It’s likely that when Kari Ferrell walked into the Vice magazine offices in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, last month to interview for an administrative assistant job, they thought they’d hit the jackpot. Ms. Ferrell—petite, 22 years old, of Korean heritage—had a huge tattoo of a phoenix across her chest and a cute pixie haircut. She was talkative, Read More
Lake City
Running time 92 minutes
Written and directed by Hunter Hill and Perry Mowore
Starring Sissy Spacey, Troy Garity, Rebecca Romijn, Keith Carradine
Sissy Spacek could read her grocery list and hold my attention. So I am not surprised that her absorbing performance in Lake City makes an otherwise Read More
Nearly a week after unveiling her attacks on the widows of 9/11, Ann Coulter is still the best-selling author on Amazon.
There are more readers out there, apparently, like Tammy Whynett from Salt Lake City
Coulter knows that altruism is the work of Satan and the evil weapon of the Liberals. Selfishness is the Read MoreIt’s amazing how hard it was to notice, from inside, that Chris Quinn’s elevation was a groundbreaking gay rights moment, in large part because she didn’t play identity politics in her campaign for Speaker.
Two other bloggers’ thoughts:
Henry Stern: “The selection of Christine Quinn as Speaker of the Council illustrates the enduring Read More
City Council Speaker Gifford Miller is charging that the city’s Olympic bid committee may be acting beyond its authority by potentially putting taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars should New York be awarded the 2012 Summer Games.
The challenge comes in the wake of unsuccessful efforts by City Council member Letitia James of Read More
New York is lobbying hard to host the Republican convention in 2000. It is a classic odd coupling, as if the Democrats were to meet in Salt Lake City. But New York does have a Republican mayor and, despite being on his party’s left, he has many accomplishments pleasing to conservatives-the latest being his move Read More
