“From wherever you stood, the opposing side offered respectable, credible views. In today's fractured culture the evening struck a blow for civility.”
- The Huffington Post

October 18, 2009
POLARIZING political talk, overwrought in the extreme, is making for big headlines these days, so it is somewhat counterintuitive (or maybe just smart counterprogramming) that… more

October 18, 2009
Published Sep 25, 2009 From the magazine issue dated Oct 5, 2009 Call it the Rubber-Chicken War—the looming trade dispute between the United States (which… more

October 18, 2009
From the magazine issue dated Oct 19, 2009 Only those who were in the room know what was said in the series of White House… more

May 14, 2009
We now know at least one reason former vice president Dick Cheney was taking the Acela up to New York on Monday morning: He was… more

May 11, 2009
Former Vice President Dick Cheney swung quietly through New York City Tuesday night to watch his daughter, Elizabeth, a former State Department official, argue the… more

March 29, 2009
It won't help anyone recoup the money lost in the housing bubble or the market crash or the recession, but there's a certain satisfaction in… more


February 06, 2009
The art market is still alive. That was the relieved verdict of the dealers and collectors who braved the snow in London this week to… more

February 06, 2009
"IT IS A CONTEST of wit and logic and ideas and facts and argument and, most of all, persuasion." more

January 13, 2009
It's a topic that is likely to come up more and more after President-elect Barack Obama moves into the White House next week. more