Casino Jack: Homo Conman Politicus

Casino Jack is a consistently amusing biopic starring Kevin Spacey as the manic, bull-necked Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who recently spent three and a half years in prison ...

The Swiss Love Tobogganing & the Louvre Gets Introspective

Plus, Sofia Coppola's latest and the Duchess of York gets the E! True Hollywood ...

The Thong Remains the Shame

Semper ubi sub ubi. "€”Juvenal When Dorothy Parker said, "€œBrevity is the soul of lingerie,"€ I don"€™t think she anticipated to what extent the modern woman would ...

A Sorkin Excuse of a Man

I read an article the other day in The Huffington Post by Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter of A Few Good Men, The West Wing, Charlie Wilson's War, and more recently, The Social Network. ...

Fame! I”€™m Gonna Be Harassed Forever

"€œI always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: ‘Try being rich first,’"€ Bill Murray once said. "€œThere’s not much downside to being ...

Always Lie About Cheating, Call Social Services, and Get Your Wife a Boob Job

Dear Delphi, I cheat on my wife almost every time I go on a business trip. I feel badly, but I can"€™t seem to stop. I think I should tell her. What do you ...

The Fighting Irish

On Friday, I was shocked like the rest of America to learn that Richard Nixon had been taped in the Oval Office subscribing to a stereotype: "€œThe Irish can"€™t ...

Joan Rivers”€™ Last Laugh, Warhol’s Steamy Films & Rockwell Hits London

Plus, new songs from Michael Jackson, a "€˜Green Hornet"€™ Mythbusters, and a Parisian ...

The Secular Fatwa on Julian Assange

In February 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa inciting the faithful to murder author Salman Rushdie for blasphemy. Within a few days, professional writers convened in ...

Posthumously Pardoning the Lizard King’s Penis

Sixties rock deity Jim "€œThe Lizard King"€ Morrison's bloated corpse was found in a Parisian bathtub in 1971, but apparently his soul had been writhing in restless torment ...

Europe Before 1820: The Apex of Human History or Bangladesh?

Each time I doubt that the National Review's mavens could surpass themselves, I discover fresh evidence of their invincible ignorance. Being a man of little faith, I didn"€™t ...

Behavioral Guidelines for New German Immigrants

In Germany, much of the talk these days is about immigration and integration. It all started when former Bundesbank board member Thilo Sarrazin published a book in which he claims ...

Rest in Peace, Dear Elaine

The death of anyone well known - especially in New York - invokes more clichés than you know what draws flies in summer. Every obituary I read about Elaine included the words, ...

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The Virtue of Selective Mourning

Funny things happen when you write for the public prints. One of them is that deep-browed pieces you labored over for days, with library visits and lengthy phone conversations ...

Naked Men in National Museums

What in the name of Gilbert Stuart is going on at the National Portrait Gallery? A week ago, CNSNews’ Penny Starr reignited the culture war with an arresting story about ...

Airport Cavity Searches, Socially Respectable Violence, and the Eternal Gold-Digger

Dear Delphi, The other day I was in the airport and became an unlucky recipient of the enhanced pat-down procedure; they touched my breasts and inside my legs, looking for bombs. ...


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