Flight 93 did pretty good this weekend. Which doesn’t mean I’m going. Wild horses—
The Colbert Report may be the best show on television, but when 60 Minutes flacked the show last night it abandoned its responsibility and didn’t quiz Colbert about his politics. Morley Safer just chuckled along with Colbert from start to…
Last night I had a dream where I had to get out of this school or office by 6:45 because we had good information it was going to get hit with a “tactical’ nuclear bomb. We got out, then I…
I saw the movie Syriana last night. Here are four good things about it: It is a serious effort to examine the roots of the clash between the west and the Middle East. Director Stephen Gaghan did a fine job…
I’m not going. Are you? I can’t believe anyone who’s not a family member will go to this movie. I guess I understand why it’s important to them: they’re still coming to grips with a loved one’s death, maybe haven’t…
George Bush didn’t look comfortable at his press conference today. He kept getting a nervous smile, he kept making awkward jokes. Like, he told the ballsy David Gregory of NBC that he wouldn’t offer him a job at the White…
I just got a copy of Ken Pollack’s latest book on Iran, The Persian Puzzle, and was shocked on flipping to page 429, the Author’s Note at the end of the book, to read that Pollack has never been to…
For withdawing Kaavya Visnawathan’s book. The core principle here was, a theft. It’s great to see that the victim, Megan McCafferty, has prospered from the events and that Little, Brown has behaved so honorably. Its author, Visnawathan, has my sympathy….