Historian and journalist Rick Perlstein has just published Nixonland, a history of the mid and late sixties, roughly from the Johnson landslide of 1964 to the Nixon landslide of 1972. The book is a tremendous read that doesfull justice to that turbulent period. It’s not a feel-good book; one keeps encountering calamitous decisions and catastrophic …
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I see that George Stephanopoulos is touting Hillary for VP. Imagine: after a bruising battle for the nomination, a smart, attractive, and let’s face it, rather ruthless candidate who lost the nomination that she felt was hers to someone she doesn’t respect all that much, is offered the Number 2 slot by the rival who …
I received a note this morning from Neal Rechtman, who is the author of a political thriller called The 28th Amendment which was published earlier this year by Bascom Hill. “I just finished reading The Coup last night. As I’m sure you know, the last few dozen pages you can’t put it down: it’s a …
After the results of yesterday’s Indiana and North Carolina primaries, everybody now knows what everybody has known since March–the game is over. Hillary made a charge in Pennsylvania and won a lot of respect, but let’s face it–whatever she won came at a high cost to her, and to Obama. Now she talks about slogging …
The fabulous ASME Awards took place last night. Saw a lot of old friends, many of whom hauled away hardware. Congratulations to Jim Meigs, Susan Morrison, Michael Hainey and Graydon Carter, and consolations to Kurt Andersen, Rick Stengel and Walter Kirn. Playboy editors Amy Grace Loyd and AJ Baime keep a small carbon footprint as …
Playboy Senior Editor Scott Alexander and Mediabistro CEO Laurel Touby. Scott seems intrigued with Laurel’s boa work. Scott seems ready for Laurel to show others her boa. Playboys after dark: Chris Napolitano, Tim Mohr, Scott Alexander, Josh Robertson and Rocky Rakovic. I spent an interesting and enjoyable Tuesday evening at the restaurant Twenty Four Fifth, …
I had fun lunch last week with James Rosen, who is a Playboy Contributing Editor, a Fox News correspondent, author of The Strong Man, a new and likely to be quite controversial biography of John Mitchell, and a lethally accurate impersonator of Bob Woodward. We ate at one of my favorite restaurants, Estiatorio Milos. I’m …
I posted this on The Huffington Post earlier today: Tonight the American Society of Magazine Editors will present its annual awards that recognize excellence in the various talents and skills that go into making magazines. Those who have been nominated, and those who will win — many among them my friends and former colleagues — …
It’s not exactly an iron law, but for the last quarter century, it’s been a pretty good rule of thumb: when the American people go into the voting booth, they vote for the candidate with whom they would most like to have a beer.In 1980 and 1984, they picked breezy Ronald Reagan over pious Jimmy …
In a rather alarming article in last week’s issue of The New Yorker, Steve Coll reports on an appearance by General Richard Cody, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the Senate Armed Service Committee. “The current demand for our forces in Iraq and Afghanistan exceeds the sustainable supply, and limits our …