Abraham Lincoln on the American Plutocracy
Just found this great comment by Abraham Lincoln on the plutocracy and thought it worth sharing: “It is more despotic than a monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, and more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes.” POSSIBLE CORRECTION: A friend notes that the […]
Requiem For a Heavyweight: Tony Curtis, R.I.P.
Tony Curtis died last night at his Las Vegas home. I thank my lucky stars I was able to conduct one of the last interviews with him just a few weeks ago for my next book on trophy real estate in Los Angeles. This clip is from one of his greatest films, The Sweet Smell […]
Gross and Grosser?
Jamie Malanowski wades into the Gross muck with a comment on the “pyromaniac” Ann Coulter and her misbegotten column mixing me up with another similarly named writer. “A minor incident, but it says a lot about Hit-And-Run Coulter and her fans,” he decides. After seven days of waiting for Coulter to correct her mistake, I’m […]
Conflicts? I have a few. But then again, they may be research.
I make my debut in Crain’s New York Business on Monday with a column on the war between Pinch Sulzberger‘s New York Times and Rupert Murdoch‘s Wall Street Journal. A paragraph about my personal relationships with the subjects got cut from the column for space, so here it is: I am well-versed in this story. […]
740 Park Still Tops
How do I love Kindle? Let me count the ways: Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #3,893 Paid in Kindle Store #1 in Books > Arts & Photography > Architecture > History & Periods #1 in Kindle Store > Kindle Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Sociology > Urban #1 in Kindle Store > Kindle Books > […]
An Open Letter to Ann Coulter
Dear Ann Coulter, Your web site doesn’t offer a way to contact you; mine does. That’s why I’m writing you this way. You made a whopping big (though seemingly small) mistake in your column yesterday and I’m paying for it and I’m disgusted and so I am writing to ask you to help me stop […]
Just when I thought I was out…
… they drag me back in. On October 6th, at 6:30 PM, I’ll be speaking about Rogues’ Gallery at the Junior League of the City of New York, 130 East 80th Street. It’s open to members and their friends.
Naomi en espanol
Chile’s Caras Magazine considers the case of Naomi Campbell in its current issue — and quotes the author of a certain book about models in the lede. Spanish speakers and Google translate users can read it here.
Attention Sarah Palin fans (and hataz)!!!!
I am not the magazine writer Michael Joseph Gross so please don’t send me love or hate letters for him. Speaking of which, attention Fox News fans: Neither am I the lawyer Michael Gross who sometimes appears on Fox News, so please don’t send me mail meant for him, either. Oh, and guys? You’ve got […]