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BOOM COMPANIONS M en, H.L. Mencken once wrote, have a better time of it than women; for one thing, they marry later; for another, they die earlier. We are reminded every day just how much better a...

The Nation's Pulse/Cuomo's "A" Rating (October 1990)

THE NATION'S PULSE CUOMO'S "A" RATING Get to know the name Stan Lun- V dine. Mr. Lundine is the lieutenant governor of New York right now, and he will be the lieutenant governor when Gov. Mario...

The Public Policy/Putting Junk to Rest (May 1990)

THE PUBLIC POLICY PUTTING JUNK TO REST J unk bonds seemed like such a great J idea. The young were helped: striving entrepreneurs received financing for bold new projects. The old were made...

The Great American Saloon Series/When Irish Guys Are Slinging (March 1990)

THE GREAT AMERICAN SALOON SERIES WHEN IRISH GUYS ARE SLINGING G UINNESS IS GOOD FOR YOU. The slogan is pasted all over Dublin, all over Ireland. I think I have even seen it scrawled on the side of...

The Public Policy/The Massachusetts Debacle (January 1990)

THE PUBLIC POLICY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEBACLE S alesmen at one brokerage house last year were exhorted over the company's public address system, "This may be your last chance to sell Massachusetts...

The Beauty of Municipal Bonds (June 1989)

Joe Mysak THE BEAUTY OF MUNICIPAL BONDS In fact, they're so attractive that Congress is now thinking about doing them in through whopping new taxation. So much for federal concern with crumbling...

The Public Policy/Turning America into Junk (April 1989)

THE PUBLIC POLICY TURNING AMERICA INTO JUNK H istory was made on February 9, 1989, when Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a leveraged buyout specialist, completed the biggest commercial deal ever,...

The Great American Saloon Series/Jock Bars (May 1988)

THE GREAT AMERICAN SALOON SERIES JOCK BARS by Joe Mysak O nce, all bars were sports bars, the crafty Ferguson once said to me. "The black-and-white television was on all the time, there was a...

The Sexes/The Endless Chase (December 1987)

Joe Mysak/The Sexes THE ENDLESS CHASE Scene: Two men in a barroom, one married, the other engaged, discussing current events and displaying the failure of memory brought on by the sickness of...

The Great American Saloon Series/Harry's on Hanover Square (June 1987)

THE GREAT AMERICAN SALOON SERIES HARRY'S ON HANOVER SQUARE by Joe Mysak W e eat and drink light, or "lite," now, "grazing" on dishes resembling nothing so much as what used to be called hors...

The Great American Saloon Series/The Whee! Generation (January 1987)

THE GREAT AMERICAN SALOON SERIES W here once halibut and striped bass cast baleful eyes toward morning shoppers, there now exists the Serengeti Plain for the youthful sybarites of what the Celtic...

The Great American Saloon Series/Newport Landings (September 1986)

average, and two-thirds of the new jobs have been with the city or state governments. Governor Mario Cuomo may soon have a $350 million tax surplus, and the Municipal Assistance Corporation (Big...

Eminentoes/The Great White (January 1986)

more to the population. The June elections for parliament and local councils were a case in point. More than one candidate was allowed to stand for each seat. In the West, the voting was not taken...

The Nation's Pulse/Borne in the USA (November 1985)

THE NATION'S PULSE BORNE IN THE U.S.A. by Joe Mysak Consider the following: A young woman at the conclusion of labor has the startling presence of mind to tell her husband to turn up the tape of...

The Great American Saloon Series/Taking Georgetown (July 1985)

SPECTATOR'S JOURNAL SON SANN BLUE 6~ilZ don't want to talk about the past," is how Son Sann put it. Testy, curt, and final. Didn't he say the same thing on the MacNeil-Lehrer show a week...

The Great American Saloon Series/Quaffing in Massachusetts (May 1984)

long way, baby. Jesse couldn't calculate her way out of a clothing boutique, much less deliberately entrap an unwilling hero. She is simply afraid, of Jake and of her powerful mother; and the...

The Great American Saloon Series/Big Stash's (September 1983)

THE GREAT AMERICAN SALOON SERIES BIG STASH'S Gus: Don't go about it the wrong way. Don't use the Democrats' approach. Don't throw money at it. Tom: Forget it. What's the use? She 'II never go out...

The Great American Saloon Series / The Saloons of Wall Street (September 1982)

cise, as these things went: a barren room, an official witness, browbeating, shouting, and sometimes foul language. Rickover was criticized on occasion for the way he handled these...

The Great American Saloon Series / The Jersey Shore (September 1981)

1_HF [~HFAl' THE JERSEY SHORE The first attraction of the Jersey Shore is the beach, stretching for mile after unbroken mile along the Atlantic. The second is drinking. Not drinking in the...

The Great American Saloon Series/Barmaids (April 1981)

BOOK REVIEWS what to my embarrassment, an influential organization called the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE): "a body so shot through with irresponsible radicalism, guilt-ridden...

The Great American Saloon Series/Frenchy's of Roselle Park (May 1980)

"The Great American Saloon Series/Frenchy's of Roselle Park" Witness the poor pilgrims who long to visit a good saloon. Not an impossible quest, this; but they do not want high prices, fake elegance, chic interior decor, radical politics, or Beautiful...

Eminentoes/Who Killed Mark Lane? (August 1979)

EMINENTOES WHO KILLED MARK LANE? by Joe Mysak In the year 2038 or thereabouts, the National Archives will release volumes of testimony and miscellaneous evidence on the assassination of John F....