It was a Capitol Hill press spokesman job for a conservative Florida Congressman that got me to Washington, D.C. in 1982, where I contracted no Potomac Fever whatever. JFK was right when he described Washington as a city of Southern…
Country music giant Toby Keith died peacefully of stomach cancer Monday in his native Oklahoma. He was 62. He’s survived by his wife, Tricia, and three children. His family was with him at his death. Keith was a country megastar,…
In the face of almost daily evidence to the contrary, Democrats continue to insist that Joe Biden is not senile. At least they say this for public consumption. What they think in private is anyone’s guess and may not be suitable…
California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis is urging the state’s secretary of state to play catch-up with Colorado in that state’s lunatic, almost certain to be unsuccessful, effort to keep Donald Trump off the presidential ballot. In her letter to Secretary…
Fox News is reporting that the talented Denzel Washington is scheduled to play Hannibal in an upcoming Netflix movie. (We’ve seen Denzel on a horse, but on an elephant?) The identity-obsessed in Hollywood doubtless celebrate this ahistorical but with-it casting,…
It’s increasingly difficult not to conclude that journalists, particularly the political obsessives, are quantitatively feeble-minded. Take the recent forensic food fight on Fox News, charitably described by some as a debate, between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California’s Gavin Newsom….
The Last Devil to Die By Richard Osman (Pamela Dorman Books, 362 pages, $29) If I had known that Richard Osman was a producer of television quiz shows and a TV entertainment show presenter before I read The Thursday Murder Club,…
Wandering through Life: A Memoir By Donna Leon (Atlantic Monthly Press, 193 pages, $26) When a writer charms, instructs, amuses, or simply mightily entertains us, it’s natural enough to wish to know more about the creator behind the creation. What…
At an event long ago, someone made the mistake of saying to Vince Lombardi, “Football is a contact sport.” The great coach fixed this naïf with a cold stare and said, “No. Dancing is a contact sport. Football is a…
If you listen carefully, you can hear Donald Trump celebrating his reelection to the presidency. The reason for this giddy confidence in Mar-a-Lago this week is the recent news that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to run for president as…