I wondered who had found those videos of Gruber, and someone has covered that story, too. It’s a great one: Rich Weinstein is not a reporter. He does not have a blog. Until this week, the fortysomething’s five-year old Twitter … Continue reading →
From a lengthy article by Noam Scheiber in The New Republic: While aboard Air Force One at the end of the 2012 campaign, Jarrett turned to Obama and told him, “Mr. President, I don’t understand how you’re not getting eighty-five … Continue reading →
This is a disturbing and yet somehow entertaining article about Guccifer, the Romanian email hacker who’s in jail for hacking into the email accounts of the rich and famous. Why did he do it? His motive doesn’t seem to have … Continue reading →
I am especially happy about the victories of Tim Scott, South Carolina’s Senator, and Mia Love, new Representative from Utah’s 4th District. There’s no way to deny that their race becomes important, if only because Democrats have emphasized race so … Continue reading →
Let’s start out this way: I cannot stand Lena Dunham. Can’t stand her show, her attitude, her politics, you name it. And I haven’t read her book, and don’t have any intention of doing so. Also, it goes without saying … Continue reading →
New Jersey’s loss seems to be Maine’s gain: Kaci Hickox, the nurse who was quarantined at a New Jersey hospital despite exhibiting no Ebola symptoms after arriving from West Africa, won’t follow the quarantine imposed by Maine officials, her attorney … Continue reading →
This administration has such class: The other day I [journalist Jeffrey Goldberg] was talking to a senior Obama administration official about the foreign leader who seems to frustrate the White House and the State Department the most. “The thing about … Continue reading →
Finally: Attorney General Eric Holder plans to announce Thursday that he is resigning from the Obama administration, a Justice Department official confirmed to Fox News. That’s certainly a consummation devoutly to be wished. However, not so fast: The official said … Continue reading →
For those of you who mentioned the inimitable Loren walk in the comment thread the other day, here’s another scene from “Marriage, Italian Style”: While we’re at it—there’s also the Loren glare. Same movie, same character, some years later:
Continue reading →Actually, that headline isn’t true. I lied. What RFK Jr. would really like to do is to throw them in jail, if he could only figure out what crime to charge them with: Kennedy Jr. accused skeptical politicians of “selling … Continue reading →
Sophia Loren turns 80 today. Here are some then and now photos to feast on. Loren is one of my most favorite actresses, and I’ve written about her on this blog several times before. She’s been blessed with beauty, brains, … Continue reading →
The victory of economics/ethics professor David Brat over Eric Cantor in Virginia’s 7th District about three months ago featured a surprising win for an unusual candidate. But if you think that was strange, turn to Virginia’s District 8, where Micah … Continue reading →