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Long Island UnsoundOct 26 2015 Long before the word "oligarch" became a substitute for major Russian crooks and fraudsters, and a decade before Tom Wolfe invented masters of the universe, |
Cultural Caviar
Civilized LivingOct 10 2015 Seville—Let’s take it from the top: Seville is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, the capital of Andalusia, situated by the banks of |
Politics
The Saudi SeductionOct 07 2015 As everyone knows, when you cross a camel with a mule, you get a Saudi ruling family member. A camel crossed with a snake produces |
Cultural Caviar
Autumn of the GameSep 02 2015 September means football, in high school, in prep school, and, of course, where it all began, in college. There is nothing that evokes F. Scott |
Elections
The Virtue of HostilityAug 14 2015 I met Donald Trump during the late "90s, at a grand party thrown by Lord Black for his wife's 60th birthday. It was in New |
Cultural Caviar
The Trouble With Ta-NehisiAug 07 2015 The newspaper that prints only what fits its piously fraudulent agenda, The New York Times, has reviewed a book by one Ta-Nehisi Coates twice, both |
Crime and Punishment
Pistols at Dawn?Jul 16 2015 There is an English writer who is going around telling all and sundry that I made a pass at his wife. Now, Englishmen are known |
Greece
The Oldest Trick in the BookJul 15 2015 If the government of a country was being threatened by a larger neighboring nation with invasion, and held a referendum whether to fight or give |
Commerce
Demagogue DaysJul 09 2015 Back in the good old days of 2,500 years ago, the Greeks blamed the gods for their self-induced disasters. In modern times the Brits were |
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The Man in the White SuitJul 01 2015 For those who like to see their name in print, the Hiltons and Kardashians of this world, make sure that when the man in the |
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The Flickering EcstasyJun 18 2015 Back in the good old days, when Ike and Mamie lived in the White House"and the neocons were an ugly bunch of short bald people |
Cultural Caviar
A Vast OrnithologyJun 06 2015 The last week in Gotham was exceptional fun. A Broadway play—compliments of the producer, my NBF Harvey Weinstein—Finding Neverland, had me clapping with one hand |
Cultural Caviar
For Cheat’s SakeJun 04 2015 It was, using Edward De Vere's words, much ado about nothing. The media didn"t think so, called it "Deflategate," and one of America's great sporting |
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More MailerApr 22 2015 One of those self important, so called pundits once asked Norman Mailer if fascism was coming to America. The pompous one had once worked for |
Cultural Caviar
Landed FortunesApr 11 2015 "There is no more potent instrument of fate in 19th century fiction than the legacy." So writes a female columnist in Britain's best newspaper, The |
Middle East
Decapitation and CapitulationMar 04 2015 The week after the murdering scum of ISIS beheaded 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya"their crime was being Christians"the European Commission opened an investigation of Christian |
Politics
Charlie HypocritesFeb 04 2015 I am not Charlie, nor will I ever be. Wearing a Je suis Charlie badge is one sure way of getting attention, but I will |
Commerce
Hail the ConquerorsJan 31 2015 Thick snow is falling hard and heavy, muffling sounds and turning the village from picturesque into postcard-beautiful. I am lying in bed listening to a |
Church and State
Turn the Other CheekJan 07 2015 Although an acknowledged sinner for most of my adult life " I chase women non-stop, drink to excess, smoke and gamble " I have never |
Cultural Caviar
The Year of the Truth CampsJan 03 2015 Welcome to 2015, the year that speaking and writing freely had to stop. Anything that might cause trauma to anyone of any race except the |
Hate Speech
Hype’s Premier TaskDec 31 2014 Political correctness. The dreariest, most depressing and dismal words in the English language, almost as depraved as the word "hype." The apostles of P.C. claim |
Politics
Al Sharpton Is at It AgainDec 24 2014 If I were a North Korean leader, or even an ISIS head chopper, I"d be reveling in the fact that a black American former basketball |
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Dazzling and DangerousDec 15 2014 When I was young I lived an idyllic life. I played sports, chased girls, and read novels. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, John O"Hara, Graham |
Politics
Pass the Sick Bag!Dec 05 2014 I was not surprised Chuck Hagel had to go. After all, he was among the very few in governments of late who had ever seen |
Cultural Caviar
Phantom of the OperaNov 07 2014 Opera has been in the news lately, in Paris and New York, that is. And no, this doesn"t mean things are culturally looking up; on |
Cultural Caviar
The NFL’s Bashed-in Moral CompassOct 15 2014 The latest brouhaha about professional football players beating up their little wimmen has me shocked, shocked that such a thing could take place in modern |
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