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When Work Is Life, And Life Is Work
“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...
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A World of Silence That Sings: Big River Breaks New Ground
I’m sure that everyone who sees the new revival of Big River won’t forget a certain staggering moment that deserves to go down in theater history. Roger Miller’s folksy 1985 Broadway musical, based on...
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Sen. Kerry: Engage! Tour Iraq by Humvee, Drive Down to Najaf
John Kerry got in touch the other day. It’s always nice to hear from a chum of 30 years ago, and considering how busy he’s been with the campaign, taking time out to write seemed awfully thoughtful....
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Hill And Chuck Have Lox To Talk About
There were more than bagels for us to nosh on at our (Azi’s) first Jewish Community Relations Council Congressional Breakfast yesterday. Anthony Weiner looked right at home at the 92nd Street Y as he...
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Uptown Dad Shows Son Wilderness of LES: How Hip! How Edgy!
Author: Ken Krimstein Page: 5 PQ: ‘But one thing: What are records?’ I wanted an afternoon of bonding with my 11-year-old son, but I also wanted an afternoon-so, in a fit of inspiration, I figured that...
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Monday: Russian Fairytales, Nick Lachey
Russia’s capital faces a battle for its landmark sites too. Except, unlike New York, Moscow’s mayor is knocking down the avant garde to build the “fairy-tale version of Russia.” (The New York Times)...
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Elsewhere: Rockstar, Cowboy
Republican governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas says Hillary Clinton will be tough for Republicans to defeat in 2008. He says Hillary has “rock-star quality that she brings just by walking into a room...
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Democrats and Wal-Mart
An interesting piece of trivia about the field of Democrats jockeying for the nomination in 2008: The three leading contenders all have ties to Wal-Mart, a decidedly controversial company among...
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Aged Elvis Impersonator Rocks Congressional Campaign Ad
The Elvis impersonator endorsing Bobby Tullis for Congress. (Photo: YouTube) This new web video for Arkansas congressional candidate Bobby Tullis may just be the most incredible campaign ad we’ve seen...
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Great, Now There Are Earthquakes in Arkansas
screengrab Not to double down on the doom and gloom or suggest the Americas are slated to descend into Mad Max-style chaos and anarchy, but the latest in a recent flurry of North American earthquakes...
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Explore a Century of Handbags at the ESSE Purse Museum (the U.S.’s Only Purse...
Short List / A Pretty Edge
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Hillary Clinton’s Southern Strategy Pays Off
Black voters helped propel Hillary Clinton to massive Super Tuesday victories over Bernie Sanders in Texas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Virginia, Georgia and Alabama.
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Bernie Sanders Had a Rough Night
Bernie Sanders lost his natural New England habitat, but showed he could win in diverse, working class and conservative-leaning states.
View ArticleHillary: Change Your Mind on Death, Gay Marriage
I haven’t done a lot of pronouncing upon political issues in this column (although I want to point out, in case anyone’s forgotten, I wrote a column attacking Republican Party pandering over the...
View ArticleThe Swag Belly of Arkansas And Its Clinton-Hating Spawn
The Hunting of the President: The 10-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton , by Joe Conason and Gene Lyons. St. Martin’s Press, 413 pages, $25.95. “You boys have to remember, I don’t give a...
View ArticleAt the Dog Run, Lefties Confess Hillary Doubts
Now that I have added being fiftysomething to my list of dubious achievements, I am discovering a previously unnoticed tendency towards pondering. I certainly don’t remember this activity from my 20’s...
View ArticleWatch Out, Conservatives, Here I Come
Here’s the fellow I’d like to meet in a dark alley-me all armed to the teeth and him woozy from drink, weak at the knees and ready to plead for his life. He is the legislator from Arizona who said,...
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White House: No Reason to Pretend POTUS Is Friendly With the Media
If the television-obsessed President Donald Trump watched Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday night on HBO, he got a jolt of reality from Congressman Darrell Issa, the slippery Republican conservative...
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Shop at Raven’s Arkansas Boutique to Dress Like a ‘Bachelor’ Contestant
The contestants on The Bachelor all have suspiciously similar wardrobes. Each season, viewers can expect florals, rompers and sequined going out tops, the latter of which should be reserved for middle...
View ArticleGail Sheehy Stays Upbeat in Sad Tale of Hillary Clinton
Aside from at least three books by President Clinton’s former lovers, none of the many volumes on the Clinton scandals has been written by women, and that fact alone makes Gail Sheehy’s new book,...
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