The Lunch CROWD

Fake Lawsuits! Royal Snubs! It Was a Drama-Filled Week at the Grill

Last week was contentious, but the week before was a week of beauty. Publicist Susan Magrino came in for lunch with Richard Gere’s lovely wife, Cary Lowell. Then at the same time Cecilia Attias (French President Nicholas Sarkozy’s ex-wife) was dining nearby with the most beautiful woman. She was stunning! Cary Lowell and Susan Magrino Read More

One More Run for Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres’ angry quip after being narrowly upset by Benjamin Netanyahu in the 1996 election was supposed to be rhetorical. But it came to symbolize the Peres paradox: Israel’s Nobel Peace laureate never managed to win over voters during a 30-year-long string of defeats.

Today, as the 83-year-old elder statesman seeks the ceremonial post Read More

The World After Sharon: What to Do About Iran?

Ariel Sharon pauses at the gate of life and death. Is there such a thing as Sharonism that will outlast him? Do leaders make history, or are they made by the flow of events?

No one in Israeli politics seemed less like the blunt general than Shimon Peres, dove for all seasons. Yet when Mr. Read More