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Louisiana primary:
Even after Katrina, which Read More
A new genetic study raises the tantalizing possibility that Thomas Jefferson may have had Jewish ancestry. —Newsweek (3/12/07) The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family, one being an occasion that occurred on Monday past. Misfortune had befallen cousin Mendel who, Read More
By now, Americans should know that when Republican Congressional leaders talk about “family values,” they mean the values of the Soprano family. Like the mobsters on HBO, the Republicans rat each other out when things get sticky—and they, too, have considerable difficulty in getting their stories straight. Listening to the Capitol Hill gang explain how Read More
By now, Americans should know that when Republican Congressional leaders talk about “family values,” they mean the values of the Soprano family. Like the mobsters on HBO, the Republicans rat each other out when things get sticky—and they, too, have considerable difficulty in getting their stories straight.
Listening to the Capitol Hill gang explain how Read More
The best thing about last week’s Toronto International Film Festival was its reputation as a showcase for unveiling all of the big (and occasionally important) movies and performances you will see in the coming movie season. From Heath Ledger as a heroin addict in Candy, Julie Christie as a woman wasting away from Alzheimer’s in Read More
The best thing about last week’s Toronto International Film Festival was its reputation as a showcase for unveiling all of the big (and occasionally important) movies and performances you will see in the coming movie season. From Heath Ledger as a heroin addict in Candy, Julie Christie as a woman wasting away from Alzheimer’s in Read More
The Observer has, at the greatest length here, followed Hillary's fight to steer resources from the Department of Homeland Security to rural fire departments and other agencies across New York State, which use them for things like buying pickup trucks and "hardening" the arena that is home to minor-league hockey's Albany River Rats. Read More
Welcome to the Dollhouse:
Diminutive Jack's Got a Big Heart Remember Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Two Bad Mice? While the owners were out, the mice broke into a doll's house in the nursery and tried to eat the food that was laid out on the dinner table. Well, I felt like one of those mice Read MoreEast Village Siren's Call:
The Mermaid Inn Beckons The closest thing to a lobster roll that you can get in the part of southwestern England I'm writing from is a sausage roll. The medieval market town of Marlborough in Wiltshire is not near the sea-it's surrounded by cornfields slashed with crop circles, rolling hills carved with Read More"The frenetic pace of modern life can lead to an obscuring or even a loss of what is truly human. Perhaps more than in other periods of history, our time is in need of that genius which belongs to women, and which can ensure sensitivity for human beings in every circumstance."
Those words were spoken in Read MoreCon Artists Caught Red-Handed;
Arrest Causes 'Allergic Reaction' In much the same way that the bird-watchers in Central Park get palpitations at the sight of a Connecticut warbler or a Louisiana waterthrush, so the cops have trouble containing their excitement when they happen upon a con game in progress, as the 19th Precinct's grand-larceny unit did Read MoreWhy is it that announcements of new art-museum construction, which used to bring cheer to so many art lovers, are nowadays more likely to generate a feeling of suspicion and dread? Is it because we no longer have reason to believe that the creation of new museum buildings will do much to enhance our experience Read More
As far as my friends and I were concerned, it was the greatest Jewish news since Sandy Koufax sat out the World Series. "I'm happy as hell. It really causes you to become emotional about politics," said lawyer Steve Friedman. "I haven't talked about politics this much since I was in sixth grade and I Read More
"Eat Well Everyday" it says in Art Deco letters engraved on the glass front doors of Village, a new bistro that has opened on West Ninth Street. Bondini, the Italian restaurant that formerly occupied the premises on this quiet tree-lined block did not, as far as I know, deliver on this promise, although it survived, Read More
You people and your coffee.
Enough already. Enough with your walking-five-blocks-out-of-the-way-because-you- must -have-Starbucks habit. Enough with your I'm- so -over-Starbucks-and-am-loyal-to-my-50-cent-guy-in-a-cart affectation. You think you're being gritty and retro, but you're just cheap. And for all you coffee enthusiasts at home. Enough with your elaborate, obsessive little rituals: your drips, your filters, your cold mountain spring water, Read More