Blog Entries by Lisa Nesselson
JFK, Marilyn Monroe and, uh, Sarah Palin -- The French Recollection
When I was a little girl, one still heard the inspiring slogan that America was a place so full of promise and equal opportunity that "Any boy can grow up to be president."
(The 21st century corollary, "Any flag lapel pin-sporting attractive outdoorsy conservative female with five children one of...
The War To End All Wars? Well, Not Exactly
Posted March 20, 2008 | 12:02 PM (EST)
Ponticelli, the last surviving French soldier to have fought in WWI, died last week, age 110.
To mark his passing -- and to honor all those who perished in the Great War -- a ceremony was held on March 17 at Les Invalides, the military facility and museum in the...
France for Nonmajors: Things You May Want to Know about Marion Cotillard, Nicholas Sarkozy and French Media
Posted March 12, 2008 | 06:57 PM (EST)
We should all be so lucky that when some allegedly scandalous piece of news enters the you-must-take-notice infosphere, an editor has paused to chant thrice over: context, context, context.
Thanks to sub-prime...
Cannes And Bush At 60: Let's Compare
Posted May 16, 2007 | 09:40 AM (EST)
The Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27) turns 60 this month. George W. Bush has a 10-month head start on this being-60 business. Let's compare and contrast.
CANNES AT 60: Plans every detail right down to projecting each film in its entirety the night before so the...
On ABC's This Week, conservative pundit George Will took up the case against...
Time magazine reports that in his new book, Do The Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing...
TV Newser has learned that Fox News anchor E.D. Hill is leaving the channel after her contract was...
It was surely an odd bit of timing...
Now that Barack Obama and John McCain met on Monday, it's looking increasingly as...
Mr. Gregory C. Soumas Board of Elections in the...
Two months before he leaves office, Sen. Chuck Hagel is increasingly
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Victoria's Secret's angels have descended upon...
Conservative personality Glenn Beck was accosted at his local Wendy's...
LAS VEGAS — Comedian Wanda Sykes says the passage of a same-sex marriage ban in California has...
With the House of Representatives pledging an aid package for the auto...
SALT LAKE CITY — The view of...
My favorite story of the week was the news that Michelle Obama's mother will be coming to live with the...
Posted September 5, 2008 | 12:16 PM (EST)