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At Home with Police Commissioner Bill Bratton
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and legal dynamo Rikki Klieman might be New York's most law-abiding power coupleLike so many of New York’s most successful mergers, this one began over breakfast at the Regency. It was late 1997 and Rikki Klieman, a CourtTV anchor recently relocated from Boston, was dining with her new boss at the Upper East Side eatery, where captains of industry hash out ... More -
That Was Men, This is Now
On the 40th anniversary of All the Presidents Men, David Dayen looks at how media has transformed since two relentless newspaper reporters brought down the Nixon presidencyOur memory of Watergate owes much to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the Washington Post reporters who spent two years investigating the burglary at the Democratic National Committee offices, uncovering a criminal conspiracy inside the Oval Office. But 40 years ago, if you lived in Maine or Wyoming and wanted to ... More -
Live from the Hill: Dana Bash
CNN's chief congressional correspondent reveals the ins and outs of how Congress really operatesTwenty years is a long time in the evolution of a cable news network—and a career. “When I first started, it was Ted Turner’s CNN, meaning it was a very different kind of vibe,” CNN’s chief congressional correspondent Dana Bash tells DuJour. “He used to say, ‘The news was the ... More -
The Fran Drescher Movement
“Cancer put me on a tailspin so I could come out the other end of it a rebuilt, reinvented person.”When she’s acting, Fran Drescher likes to take cues from her real life. Last year’s Happily Divorced, a second act in sitcoms for the former Nanny, was based on Drescher’s relationship with ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson. Lately, though, the New York comedienne has been drawing on her experiences for a ... More -
Ralph Nader Lets Loose
The five-time presidential candidate holds forth on the government shutdown, Obama’s "egocentric" campaign and doing stand-upEarlier this month, Ralph Nader—consumer advocate, five-time presidential candidate and serial organization founder—was in New York to speak on a panel titled "The Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Accident: Ongoing Lessons for New York." Alongside former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and a gaggle of Nuclear Regulatory Commission bigwigs, Nader, now ... More -
Thoroughly Modern Meghan
Young Republicans have found a beau ideal in newly minted TV host Meghan McCainMeghan McCain has never been a shrinking violet. The 28-year-old daughter of Arizona Senator and one-time Republican Presidential nominee John McCain has made a place for herself as a cable-news personality, writer and bodacious blonde embodiment of young blood in the fusty political spheres in which she travels. In recent weeks ... More -
Ed Koch: On Regrets, Gay Mayors and His Legacy
In this exclusive interview conducted a few weeks ago, the late great ex-mayor opened up about his years in his beloved New YorkEd Koch—who passed away this morning from congestive heart failure at the age of 88—was the outspoken, divisive but ultimatedly adored mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. He was the man in charge when the subway workers went on strike for 10 days, when a beloved Harlem ... More -
Rahm Emanuel 2.0: Less Screaming, More Smiling
Ranting Rahmbo is gone, but not completely—just ask local teachers. DuJour spends a day with the speed-talking Chicago mayorIt’s 7 A.M. on Columbus Day, and the block-square gray mass of city hall on LaSalle Street is battened down for the holiday. “City Hall is Closed” reads a sign hanging on the main doors. Inside, deep in the marble gloaming, a pair of Chicago police officers is chatting and ... More
