The Truth
Foreign correspondent Jack Kelley was forced to resign from USA Today last week after he repeatedly misled editors during an internal investigation into some of his stories, the paper’s top editors...
View ArticleYOUR TABLE IS READY
SHOUTS & MURMURS spoof of the exclusive sushi restaurant Masa which was recently given a four star review in the Times… I had been trying to get a reservation at Masa since 1987, seventeen years...
View ArticleNew Notes From Harriet to George
October 27, 2005 Hi! Just a quick note to say that you looked heavyish last time I saw you, which, come to think of it, was this morning, in the Oval Office, when you accepted my withdrawal (which you...
View ArticleOf Course
So what you have is not “stay the course,” but, in fact, a study in constant motion. —Tony Snow, the White House press secretary, October 23rd. A strategy room, the White House. Two senior-level...
View ArticleLast Session
How do you know when you are healthy enough to say goodbye to your therapist? And how should a therapist handle it?See the rest of the story at newyorker.comRelated:An Anatomy of EndingsCrossword...
View ArticleUp Next
Graphic onscreen: Twenty-two minutes until John Kenney.See the rest of the story at newyorker.comRelated:A Vanished New Orleans Captured on “Straight from the Projects”The Bible of Texas FootballBack...
View ArticleA Beer with Obama
Sergeant Crowley suggested that he and Professor Gates come to the White House to share a beer with the president. Mr. Obama then conveyed that idea in his phone call with Professor Gates. —The Times...
View ArticleNo One Ever Said It Better
No one ever said it better than Osama bin Laden: “When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will like the strong horse.”See the rest of the story at...
View ArticleWho Owns the Snow?
With New York City still recovering from a blizzard that immobilized the five boroughs, the Bloomberg administration said it was ready for another blast of snow Friday that could dump up to five inches...
View ArticleWhat Happened
WASHINGTON—On Monday, the Obama administration said that Osama bin Laden had been killed after a firefight with Navy Seal commandos, and that he had used his wife as a human shield. On Tuesday, the...
View ArticleWe Are the One Per Cent
Average wealth of the top 1 percent was almost $14 million in 2009, according to a 2011 report from the Economic Policy Institute.See the rest of the story at newyorker.comRelated:What to Make of Pope...
View ArticleDon’t Toy With Me
“It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all over again.” —Romney spokesperson Eric Fehrnstrom, referring to Mr. Romney’s strategy in the general election. “You can...
View ArticleHello, I’m Larry, and I’ll Be Your Poet This Evening
A short drive from the ferry, Steve Wynn has a complex with two hotels, where the Louis Vuitton outlet is said to generate more sales per square foot than any other Louis Vuitton outlet worldwide....
View ArticleOf Course I Take Pictures of My Penis and Send Them to People
Why wouldn’t I? It’s my penis. And as a great man once said, it’s meant to be photographed. Though I have no idea who that great man was. Where some people have photos of their families on their desks...
View ArticleDebatable
New Gallup poll shows Mitt Romney vaulting into lead over President Obama. —The Daily News A new poll by CBS News shows that Mitt Romney now has the backing of every man, woman, and child in the United...
View ArticleLunch Date
Romney visits the White House. A lunch meeting for the two former rivals.—The Times A dining room, The White House. Governor Romney and President Obama eat lunch. Several seconds pass. GOVERNOR...
View ArticleA Book Trailer for “Truth In Advertising”
A few months ago, my publisher asked me to consider a video promo for my first novel, “Truth in Advertising.” I spent a long time as a copywriter in advertising, and they seemed to think I might have...
View ArticleDownton Abbey: Season Four, Episode One
WORKING DRAFT FADE IN: EXT. DOWNTON—NIGHT. CUT TO: INT. DOWNTON—SAME. The great house bustles in preparation for dinner. We see a quick montage of downstairs, as the staff prepares the courses. CUT TO:...
View ArticleIs Eric There, Please?
A tentative $13 billion settlement between JPMorgan and the Justice Department was a result of extensive personal outreach from Jamie Dimon, the bank’s chief executive, to the Justice Department.See...
View ArticleSpy
Edward J. Snowden “hit back against government descriptions of him as a ‘low-level analyst’ writing computer code for American spies. Instead, he said, he was a trained spy who worked under assumed...
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