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Tag Archives: William Safire
Donald Trump Is the Uber of American Politics
Let’s begin with the obvious about the 2016 U.S. presidential election: Given that they were the two most-disliked American presidential candidates in polling history, Hillary Clinton was the only opponent Donald Trump could possibly have beaten, and Donald Trump was … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000 presidential election, Al Gore, Bush v. Gore, congenital liar, Donald J. Trump, Electoral College, George W. Bush, gig-economy candidate, Hillary Clinton, Lewis Carroll, Republican National Committee, Salena Zito, Supreme Court, taxicab industry, The Accidental Candidate, The Atlantic, Through the Looking Glass, Uber, William Safire
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Let The Whatever-Billion-Dollar 2016 Rumpus Begin! (One Day After Edition)
Okay – now that the parties have officially nominated their presidential candidates, Obama and Romney are fishwrap. On to the next round! From Thursday’s Politico (Burns & Haberman blog): Gillibrand, at Iowa breakfast, says she’s all for Hillary 2016 At the … Continue reading
William Safire, Rest in Prose
Nice sendoff to William Safire in Monday’s New York Times: a respectable (although not Grade A) obit, and a reprint of Safire’s final op-ed column from Jan. 24, 2005. Headlined “How to Read a Column,” Safire’s swan song starts this way: … Continue reading
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Tagged politerati, pucture the pomposity of the punditocracy, William Safire
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House Safire
Bill Safire returned to the New York Times op-ed page today with a piece headlined “The Cold War’s Hot Kitchen.” EXACTLY one-half century ago, one of the great confrontational moments of the cold war seized the world’s attention: Nikita Khrushchev, … Continue reading
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Tagged Betty Crocker, kitchen conference, Nikita Khrushchev, Richard Nixon, William Safire
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