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Happy birthday, Paul Simon! I spent part of the weekend
Happy birthday, Paul Simon! I spent part of the weekend listening to my 1987 one-on-one interview with Josepeh Shabalala, the songwriter of Ladysmith...

One week after the publication by The Huffington Post of my
One week after the publication by The Huffington Post of my interview with Fela Kuti, I can say that it is, by a big margin, my most successful piece ...

Re-listening to the tape of my interview with Kate Bush this
Re-listening to the tape of my interview with Kate Bush this morning over coffee. Im thinking that one of the threads through my journalism career ha...

To those who may know what Im talking about: in anger, I once
To those who may know what Im talking about: in anger, I once referred to an old friend from my schooldays as a Bernie Madoff -- short hand for a di...

This mornings Good Morning America coverage of Flight 370 is
This mornings Good Morning America coverage of Flight 370 is incalculably stupid. They merely took the info given to them from the minions of the Mala...

Based on my own original research, heres what I speculate happened
Based on my own original research, heres what I speculate happened aboard Malaysia Airlines 370. Two hijackers from the Boko Haram, fresh from the...

Tomorrows awful column by Nicholas Kristof essentially says that
Tomorrows awful column by Nicholas Kristof essentially says that accusation equals proof of guilt. Yet a few years ago, Kristof was crying tears fo...

Okay, I binged this afternoon and saw two new flicks: “Last
Okay, I binged this afternoon and saw two new flicks: “Last Vegas” and “Thor: The Dark World.” Here’s what I think: LAST VEGAS”: ...

I’ve just seen 3 new flicks (“Gravity,” “Captain
I’ve just seen 3 new flicks (“Gravity,” “Captain Phillips” and “Machete Kills”) and here’s what I think: --Alfonso Cuaron’s “Grav...