Ever wonder what NCAA basketball team the presidential candidates would put their money on? Me neither, but John McCain's campaign just sent out the senator's picks for one of the regional finals. And, like a true ex-maverick, McCain predicts that the big regional game will be decided between number 1 and number 2-ranked teams Read More
Our madcap couple has just returned from having spent Thanksgiving with a large piece of the country between them. We join them in the winter twilight of their therapist’s office. DR. SELMAN: What did you guys do for Thanksgiving? HILLY: I went to my friend Alex’s parents’ house in Connecticut. GEORGE: I went to Kansas Read More
Our madcap couple has just returned from having spent Thanksgiving with a large piece of the country between them. We join them in the winter twilight of their therapist’s office. DR. SELMAN: What did you guys do for Thanksgiving? HILLY: I went to my friend Alex’s parents’ house in Connecticut. GEORGE: I went to Kansas Read More
Our madcap couple has just returned from having spent Thanksgiving with a large piece of the country between them. We join them in the winter twilight of their therapist’s office. DR. SELMAN: What did you guys do for Thanksgiving? HILLY: I went to my friend Alex’s parents’ house in Connecticut. GEORGE: I went to Kansas Read More
Our madcap couple has just returned from having spent Thanksgiving with a large piece of the country between them. We join them in the winter twilight of their therapist’s office.
DR. SELMAN: What did you guys do for Thanksgiving? HILLY: I went to my friend Alex’s parents’ house in Connecticut. GEORGE: I went to Kansas Read MoreGeorge and ... Hillary
Hillary Clinton spent the second weekend of August in the Hamptons and left with a half-million bucks, $100 of which was mine. Nobody from the press, no photographers, were invited to the various fund-raisers. But duty called. First, I needed some appropriate shoes. At the Ralph Lauren store, I scored some Read MoreAbdul Rahman had to live 41 years before he became an international celebrity. He did that overnight when he got into a child-custody fight with his family, who let it out that Mr. Rahman had converted to Christianity—something you do not lightly do in Afghanistan. Actually, Mr. Rahman is supposed to have abandoned Allah for Read More
Abdul Rahman had to live 41 years before he became an international celebrity. He did that overnight when he got into a child-custody fight with his family, who let it out that Mr. Rahman had converted to Christianity—something you do not lightly do in Afghanistan.
Actually, Mr. Rahman is supposed to have abandoned Allah Read MoreYa know, many people have talked loudly and often about how trannies and homos might sweep the movie awards ceremonies this year. Last night, they rather did--Brokeback, Transamerica, Capote--at the Golden Globes. (And how were the Golden Globes? Dunno; The Transom doesn't watch awards given out by foreigners in Hollywood. Now, if all the nannies Read More
HILLY came late to our sixth session of couples therapy …. GEORGE: I’m kind of shocked you were late. It’s unlike you. HILLY: Sorry! It’s, what, 10 minutes? GEORGE: That’s not a big deal, right? DR. SELMAN: It’s as big a deal as you make it. GEORGE: Where were you? HILLY: At work. It just Read More
HILLY came late to our sixth session of couples therapy ….
GEORGE: I’m kind of shocked you were late. It’s unlike you. HILLY: Sorry! It’s, what, 10 minutes? GEORGE: That’s not a big deal, right? DR. SELMAN: It’s as big a deal as you make it. GEORGE: Where were you? HILLY: At work. It just Read More
Film festivals are like funerals: As soon as one door closes, another one opens. Before I’ve even unpacked from a punishing ordeal of physical and mental exhaustion (not to mention eye strain) at last week’s 30th annual movie marathon in Toronto, the 43rd New York Film Festival is upon us. The differences are vast and Read More
Film festivals are like funerals: As soon as one door closes, another one opens. Before I’ve even unpacked from a punishing ordeal of physical and mental exhaustion (not to mention eye strain) at last week’s 30th annual movie marathon in Toronto, the 43rd New York Film Festival is upon us. The differences are vast and Read More
My and Hilly’s first session of couples therapy seemed to be going well; we’d already covered the issue of my irritability, for example. The session continued: GEORGE: Why even bring that up? I don’t think there’s any reason to say I’ve yelled at my cat. I mean, you got me: I’m guilty. And you’ve seen Read More
