Political buffs, malcontents, and those who wish to stay home and avoid Indiana Jonesy-crazed throngs at the tenplex are in for a treat this weekend when HBO debuts Recount, their new film about the most absurd moment in American political history, that is, the election interruptus of 2000. Although the film was directed by Jay …
Playboy Contributing Editor and Fox News correspondent James Rosen has just published The Strong Man: John Mitchell and the Secrets of Watergate, a massive biography of John Mitchell, the lawyer, Attorney General and Watergate felon. James spent 17 years on this biography, and his indefatigable research has led to some challenging and sure-to-be controversial views …
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I was very flattered to have been invited to dinner by the members of the Book Club in Briarcliff, who had chosen The Coup as their April selection. Not since I was in a bassinette have I been the focus of a room full of women, and it was fun! Lisa Tane, Phyllis Neider, Christine …
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Anyone who cares about magazines should drop by Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art, as my friend Ken Smith and I (above) did yesterday, where there is an exhibit devoted to George Lois, who was the art director for Esquire between 1962 and 1972. The word iconic gets thrown around a lot these days, but during …
Today’s compliment comes from Eric Effron, the executive editor of The Week: “I truly enjoyed your book. I got sucked in as I took off for Florida last week, and the next thing I knew, I was landing with 15 pages to go. You made it all see so absurd, yet also believable–a neat trick!” …
I had a pleasant time yesterday talking with Marc Weisblott of Toronto’s eyeweekly.com about Playboy and where it stands amid modern media. Check it out here.
The other shoe dropped last week. Senator McCain appeared before a group of students at Wake Forest and vowed to appoint judges “strictly faithful to the Constitution’’ who would not engage in “the common and systemic abuse of our federal courts.” As The New York Times noted, “The issue is of enormous importance to conservatives, …
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 …