Miep Gies, the remarkable Dutch woman who hid Anne Frank and her family in a secret warehouse annex for two years, died on Monday at the age of 100. After the Gestapo raided the annex (which came to be known as the attic), Miep Gies saved the papers she found...

I've been working in Democratic politics on the local and national level a since the Olde Days when Middle School was called Jr. High, and the Age of Aquarius was a hope and not a song. I worked, mostly, for decent, inspiring and losing politicians. I now support Barack Obama,...

Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Steven Breyer were at Hunter College the other evening talking about "The Supreme Court and the Presidency." The event was held in the Danny Kaye Theater ("The jurist who is purest has the ruling on the schooling, but the judge who holds the...

I was watching MSNBC this morning. Scarborough and friends were dissecting the "John McCain Possibly/Probably/Certainly Had an Affair With a Lobbyist" story in The New York Times. The show started with that story, and by the time I had showered, had breakfast, cleaned the kitchen, made the bed and...

The Reverend Al Sharpton crossed my picket line today.

I wanted to get that out of the way so I don't get charged, down the line, with burying the lead, but before I go Reverend Al on you, I'd like share a little of what's been happening on the Writers'...

I was at a dinner party the other evening where the conversation moved swiftly through movies, the New York real estate market and plastic surgery before landing firmly on presidential politics. We started with possible candidate Michael Bloomberg (doesn't look presidential), and ended with Mitt Romney (If Mattel made...

I became friendly with Joel Siegel in the early 70's. He was dating a college friend of mine and we shared a number of meals in Chinatown restaurants Joel had chosen. These meals had three things in common: the food was always good, the restaurant was always cheap, and...