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Alex Trebek and Me

By Jerry Kavanagh on November 19, 2020

I met Alex Trebek one day in the mid-1970s, about 10 years before he started his long-running gig as the host of Jeopardy. The staff at New York... Read more →
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R.I.P John Simon

By Jerry Kavanagh on November 27, 2019

My friend and former colleague John Simon passed away Sunday night (November 24) at the age of 94. John was a brilliant litterateur, a critic of... Read more →
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Game of Thrones, Washington Edition: What to look for in the coming episode

By Jerry Kavanagh on April 24, 2019

Storm clouds are gathering. Climate change is coming. Icebergs (if not icewalls) are melting. It’s Game of Thrones, D.C. edition. The embattled... Read more →
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Happy Birthday, Tom Jones!

By Jerry Kavanagh on February 20, 2019

Happy birthday, Tom Jones! (No, not the ageless and indefatigable Welsh singer.) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, by Henry Fielding, was first... Read more →
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Pardon Me?

By Jerry Kavanagh on June 14, 2018

It was reported a few days ago that Donald Trump reached out to NFL players, soliciting from them suggestions of those whom he might next consider... Read more →
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Remembering Tom Wolfe, and the New York Moment

By Jerry Kavanagh on May 23, 2018

One of the pleasures of working at New York magazine in the 1970s (and there were many) was the annual Christmas party, held in the editorial offices... Read more →
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Not the NBA Finals

By Jerry Kavanagh on June 14, 2016

“Are you in the NBA?” asked wide-eyed third grader Tim. I had just put my official National Basketball Association satchel down on the desk at... Read more →
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Gibberish and Journalism

By Jerry Kavanagh on October 22, 2013

The essay Politics and the English Language is as relevant today as it was when George Orwell wrote it in 1946. Within the theme of the essay about... Read more →
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Summer Reading for the Rich and Sporty

By Jerry Kavanagh on July 26, 2012

Still searching for a good book to take to the beach, the country, or just a secluded corner? In a summer of the Olympic Games, tight baseball... Read more →
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God and Sports … Since David and Goliath

By Jerry Kavanagh on June 27, 2012

Ever since King Saul successfully sent up David to pinch-hit for the Israelites against Goliath and the Philistines, players have been pointing... Read more →
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