I read the opening lines of Calvin Trillin's op-ed -- written in June 2006, but featured on the NYT website this morning as an op-ed "classic": MY excitement at the news that Senator Chris Dodd, Democrat of Connect…
Fidel Castro isn't dead yet -- as far as I can tell -- but the exiles are already celebrating : In South Florida, which with Castro's rise became in many ways the capital of the Cuban exile, thousands of people spilled in…
Reports are out on Bob Dylan's "60 Minutes" interview, which airs tomorrow. It sounds as though he pretty much says what he says in his book, which I've read (and blogged). Nevertheless, I've set the TiVo. …