Bill Cunningham explains it all

It felt like a dream. You know how it is when you’re not entirely awake and not entirely sleeping. It was still dark when I leaned over and turned on the radio. The night before, desperate for something different on the radio I had tuned to the new conservative talk station in New York City [...]

Opening act

In his salad days as a writer and performer on Saturday Night Live, Al Franken would be having a comic field day with events like those surrounding the swearing in of the new Congress today. Senator-designate(?) Roland Burris, invoking his divine right to the Senate seat in Illinois, and Al Franken, certified as the winner [...]