The crowd count? I thought that I had already mentioned the really extraordinary absence of any aerial photographic evidence of the size of the massive New York anti-war protest saturday. I just ...

Europeans aren't just being obstructive. Paul Krugman points out that it's just that they can see what is being kept from us. [That man is asking to be sacked!] There has been much speculation ...

Breslin says that George Bush, the Mayor and the Police Chief's "only excuse could be that they were practicing for the Republican National Convention. That one is going to be the great one." And...

Cardinal and his court The lake at rest Barry as Russian poet

Is it really so dificult to get a picture of the man that doesn't shout his stupidity? Or, is the media finally trying to warn the world? [Make sure you click onto the image for a larger, more de...

Broadway is experimenting with earlier showtimes, meaning 7 rather than 8. The change might catch on and become general. Personally, I think 7 o'clock curtains are great! Lunch is normally betwe...

He's a Brit addressing the Brits, but the argument and the message is the same for us Yanks. John Pilger [excerpt]: First, let us stop calling it a "war". The last time "war" was used in the Gul...

See Barry's magical picture of the view out of our breakfast room window.

Barry and I saw soldiers in the subway on Valentine's day, in "camouflage" [no, they weren't wearing tar paper] and armed with assault weapons, but we thought they were, what, just window dressing ...

I just want to make it perfectly clear, and right now: I can't speak for the rest of the Northeast, but there is no "havoc" in Manhattan. There is only a beautiful winter wonderland and zillions ...