Archive for the ‘Current Affairs’ Category

A cultural loss

June 16th, 2008 at 10:34 am

In a classic ‘the dog ate my homework’ style, can I apologize for the lack of the last segment of the 200 Things You Simply Have To Know About New York list? I may or may not have written the vast majority of the final 50 points on a series of Post It notes, which [...]

Over the Hil

June 4th, 2008 at 11:04 am

Incredibly, after more than 500 days of campaigning, it looks like the race is over and Barack Obama is the chosen one for the Democratic party. Personally I think it’s a shame to see either one lose, given that the electorate has paid much more attention to this clash of the titans than they probably [...]

Read all about it

May 6th, 2008 at 9:48 pm

Lead headline from The Guardian, May 6 2008:
“Burma seeks emergency aid as cyclone kills at least 10,000″
Lead headline from the New York Post, May 6 2008:
“Lindsay Lohan stole my coat”

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Scandalous

March 24th, 2008 at 10:46 pm

The story of the former governor of New York truly is the gift that keeps on giving. I imagine that things are pretty frosty over breakfast in the household of former attorney general Eliot Spitzer, after he slept with $1,000 per hour high-class hooker Alexandra Dupré. Once talked about as a future President of the [...]

Down to earth

September 5th, 2007 at 10:28 pm

Looking for Trouble

August 29th, 2007 at 11:42 pm