Brian Frazer’s life reads far more colorfully than mine would, I’m afraid. On the other hand, I managed to avoid that whole compulsive gambling-bodybuilding-speed-eating-colon-cleansing-Kabbalah thing that afflicted his youth. In his first book, Hyper-Chondriac, Frazer comes clean… Did I just say that? …about a life lived at super-speed. It is one he spent most... Continue Reading →
85 MSNBC’s Chris Matthews plays Hardball nightly! INTERVIEW
Originally published June 30, 1997 As a political aide to a pantheon of Democratic stars from the last 25 years, including the late Senator Edmund S. Muskie and former House Speaker Tip O'Neill -- as well as a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter -- Chris Matthews knows power when he sees it. And as Washington... Continue Reading →
82 Soledad O’Brien hosts MSNBC’s The Site! INTERVIEW
Originally published June 16, 1997 This is gonna burst a lot of geek hearts, but Soledad O'Brien, host of MSNBC's nightly cable TV show "The Site", is not one of you. And wait, it gets worse: She's married. Happily. O'Brien, the cyber-dream date of a generation of guys living in the basement of the... Continue Reading →
50 Rasha Drachkovitch produces Lockup from outside looking in! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Part 1 of 3 There aren’t many people who want to go to prison. Not on purpose, not by accident, not even if they deserve it. Loss of liberty, loss of freedom, loss of privacy, loss of choice – and let’s not even talk about the whole idea of showers and toilets. And yet... Continue Reading →