It’s a good thing to be king-as a certain disgraced diva might tell us-but not always such a good thing to be queen.
Even Martha Stewart’s advocates found her conduct difficult to defend as she faced sentencing and, perhaps, the ruin of the company she has spent her life building. Yet the government brought Read More
We Will Prevail: President George W. Bush on War, Terrorism, and Freedom , edited by The National Review . Continuum, 265 pages, $24.95.
The Faith of George W. Bush, by Stephen Mansfield. Tarcher/Penguin, 224 pages, $19.95.
The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception, by David Corn. Crown, 337 pages, $24. Read More
People who never wondered about the “relevance” of the Whitewater story now claim to be puzzled by journalistic interest in Arbusto Oil, Spectrum 7, Harken Energy, the Texas Rangers and other curious artifacts of George W. Bush’s business career. These same people, who once obsessed over the details of an obscure Arkansas land development from Read More
Last Sunday, on the fifth hole of the final round of the Memorial Tournament, Tiger Woods hit a shot that everyone except him knew to be impossible: a 249-yard soaring 2-iron that settled as gently as a sparrow (shortly to metamorphose into an eagle) six feet from a pin tucked behind a pond. It may Read More
Early this spring, scientists announced that 17th-century
clay pipes excavated in Stratford-upon-Avon showed traces of cannabis. The
story cut several ways. If the Bard took a pinch of hemp now and then, drug
warriors would be forced to admit that it didn’t diminish his productivity. What
more could Shakespeare have done: Iago:
The Prison Break Read More
BROKERS SAY BRUCE WASSERSTEIN; WASSERSTEIN SAYS NOTHING AT ALL Richard Gilder, a Reaganite investment banker behind an ad campaign in support of George W. Bush’s tax-cut bill, has quietly sold his apartment at 927 Fifth Avenue for about $15 million. According to brokers, Mr. Gilder made a private deal in early April to sell Read More
When I started this column about 15 years ago, in the first issue of this paper, I called it “The Midas Watch” in recognition of the revival in the 1980′s of an idea that had been suppressed in American public life for the better part of six decades: namely, that wealth represents a form of Read More
It’s the primal scene of American power, of Bush family values. For two centuries, the initiation rite of Skull and Bones has shaped the character of the men who have shaped the American character, including two Presidents named Bush.
And last Saturday, April 14–for the first time ever–that long-secret rite was witnessed by a team Read More
Besides praying, we know that Dubya likes dogs. He was seen carrying a Scottie off his helicopter, and the dog looked like it was used to Presidential handling. We know, too, that the praying prexy is big on baseball, a private-sector activity that he has no objection to the public subsidizing; when he was a Read More
It’s the primal scene of American power, of Bush family values. For two centuries, the initiation rite of Skull and Bones has shaped the character of the men who have shaped the American character, including two Presidents named Bush.
And last Saturday, April 14–for the first time ever–that long-secret rite was witnessed by a team Read More
