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My nephew tweeted a link to a New York Magazine article explaining why Bernie Sanders is a Bad Thing.  The very liberal NY Times columnist ...

I'm 51.  Since Glenn Frey was my age, I believe I've been to only two concerts.  Don Henley at Radio City Music Hall in 2000, and Do...

One of the things I hate about politics, politicians, and the people who support them is the complete inconsistency of their morality -- i.e...

I'm always excited to be going to Balticon. My first convention as an agent was the Balticon where Elizabeth Moon was presented with t...

So Hachette was having a cocktail reception this afternoon for literary agents to show off their beautiful new open plan offices. To which...

Did you know that Uber drivers get to rank you, just like you get to rank them? And when you summon an Uber, drivers can decide not to pic...

I am extremely happy that the Washington Nationals got drummed out of the NL playoffs early, and for as long as Stephen Strasburg is playing...

This fall season marks both my 50th birthday and the 20th anniversary of establishing JABberwocky Literary Agency.  To celebrate, I screene...

I am a big fan of The Middle, which I think is an under-rated and under-appreciated part of ABC's Wednesday comedy line-up. But as muc...

For over 30 years, I have been a devout reader of Variety. Now, I hate the actual printed magazine.  It doesn't take long to read, may...

More bad news for most of us this week, with a federal judge ruling that Detroit can go into bankruptcy and cut pensions, Illinois legislato...

After the gun shootings at the theatre in Aurora or the school in Connecticut, those of us who favor gun control were told that the problem ...

So New For 2013, as the main draw of the US Open tennis begins Monday, they have announced that this year everyone will get to be wanded and...

We change, you know. We think the things we're doing will always be the things we're doing, but we change. Sometimes even the th...

A week back, Thomas Friedman, the distinguished author and columnist for the New York Times, wrote a column approving of the NSA's surv...

The British newspaper The Guardian found out that the US has very likely been receiving details  of every phone call most of us make -- who...

Since I still have a land line it is susceptible to getting calls from polling companies. I kind of like this.  It is occasionally interes...

I don't agree with Rand Paul on much, but I'd be remiss not to thank him for doing a little battle against the never-ending war agai...

I just feel like ranting about a thing or two today: The Keystone Pipeline.  I'm a leftie, you read the blog and you know that, I beli...

Once upon a time I used to take a free weekend afternoon and do a grand circuit of Manhattan bookstores, up 2nd Ave. maybe stopping at Black...