William Safire Dead at 79 Fitting, perhaps, that on Sunday William Safire followed his fellow conservative commentator and native New Yorker Irving Kristol into death. By Reid Pillifant
I Become a Crime Victim After the rock I went for a walk yesterday and when I got back to the trail head some s.o.b. By Observer Staff
Power Punk: Mark Gerson Right-wing networker; boutique investment researcher; would-be Newark power broker; Sky Club luncher “Tucker Carlson is one of my very best By Gabriel Sherman
President Bush’s Neoconservatives Were Spawned Right Here in N.Y.C., New Home of the Right-Wing Gloat By Joe Hagan
Oscar and Lucinda: Odd Couple … New York’s Intelligentsia Recollects Dogmas Past and Present By Andrew Sarris