I am honored to join you at this extraordinary time. Some elections are about candidates. Some are about issues. Some, like 1984, when my father delivered his powerful keynote speech, are more profound This election is not just a question of which candidate we want, who we want to be. At stake is much more …
7.28 Hillary Clinton: “A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.” 7.28 Donald Trump: ““I was going to hit one guy, in particular a very little guy. I was going to hit this guy so hard his head would spin. He wouldn’t know what the …
The National Desk of The New York Times, Monday, July 25, 2016. Photo courtesy of editor Mary Anne Giordano, who appears sixth from left (and right)
7.21 Donald Trump, in his acceptance speech at the RNC: ““I alone can fix it.” 7.21 Billionaire tech mogul Peter Thiel won loud applause at the GOP convention: “Every American has a unique identity, I am proud to be gay. I am proud to be a Republican. But, most of all, I am proud to …
From our occasional series of photos of writers and editors: the Time political team before the 1984 Democratic convention. My friend John Stacks sits at the northeast corner. Rick Stengel in the back, drinking a Coke. Dick Duncan, head of correspondents, addresses the group.
On Friday night (July 8) my pal Dave Jensen and I saw Bob Dylan and his Band at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium. It was a treat to see the maestro, still a tremendous artist at 75. On an almost perfect evening, a vibrant, vigorous Mavis Staples opening the show (below right), and it was a …
6.29 Eduardo Porter in the Times: “The British political scientist Andrew Gamble at the University of Cambridge has argued that Western capitalism has experienced two transformational crises since the end of the 19th century. The first, brought about by the Depression of the 1930s, ended an era in which governments bowed to the gospel of …
After meeting with the Gov last Monday, I had a little time to kill. I spent some time admiring the glories of The War Room, a reception area on the second floor of the Capitol Building. The War Room has that name because it is decorated with murals dedicated to the various conflicts in which …