WOMEN AT WORK
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)
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MEN AT WORK
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.
MAY 2016
5.31 Rick MacLeish dies at 66. “In the first period of Game 6, which clinched the title, MacLeish controlled a face-off in the Bruins’ end, sliding the puck to a teammate, Andre Dupont, who let fly with a slap shot that MacLeish, skating across the goal mouth, deflected into the net with the heel of …
FEBRUARY 2016
2.29 “It’s scary,” South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who has endorsed Marco Rubio, said on ABC’sThis Week She added: “I think what Trump will do to the Republican Party is really make us question who we are and what we’re about. And that’s something we don’t want to see happen.” 2.28 George Kennedy dies 2.28 …
JANUARY 2015: “I COULD STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF FIFTH AVENUE”
1.29 Brunch with Greg and Susan 1.26 Abe Vigoda dies 1.24 Donald Trump: ““I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.” 1.22 First day in the Executive Bureau. The Governor discusses brine with me. 1.19 Lou Michaels dies 1.18 We see The Revenant at the Saw …
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THE BEST OF 2015
A Totally Idiosyncratic, Justifiable to No One But Myself List of the Best Stuff of the Year Gone By 1. Travelling Bolstered by nearly 20 stops on the great Push the Cush Tour (including Annapolis MD, Philadelphia PA, Washington DC, Newport RI, Austin TX, and many places in New York and New Jersey), and highlighted …
PARTY OF THE YEAR!
Once, sorta, in Time, thrice in Playboy, now hopefully we settle in for a long run at Vanity Fair.
KILLING O’REILLY
I have known guys like Bill O’Reilly all my life, and they have all annoyed me. He’s Cathoic working class, just like me, just like a lot of guys I went to school with. He’s smart, but bombastic, smug, pugnacious, anti-intellectual, and on top of that, cynical. He always wants to pick an argument, and …
THE BUCKET LIST
By the way, I have the cover story in Smithsonian this month, “The 21st Century Life List.” It was great fun to write and a pleasure to learn about these amazing places. “It crackles with energy,” the Los Angeles Times kindly says. The photographs are breathtaking.
CRY UNCLE!
Ouch! Even though I was instantly thrilled when I saw that Guy Ritchie had made a movie based on the old Man from UNCLE television series, I was also suspicious that the release date had been scheduled in mid-August, which is usually a dumping ground for dead dogs and moldy cheese. My enthusiasm was further …