Sheelah Kolhatkar

Remember George Pataki?  read more »

In today's Observer, Sheelah Kolhatkar tags along with the governor for his ongoing national audition and reports that he, at least, is taking it seriously.

-- Josh Benson

For anyone who hasn't seen it yet, Sheelah Kolhatkar has a piece in this week's Observer about Jeanine Pirro's strangely low-profile campaign, her child molester-tick, her popularity on Staten Island and the Plague of Al. -- Josh Benson

No Draft, No Winds Of Change   To the Editor:    read more »

Jason Horowitz writes about the proliferation of Mike Bloomberg.

Niall Stanage thinks fueling Bloomberg '08 will prevent the Mayor from becoming lame.

Sheelah Kolhatkar and Anna Schneider-Mayerson write about Henry Paulson Jr.

Joe Conason digs into the obsession with the Clinton marriage.

Matthew Schuerman reports on Christine Quinn's Altantic Yards dance.

Richard Brookhiser thinks the Republicans have betrayed their contract.

Bloomberg and Pataki in the editorials.  read more »

There’s a growing genre of nonfiction that could be called “lefty paranoia about the evil brilli  read more »

We see the beginnings of a romance between Hillary and Rupert Murdoch.

Also, Conason blows the embargo on the scummy new Hillary bio, and Sheelah Kolhatkar profiles the author.  read more »

And we talk to Shelly Silver, and find him back in his shell.

And Matt Schuerman catches up with Doctoroff at his 25th Harvard reunion.

Call of the Mall , by Paco Underhill. Simon and Schuster, 227 pages, $24.95.  read more »

Nano-a-mano: Scrappy Coney Island baby builds himself a lap of Lux-ury; but will it be Dot-Com II?If  read more »

Grown-up game boy dips into "systems of pleasure and desire." How much money is there in Frogger?  read more »