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Chauncey Vega at Salon doesn’t think so. “For a variety of reasons including economic precariousness, an unresponsive political system, a fear of violence and punishment from and by the state, and a culture of distraction and entertainment, the American people … Continue reading →

wonderfully written speech by Philip Barry from Foolish Notion, which gave Tallulah the chance to be “herself” as well as multiple selves, and to deliver a rousing defense of “personality” acting. “Writers, sculptors, painters, actors — we’re all the same … Continue reading →

If ever we needed a graphic demonstration that hyper-gentrification kills cities, it’s the West Village. Basic services are less and less accessible, largely because of the rents. I guess if your servants do all the shopping, it’s OK. But it’s really … Continue reading →

Last week she asked whether our presumed new Attorney General would be questioned at this week’s confirmation hearings about his role in persuading President George H.W. Bush in 1992 to pardon everyone indicted in the Iran-Contra scandal, thus ending the … Continue reading →

The GOP senator who issued dire prophecies that Obamacare would be the end of the world is now travelling to Canada, that sinkhole of socialized medicine, for his hernia operation.

Merle Marsicano wrote in Dance Magazine in 1957: “In this strange interval, in this curious time of the dance, familiar movement may be invested with a new temporal reality. The long reach of an arm can reveal avenues of eternity—the … Continue reading →

John Bolton has got to leave government. His latest incredibly dangerous betise has been revealed: Dion Nissenbaum in The Wall Street Journal describes Bolton’s rabid campaign to bomb Iran. All we need, right? Another war. That would be, another endless … Continue reading →

I’ll give you the back story later, but this was the message on my phone machine, September 1995: “What kind of loser are you that you don’t return the call of a woman who wrote the best book on Tallulah … Continue reading →

And if you don’t believe me, read Bill Curry at Salon.

Speaker Pelosi asks Majority Leader McConnell: “Do you take an oath to the Constitution or an oath to Donald Trump?