Obit
A Farewell to BunkyMay 30, 2013 The only man I know who belonged to more gentlemen’s clubs than Eddie Ulmann |
The Untold Story
The Real TerroristsApril 29, 2013 I write this during the weekend that finally saw the end of those two dreadful |
Crime
The Three Stooges of the Iraq WarMarch 31, 2013 OK, the tenth anniversary of the worst foreign blunder Uncle Sam has ever |
Europe
To Be or Not to Be in the EU?March 13, 2013 Oh, to be in England! The weather is bad, the cities are crowded with bearded |
Cultural Caviar
Gatsby Gets Shot AgainFebruary 18, 2013 Hollywood is having one more shot at Gatsby—the sixth one. The first filmed |
PC World
Sweeping Gay Marriage Back Into the ClosetJanuary 28, 2013 In a tiny hamlet next to where I live high up in the Swiss Alps, two gay |
The Untold Story
Pin the Tail on the SubhumanJanuary 23, 2013 On the brilliant summer’s morning of June 8, 1967, the USS Liberty, a |
Looking Back
Major Irritants of 2013January 14, 2013 New Year’s resolutions work only for bores and ambulance-chasing, |
The Untold Story
The Beginning of the End of EmpireJanuary 07, 2013 It began late in the afternoon of March 13, 1954. The great Battle of Dien Bien |
Opinion
America’s Exceptional Gun ViolenceDecember 21, 2012 Is America exceptional? Once upon a time, hardly anyone dissented from the idea |
Culture Clash
Sour on the SaudisDecember 10, 2012 Saudi Arabia will not have Uncle Sam to kick around much longer. This is the |
Beau Monde
The Year the Yankees Lost the PennantNovember 21, 2012 It was 1948, and the great Joe DiMaggio was injured most of the season. Tommy |
Sex
Swingers in High PlacesNovember 06, 2012 Back in 1840, an Englishman by the name of Alexander Walker wrote a manual by |
Vile Bodies
Short Man With a Long ReachOctober 15, 2012 Bernie Ecclestone is a gnomish Brit ex-grease monkey. He is my neighbor in |
Cultural Caviar
A Very Incomplete List of My Favorite NovelistsSeptember 24, 2012 I stopped reading novels long ago. When those arch-phonies writing magic |
International Affairs
The War Drums Are Getting LouderSeptember 05, 2012 Here we go again! Scary sofa samurai Robert Kagan, a neocon so-called |
Sports
Sign of the TimesAugust 29, 2012 So the miracle has happened. A generation has been inspired and millions of |
Obit
Gore Vidal: Pleased to Leave YouAugust 01, 2012 Gore Vidal was as good as it gets where writing is concerned. I can’t think |
Vile Bodies
Compliments for the CorpulentJuly 29, 2012 Nicholas Soames is Winston Churchill’s grandson, a Conservative member of |
High Society
The Magical Mystery of MonarchyJuly 21, 2012 The British public periodically goes ape over silly things such as cricket, |
International Affairs
Syria: Whipping Boy of the Unholy Triple AllianceJune 30, 2012 Back in September of 1970 I found myself in the charming ancient city of |
Vile Bodies
Gangsters at SeaJune 27, 2012 I’ve just had the worst time in my life rubbing shoulders—actually |
Hollywood
Mr. Toback, I’m Ready for My Close-UpMay 21, 2012 “Sorry, I’m in makeup; if it’s something important, call my agent, Israel |
Hate Speech
Guess Who’s Coming to LunchApril 29, 2012 In John Guare’s play Six Degrees of Separation, a young black con man |
Vile Bodies
Trying to Lead a Whore to CultureApril 26, 2012 My friend Mark Brennan and I were talking about class warfare. “It’s |
PC World
Thought Police on the Tennis CourtMarch 25, 2012 Here we go again, sports fans! During a recent tennis match between two |