AUZ ARMES, CITOYENS! FORMEZ VOS BATAILLONS!
Fans depart La Stade de France on the evening of November 13, after three terrorist suicide bombers had tried to kill them. Seven sites were attacked; 129 were murdered.
THE CRACK-UP
These were sentences heard on Morning Joe on Monday, November 9th: “This is sui generis. We’ve never seen anything like this.” “Confusing beyond confusing to any established politician.” “I’ve never seen anything like it.” “There is no logic to it.” “It doesn’t make any sense.” What Mika, Donnie Deutsch, Willie Geist and the others were …
THE LAST EIGHTIES MAN
From my article in yesterday’s USA Today: “Whether you adore him or abhor him, the next time Donald Trump trudges across your TV screen, make your children watch. “Gaze upon him,” you should insist. “Yonder walks one of the last great examples of ’80s Man.” Nonsense, you say; the world is crawling with people who …
WEEKEND IN TUCSON
The best part of my trip to Austin was that it set me up for a visit to my brother Matt and his smart, pretty daughters Michelle and Megan. Matt has lived in Arizona for almost two decades, but I have never visited him. I had a great time catching up with him and his …
TALKING IN TEXAS
Many thanks to the Civil War Roundtable of Austin, Texas, for inviting me to talk about Will Cushing at their meeting last Thursday. I had a great time: the talk went well, the crowd was large and friendly, and they bought a lot of books. In addition, the group was very hospitable. They bought me …
THAT ELAINE’S CROWD
Elaine’s was certainly in its heyday in the early eighties when I worked for John Scanlon, but, odd to say, he was never part of that scene. I wonder why–everyone who hung there was someone with whom he would have aspired to associate. Over the years, I made a couple of appearances there–one or two …
LITERARY LAWRENCE
My friend and client Lawrence Levy flew in from Palo Alto and treated me to a delicious lunch at Milos os West 55th Street while we discussed his exciting project, To Pixar and Back, his memoir of his days as COO of Pixar.
A DAY WITH THE DEAD
My friend Paul Buckhout invited me to tour Brooklyn’s venerable Green-Wood Cemetery with him. How could I say no?