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petition to protest and perhaps prevent the decapitation and crucifixion of 21-year-old Ali Mohammed al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia. And Saudi Arabia is about to head a U.N. Human Rights Council panel–excuse me??

Since you’ve pre-ordered, I’ll give you a preview. “Are you crazy?” Zubkovskaya said to her. “Do you realize you’re marrying a man five years younger?” (Later, however, Zubkovskaya herself married Kutznetsov, who was six years younger than she.) “Every time … Continue reading →

White/Black Swan Teresa Reichlen’s were regally pulled up today at New York City Ballet.

Imagine me giving free advice to Hillary Clinton, but Mme. Secretary, when the Republicans practice their pit-bull repetitive syndrome about Benghazi why don’t YOU keep asking THEM why they cut funds for embassy security? Why don’t you take the wood … Continue reading →

Yes, that is her saintly visage, circa 1938, on view on those digitized billboards on West 65th Street in the midst of Lincoln Center. She’s poster girl for the Head Shots show at the Performing Arts library. The show’s up … Continue reading →

The used Bentley salesman exploits the ravages and casualties of war to browbeat Britain into supporting escalated war,while giving absolutely not a rat’s ass about the millions of refugees already displaced by war. Britain’s Stop the War Coalition has an … Continue reading →

David Swanson at War is a Crime, laments the unspeakable horror of us selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, where a 21-year-old awaits crucifixion for participation in a pro-Democracy rally. He may or may not be decapitated first. The Pope’s denunciation … Continue reading →

If the Republicans mug our government yet again, will the current Democratic leadership be able to to make the GOP accountable? I doubt it. Whereas the shutdowns of the 1990s worked to the GOP’s eventual electoral disadvantage, GOP shutdowns have … Continue reading →

When I identified the need for an Ina Claire biography earlier this month, little did I know that the Metropolitan Playhouse was reviving her 1922 Broadway success The Awful Truth, by Arthur Richman. It was master antique clock restorer John … Continue reading →

Carly Fiorina ran Hewlett-Packard into the ground, fired 30,000 employees, and had to be paid some humongous amount of severance–accounts vary, but it was at least $21 million–to go away. She stiffed her 2010 failed Senatorial campaign workers until she … Continue reading →