By Terry Golway 3/05/01 12:00am

Pundits Should Curb Their Trash Talking

The actions of the world’s most famous out-of-work

politician has led to a revival of a poisonous phrase that somehow has eluded

the language police. Certain Clintonian behavior-the pilfering of White House

knickknacks that belonged to the People of the United States; the appearance of

pay-to-play pardons-has inspired unfriendly citations of the phrase “trailer

trash.” Read More

By Ted Widmer 2/12/01 12:00am

Rosy View of the Happy Warrior Who Shaped Modern New York

Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith , by Robert A. Slayton. Free Press, 480 pages, $30.

In 1998, Time magazine preemptively celebrated the end of the American Century with a party in honor of the 100 most important people of the last 100 years. It was a silly list, of course, slanted Read More