Before reading this book, I was familiar with the name Leslie Bennetts primarily because, as a Vanity Fair contributing editor, she’d conducted the first major post-Brangelina interview with the actress Jennifer Aniston. O.K., I’m shallow. But, thank God, not alone in my shallowness! According to Ms. Bennetts’ biographical blurb, that was “the best-selling issue in Read More
"Before Obama stepped into the picture, I was for Hillary. And I still love her.” That was Stephanie Mollison, a thirtysomething brunette who works in the fashion industry. She was one of about 100 Barack Obama supporters at an event last week at Gallery Bar on Orchard Street. She learned about the get-together, as did Read More
I believe that New Yorkers can now be divided fairly and squarely into two distinct groups: those who watch trash TV (the new intelligentsia), and those who don’t and inveigh against it (the narrow-minded poo-poo heads). I am also convinced that being a trash-watcher is not determined by class or money. All you need is Read More
CNN's "Situation Room" tonight sought to dispel the rumor that has started that Barack Obama attended a "madrasah" in Indonesia as a boy. The show reported that Obama has written in his autobiography that he attended a Muslim school for two years. But that's not a madrasah! I beg to differ. Two weeks ago I Read More
Starting at 7 a.m., Hillary Clinton will make appearances on NBC's Today Show, ABC's Good Morning America, CBS's Early Show, and CNN's American Morning to talk about the President's State of the Union Address At 8 a.m., Gale Brewer is honored at the Reading Reform Foundation breakfast at the Woolworth Tower Kitchen At 9:30 a.m., Read More
“There have been a number of occasions where we said, ‘This story’s bullshit,’” said Eason Jordan. Mr. Jordan is familiar with the art of second-guessing. Two years ago, he resigned from his job as CNN’s chief news executive after right-wing bloggers pounced on remarks he’d made about the U.S. military allegedly targeting journalists in Iraq. Read More
"Bloomberg¹s too liberal and as for Jeb, this doesn't seem like a good time to Read More
