The Beer Barrel

In 2006, Ronald S. Lauder, who is now worth $3.1 billion, paid $135 million for the Klimt painting “Adele Bloch-Bauer I.”

As he stood in the opulent marble foyer of a Fifth Avenue mansion late last month, greeting the coterie of prominent guests arriving at his private art gallery,...

Although Florida's economy continues to sputter four years after the start of the Great Recession, the state's financial and unemployment woes can't slow down one impressive trend: Crime continues to plunge. Crime in Florida has plummeted nearly 33 percent since 1999, including nearly 13 percent since shortly after the recession began in late...

John Frum's brother David wrings his Jewish hands and cackles over the descent of the GOP into lunacy.

Neo-Cons? What Neo-Cons? We're all sane, sane, sane I tell you.

When Did the GOP Lose Touch With Reality?


http://nymag.com/print/?/news/politics/conservatives-david-frum-2011-11/

In fact, he's very annoyed that a Harvard professor would insinuate (not say, really) that, well

(Reuters) - Earlier than ever store openings at Macy's Inc, Target Corp and Best Buy Inc this year were such hits with shoppers that their midnight start on Black Friday will likely become the norm. Macy's said about 10,000 people thronged its Manhattan flagship at midnight on Thursday, while a Best Buy store in Union, New Jersey, had people...