“I would not be friends with someone who didn’t feel comfortable sending me offensive things,” wrote a Democratic political staffer, 23, who asked not to be named. In the next email he begged to strike that from the record because it sounded “abrasive,” even though he was being quoted anonymously: “I would be simply embarrassed Read More
Actually, Dean explained, Oklahoma is a lot like New York. "But New Yorkers are quicker on their feet about cognitive dissonance."
Everyone picks a candidate according to his or her Read More
“Because we follow trends,” said Maya Beaumier, 18, a college freshman who was hanging out on University Place last Friday night, clad in flat black ankle boots with black leggings and scrubby denim shorts.
“Yeah, we’re followers!” said her friend Maureen Flanagan, also an Read More
During a panel discussion at N.Y.U. last night, retired Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor spoke against judicial elections--and refused to speak about that other election.
O'Connor favors "merit selection" of judges, meaning she believes governors and presidents should appoint them. Some states use that system, but others let voters decide who sits on Read More
In the midst of the Roaring Twenties, hundreds of New York City’s poorest pulled up seats at free seminars every week to discuss Descartes and Shakespeare. At these gatherings, one of their teachers, Clifton Fadiman, Read More
Outside Bernard Schwartz's election-night party at the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center, investment banker Bob Towbin said tonight is "a great American event."
The Democratic bundler was in a good mood, surrounded by most of the city's major Clintonites.
Asked about the future of the Republican ticket, he joked, "Sarah Palin will an important member Read More
Rope (pictured above)-- 415 Myrtle (between Vanderbilt and Clinton). I called, and they said the hot dogs will be cooked out Read More
"Once you're inside the building, they can't turn you away," said office manager Swoan Parker, 41, in line a few Read More
Reports after the Council voted made note of two lawsuits, one filed by members of the Council who opposed the majority and the other, filed Read More
