The Washington Post today follows up the Times frontpager on the Clinton marriage with a column by veteran political commentator David Broder, titled “The Shadow of a Marriage,” in which Broder hints that Bill Clinton has a girlfriend. He does…
I saw The DaVinci Code last night with a friend, a lapsed Catholic, after two other friends, also lapsed Catholics, raved about it. Even a lapsed Jew like me knows that this movie will be poison at the confession box….
The best comment on yesterday’s arresting Times piece about the Clinton marriage is from Bill Clinton himself and came two years ago on Fresh Air, in an interview about his book, My Life. Terry Gross is a fabulous interviewer—and also,…
Having spent three years working for the Philadelphia Daily News (and having learned more about journalism from its former editor Zach Stalberg than just about anyone), I read about the paper’s sale today with hope. I have to admit my…
Three weeks ago, Tony Judt, a professor of European studies at N.Y.U., published a devastating piece in the Israeli daily Haaretz. Titled “The Country That Wouldn’t Grow Up,” it argued that Israel’s contempt for world opinion of its actions had…
First it was 60 Minutes two weeks back. Today NPR’s All Things Considered has made the Dixie Chicks out to be martyrs because of lead singer Natalie Maines’s comment on a London stage in 2003, just before the Iraq war,…
Michael Novak on National Review Online perpetuates the false claim that The Da Vinci Code is the product of secularists. But people who want to reinterpret Christ aren’t secular; they want to believe, and find meaning in their lives, but…
Let’s talk about the neoconservative network, and make a few connections, then a theoretical leap. Start at the top. Lately Vanity Fair has reported that Vice President Dick Cheney travels everywhere with a biological and chemical suit. No more specifics…
I’m confused. One of my favorite ads is the series promoting sexual tourism in Las Vegas—”What Happens in Las Vegas Stays in Las Vegas.” Some of these are clever. Like the group of bridesmaids who start rolling their eyes and…