till Read More

My Hate-Like Relationship With the President

Listen, I despise George Bush as much as you do. I think he should be impeached for incompetence & his contempt for the consequences of his actions in Iraq is evil… And yet—I confess I always like him, in spite of myself. Here he is taking on a hostile questioner at a town hall Read More