Stories from March 2008
Hat, rather than debauchery, blocks Horsley entry to US
By A. James Memmott | March 31, 2008 at 3:13pm | 0
Hats off to Sebastian Horsley, the British writer and self-described “dandy,” who may have been barred from the U.S. for wearing a hat.
Sale of Blixseths’ Yellowstone Club falls through
By Laurie Bennett | March 31, 2008 at 10:10am | 1
Recent weeks have brought financial upheaval to Tim Blixseth.
Jane Mendillo taking charge of Harvard endowment
By A. James Memmott | March 29, 2008 at 12:45pm | 0
For the second time in a little more than two years, Harvard University has named a new person to oversee its mammoth endowment fund.
Muckety this! Sigmund Freud to John Lennon
By Rita Hall | March 29, 2008 at 12:26pm | 0
How is the father of psychoanalysis connected to the founder of the Beatles?
Josh Brolin brings new intelligence to the role of prez
By Emily Morgan | March 28, 2008 at 1:32pm | 0
Casting has begun for Oliver Stone’s upcoming film W., which will tell the story of George W. Bush’s early years.
Muckety this! Barbara Walters to Eric Clapton
By Laurie Bennett | March 28, 2008 at 10:00am | 3
Barbara Walters doesn’t usually hang with British rockers, but it’s a short, straight line connecting her to Eric Clapton.
Yet another superdelegate is accused of crimes
By Carol Eisenberg | March 28, 2008 at 9:15am | 1
It’s beginning to feel like a shoot-out at the O.K. Corral.
Yesterday’s indictment of Puerto Rico Gov. Anibal S. Acevedo Vila brings the tally of Democratic super delegates facing criminal indictments, or threat of indictments, to four. (Make that five, if you count former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who was pledged to support Hillary Rodham Clinton, but resigned March 12 in a sex scandal and therefore lost his super delegate status.)
Wealthy Democrats put pressure on Pelosi
By Laurie Bennett | March 28, 2008 at 8:55am | 1
Some of the Democratic Party’s biggest contributors - most of them supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton - sent a forceful letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this week, urging her to reconsider her stance on the August convention.
Erin Callan dubbed Wall Street’s alpha female
By Carol Eisenberg | March 27, 2008 at 3:15pm | 0
Erin Callan doesn’t look like a master of the universe in her crocheted dresses and bright-red leather jackets.
Karl Rove crosses over to the Mac side
By A. James Memmott | March 27, 2008 at 9:00am | 1
Casting directors looking to fill the part of Karl Rove in a movie account of the second Bush presidency might turn to John Hodgman, the actor who plays “PC” in the Apple Inc. commercials.
