Dan Laidman

With Great Power...

The end of the line. Sure enough, I forgot to include some things I won't miss in the last column. Here are some more downers before we get into the sappy stuff:

By Dan Laidman | Apr 23 12:00 am ET

I Will Not Miss...

Welcome to part one of my two-part farewell. So as not to go out like a grouch, I'm going to get the kvetching over with this week and save the sappy stuff for two weeks from now.

By Dan Laidman | Apr 9 12:00 am ET

Blocked Speech Not Free

There is no pending legislation about slavery reparations, and any such legal action is still far off in the future.

By Dan Laidman | Mar 26 12:00 am ET

Speaking the Truth

A spirit of magnanimity has overtaken X-Ray Specs. Who knows what has brought this about? Perhaps it's the first sun-drenched salvos of spring upending our seasonal depression.

By Dan Laidman | Feb 26 12:00 am ET

Brainwashing at the Bookstore

The Columbia Bookstore is hosting a most unusual event next week. On Feb. 20, representatives of the L.

By Dan Laidman | Feb 12 12:00 am ET

Al Gore, Ace Reporter?

No profile of Al Gore is complete without the anecdote about his father telling the Nashville Tennessean, "If I have a baby boy, I don't want the news buried in the inside of the paper.

By Dan Laidman | Jan 29 12:00 am ET

125th Managing Board Takes Helm at Spectator

Call it "2001: A Spectator Odyssey."

By Miriam Haskell and Dan Laidman | Jan 16 12:00 am ET

Q&A with Ralph Nader

The Spectator sat down for an exclusive interview with Green Party Presidential candidate Ralph Nader last Friday shortly after his Lerner Hall speech.

By Ben Casselman, Dan Laidman, Miriam Haskell, and James Thompson | Oct 9 12:00 am ET

The Spectator and Said

When Commentary published Justus Reid Weiner's article questioning Edward Said's life story, I was the editorial page editor of the Spectator, and I wrote a staff editorial condemning the article a

By Dan Laidman | Sep 14 12:00 am ET

Harlem Shows the Way on Cuba

Fidel Castro's marathon speech at Riverside Church last Friday is the latest milestone in the revolutionary relationship between the island of Cuba and the village of Harlem, a relationship that d

By Dan Laidman | Sep 11 12:00 am ET

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