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Cuomo and Newt at Cooper Union: Gunfire and Orchestras
He’s still got it, Mario Cuomo. Remember him?
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Wiesel’s Near-Abduction by Holocaust Deniers Weirdly Uncovered
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.
I think I may have missed something important in my initial take on the assault and attempted kidnap read more »
The Spy Who Came in From Geneva: Nosenko, the K.G.B. Defector
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Tennent (Pete) Bagley.
I just got off the phone with a legendary spy. Well, let me amend that: a legendary counterspy. read more »
Why the N.F.L. Sucks: Tight-Ass Prigs Ban Football Dance of Joy
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The Saints
It’s a struggle between American Puritanism and American flamboyance.
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In New ‘Quality TV,’ Dark Is New Light: CSI-ing of America
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David Caruso.
Did you realize that, according to the BBC, CSI: Miami—the one starring David Caruso—is read more »
Isaac Bashevis Singer Comes Back From Dead as the Anti-Theist
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Isaac Bashevis Singer.
There’s a fascinating new war going on in the culture between self-proclaimed “scientifi read more »
The Iranian ‘Scholars’: Times Bends Backwards for Holocaust Deniers
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Holocaust denial is a particularly insidious evil. read more »
The Iranian 'Scholars': Times Bends Backwards for Holocaust Deniers
Holocaust denial is a particularly insidious evil. read more »
Kramer vs. Kramer: Five Theories on Michael Richards
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Michael Richards.
Explaining Kramer: being an intensive exegesis of the media theories of Michael Richards’ raci read more »
Kramer vs. Kramer: Five Theories on Michael Richards
Explaining Kramer: being an intensive exegesis of the media theories of Michael Richards’ racist o read more »
I Went to See Bobby and Found It Moving, Somehow Inadequate
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Robert F. Kennedy campaigning in 1968.
I hadn’t expected to find a Truman Capote connection. Not to the Bobby Kennedy assassination. read more »
I Went to See Bobby and Found It Moving, Somehow Inadequate
I hadn’t expected to find a Truman Capote connection. Not to the Bobby Kennedy assassination. read more »
So What If Hillary Is Machiavellian- We Need 'Princess'
Let’s just do it. Let’s get it over with. For better or worse. read more »
So What If Hillary Is Machiavellian— We Need ‘Princess’
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Hillary Clinton.
Let’s just do it. Let’s get it over with. For better or worse. read more »
Floored by Emo Flu, My Languor Soothed by Noir Guy Kerr
I credit the “emo flu.” If I hadn’t been stricken by this strange affliction going around, I w read more »
Floored by Emo Flu, My Languor Soothed by Noir Guy Kerr
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Philip Kerr.
I credit the “emo flu.” If I hadn’t been stricken by this strange affliction going read more »
Publishing Mousetrap: Professor Reviews Book That Mauled Him-Mine
This is going to be fun. I mean, don’t you love a little literary scandal? read more »
Publishing Mousetrap: Professor Reviews Book That Mauled Him—Mine
This is going to be fun. I mean, don’t you love a little literary scandal? read more »
If It Wasn't for Me, Would Bob Metcalfe Have Found Ethernet?
Me and Bob: On the one hand, you could say that the conflict I’m about to describe proves that eve read more »
If It Wasn’t for Me, Would Bob Metcalfe Have Found Ethernet?
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Bob Metcalfe.
Me and Bob: On the one hand, you could say that the conflict I’m about to describe proves that read more »
Is the Cult of Rootsiness Ruining Dylan’s Songs?
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Dylan in his
O.K., here’s my idea: Maybe it’s time for Bob Dylan to shift from writing more songs to read more »
Is the Cult of Rootsiness Ruining Dylan's Songs?
O.K., here’s my idea: Maybe it’s time for Bob Dylan to shift from writing more songs to writing read more »
Drama King
Claudette Barius
Kevin Dillon as Johnny Drama.
Johnny Drama: What a great character! read more »
Starchild Abraham: His Trip to Tijuana For Chemo-Refusal
Have you been following the “Starchild” chemo-refusal court battle? read more »
Starchild Abraham: His Trip to Tijuana For Chemo-Refusal
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Steve McQueen.
Have you been following the “Starchild” chemo-refusal court battle? read more »
Gay Marriage Is Love; Why Are Chuck, Hillary Skittish on the Topic?
It’s always seemed to me that groups that have suffered from discrimination—Jews, women, people read more »
Gay Marriage Is Love; Why Are Chuck, Hillary Skittish on the Topic?
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Civil union: Full equality?
It’s always seemed to me that groups that have suffered from discrimination—Jews, women, read more »
Considering King Lear: Kline Road-Tests Part In Super-Secret Heath
was there at the double-super-secret rehearsal. And my reaction was: Do it, Kevin!
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Considering King Lear: Kline Road-Tests Part In Super-Secret Heath
Kevin Kline as Falstaff.
was there at the double-super-secret rehearsal. And my reaction was: Do it, Kevin!
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The Scott Disorder: Of Brother Directors, Tony's the Great One
I was talking to a woman I know about my Tony Scott Disorder Theory. read more »
The Scott Disorder: Of Brother Directors, Tony’s the Great One
Keira Knightley.
I was talking to a woman I know about my Tony Scott Disorder Theory. read more »
Uses of Disenchantment: TV Anchor-Mom Fights Autism and Films It
Patrick Macmullan
Lauren Thierry and Liam.
I want to talk about something barbaric and something beautiful and heroic. read more »
Uses of Disenchantment: TV Anchor-Mom Fights Autism and Films It
I want to talk about something barbaric and something beautiful and heroic. read more »
For a Guilty Nation, Docu-Satire My Bad Profoundly Scorches
Could it be that the public apology has become the iconic new literary art form of our times? read more »
For a Guilty Nation, Docu-Satire My Bad Profoundly Scorches
Could it be that the public apology has become the iconic new literary art form of our times? read more »
When Intellectuals Had a Real Magazine: Viva Lingua Franca!
Time to rewrite the history of contemporary journalism? read more »
When Intellectuals Had a Real Magazine: Viva Lingua Franca!
The September 2001 issue of Lingua Franca.
Time to rewrite the history of contemporary journalism? read more »
I Got Rosanne Cash's Black Cadillac Album And Barely Survived
Every once in a while someone will ask me, “Why don’t you write about Rosanne Cash anymore? read more »
I Got Rosanne Cash’s Black Cadillac Album And Barely Survived
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Rosanne Cash.
Every once in a while someone will ask me, “Why don’t you write about Rosanne Cash anymo read more »
Intelligent People Need Some Pessimism About Iran and Bomb
Two unexpected inquiries prompted this column. read more »
Intelligent People Need Some Pessimism About Iran and Bomb
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Two unexpected inquiries prompted this column. read more »
Eleventh-Hour Plea: Scrub Freedom Tower, A 1,776-Foot Blight
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The
The hour is growing late, politicians and public officials are sleepwalking toward disaster, so forg read more »
Eleventh-Hour Plea: Scrub Freedom Tower, A 1,776-Foot Blight
The hour is growing late, politicians and public officials are sleepwalking toward disaster, so forg read more »
The Two Neil Youngs: Demme’s Film Shows A Saccharine Singer
Bob Vergara
Rural virtue: Neil Young in Jonathan Demme
As you may have noted by now, I like the friction—sometimes comic, sometimes revealing—t read more »
The Two Neil Youngs: Demme's Film Shows A Saccharine Singer
As you may have noted by now, I like the friction—sometimes comic, sometimes revealing—that resu read more »
Day I Was Stopped From C.I.A. Approach Now Appears Karmic
I know that my recent near-arrest in front of C.I.A. read more »
Day I Was Stopped From C.I.A. Approach Now Appears Karmic
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Publicly available photo of C.I.A. headquarters.
I know that my recent near-arrest in front of C.I.A. read more »
Welcome Back, Marjoe! Relic of Days When Christianity Rocked
The latest idiocies from Pat Robertson cast a new light on a long-lost document about the God Biz. read more »
Welcome Back, Marjoe! Relic of Days When Christianity Rocked
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Marjoe as child evangelist.
The latest idiocies from Pat Robertson cast a new light on a long-lost document about the God Biz. read more »
Terror-Porn Rampage, From Sleeper Cell To New Spielberg
Can we say goodbye now to terror porn? read more »
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