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Pat Kiernan, Universal Life Minister
Pat Kiernan. (Getty Images) Last weekend, NY1 anchor and New York institution Pat Kiernan hosted something a little different. “Scarlet Mathilde Cronin and Matt Sullivan were married Saturday at Oak...
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On the Page: Adelle Waldman and the Runaways
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. Adelle Waldman (Henry Holt, $25, 256 pp.) For her debut novel The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., Adelle Waldman plunges readers into the mind of Nate, a 30-something...
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On Second Thought, It’s Kind of Joyless: On Goliarda Sapienza’s Forgotten...
Goliarda Sapienza. The story behind The Art of Joy is inextricable from the novel itself: Italian-born Goliarda Sapienza wrote the nearly 700-page novel from 1967 to 1976 in Rome and would spend much...
View ArticleWeiner on Carlos Danger: ‘I Don’t Know What You’re Talking About’
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner may be owning up to his latest sex-messaging scandal. But his alleged secret online handle? Not quite. Mr. Weiner dodged a question tonight about the name he...
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That Town: Mark Leibovich’s ‘Takedown’ of the Washington Club
Mark Leibovich (second from left) with Sen. Tom Harkin. (Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call) In his new book This Town (Blue Rider Press, 400 pp., $27.95), Mark Leibovich commits an act of treason against...
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One Nation, Underinsured: Why Obamacare Will Prove the Haters Wrong
When I got the email, I was traveling in one of the socialist fleshpots of Europe where cheap medical care flows like wine. Great news, my husband wrote, forwarding the report that, thanks to...
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The Emptons: Estates Forsaken as Hamptonites Flee for European Shores
(Illo: Mario Zucca) It was opening weekend in the Hamptons. There I was at a Memorial Day party at a stunning manse “on Goldman Pond,” as some now refer to the body of water formerly known as Sagg...
View ArticleWeiner Pens Lengthy Letter Explaining Why He’s Still Running
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner is in the spotlight yet again after he admitted to continuing his sexting dalliances long after his resignation and proclaiming himself to be a changed man. Now he’s...
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Blood Sport: Welcome to the Jungle of Arena Polo
Players compete at the U.S. Open Arena Polo Championship in Medford, N.Y. The trip to Long Island last Friday took two hours, and the Transom spent the entire time worrying that we didn’t have a...
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The Kid Stays in the Picture: Kid Fury’s Journey From YouTuber to Black...
Kid Fury's videos have been viewed more than 10 million times. (Credit: sofurious.com) “I was walking and just minding my black-ass business,” burst Kid Fury in a familiar cadence that you can’t...
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The House That Organ Trading Bought Sells for $2 M.
Big fish in a little pond. There aren't many people in Brooklyn who could sell you a live human kidney in, but Levy Izhak Rosenbaum was one of them. He bought the kidneys, mostly in Israel, for around...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Targets the Hipster Vote
Would it be ironic to vote for Bill de Blasio? Politicker isn’t quite sure but Mr. de Blasio, the city’s public advocate, is apparently hoping that’s the case. The Brooklyn-based mayoral candidate...
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New York City Co-ops Still Scandalously Undertaxed, Furman Center Finds
944 Fifth Avenue, where a full-floor co-op recently traded for $50 million, is one of New York's obscenely undertaxed co-operative buildings. It's a story that pops up every few years: New York City's...
View ArticleNew Poll Finds Bill Thompson in Good Shape in Mayor’s Race
Alas, Quinnipiac University had the misfortune of polling the mayor’s race before Monday’s bombshell revelations of a leading candidate’s continued deception and sexting habits beyond his resignation...
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Buzz Building in Agrabah as Kingdom Prepares for First Royal Baby, Magical...
Portrait of royal family and attendants. For the past week, the streets of Waltier have been electric with excitement as citizens await news of the newest member of Agrabah's first royal family. Queen...
View ArticleAnthony Weiner Continues His Second Sexting Scandal Defense
After a brief testimony about the state of public housing this evening, former Congressman Anthony Weiner was mobbed by the media once again, seeking more answers about the online sex scandal that...
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Matchpoint! Queens Tennis Center Expansion Gets City Council Approval, But...
Expanding. The United States Tennis Association won its battle today, earning city council approval for an expansion that will require the annexation of an additional .68 acres of city parkland, to be...
View ArticleWeiner Admits to Sexting With Two More Women After Resignation
Anthony Weiner admitted this afternoon to engaging in lewd sexual exchanges with as many as three women after he resigned from Congress, now putting his total number of online sexual exploits at...
View ArticleRival Says Weiner Needs to Apologize to Latinos for ‘Carlos Danger’ Nickname
“Carlos Danger,” former Congressman Anthony Weiner’s alleged online moniker, has provided ample material to headline-writers, late night comedians and just about everyone on Twitter, but one of Mr....
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Mayor Bloomberg’s Townhouse to Get a Fancy Pants Makeover
The mayor's house, in its shabby pre-renovation state. While the mayor has been busy locking down as many new initiatives as possible in his final months in office—a $20 billion waterfront rebuilding...
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