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Conversation

Who Americans Are and What They Do, In Census Data From The New York Times: More than half of American households owned stocks and mutual funds in 2005. The 91 million individuals in those households had a median age of...

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Fuck Yourself Jimmy Carter

I am almost ashamed to admit that I spent the better part of two hours in the Barnes & Noble on the 21st and 6th today, dumbing myself into rage while reading Jimmy Carter's new book "Palestine, Peace Not Apartheid."...

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Dinner with the Iraqi Ambassador to the U.N.

A view from the top. At long last, I reunite with Hassan (of this summer's TFR fame) who comes to New York on a weekend visit from Harvard. Hassan is the Iraqi-English journalist that goaded me through my political travails...

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