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Adam Hanft: Quakers and Shakers: Giuliani and Patterson Unlikely Bedfellows in the Axis of Anxiety

Tough-guy enforcer Rudy Giuliani, and touchy-feely David Patterson are in unlikely and violent agreement: making Manhattan Ground Zero for the Khalid Sheik Mohammed trial is a very bad idea. As the Times put it, "Giuliani said the trial would give 'an ...

From ADAM HANFT, Huffington Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Rudy Giuliani,  George W. Bush,  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,  Al-Qaeda,  Eric Holder

Adam Hanft: Brave New Chapter: The Simon & Schuster eBook Announcement

"It represents a transformational shift from current trade publishing models... consumers may no longer have to purchase an entire book when perhaps a chapter or two will provide them with the answers they are looking for, or if they are looking to ...

From ADAM HANFT, Huffington Post,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Simon & Schuster,  Barnes & Noble, Inc.,  Whole Foods Market, Inc.

Pro-Gay Marriage Ads Outclass the Opposition in Maine

In Maine – where they're voting Tuesday on a ballot initiative that will determine the future of same-sex marriage – something stunning has happened. I just spent some time watching the commercials that are hogging the airwaves, and guess what? It's ...

From ADAM HANFT, Politics Daily,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  NPR,  George Lakoff,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party

Adam Hanft: What Really Scares Me This Halloween

• The fact that 80% of the jobs lost in the Great Recession were held by men. We haven't even begun to contemplate the psychological and sociological impact of this on marriages, families, education, and health care. Madoff masks and vampire ...

From ADAM HANFT, Huffington Post,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Michael Bloomberg,  Hilary Mantel,  Facebook Inc.,  Eugene McCarthy

Adam Hanft: I'd Like To Buy The World A Coke - And Slap It With A Big Fat Sugar Tax

In July 1971, Coca-Cola debuted a commercial that remains famous in the fizz of marketing history. Shot on a hill outside Rome, the spot - featuring a diverse group of winsome, cleaned-up hippies singing a pop song with a folky vibe - was a phenomenon. ...

From ADAM HANFT, Huffington Post,  15 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Coca-Cola Company,  Gavin Newsom,  UNICEF,  Wikipedia,  Richard Blumenthal

Adam Hanft: Irving Penn, Twitter, and the Everydayness of Life

I'm sure I'll be accused of having Twitter on the brain, but listening to and reading the obituaries for Irving Penn put me in mind of that 140-character cultural and media phenomenon. Huh? Well, a common thread in these celebrations of the master is ...

From ADAM HANFT, Huffington Post,  8 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Irving Penn,  Twitter Inc,  New York Times Company,  Raymond Carver,  Starbucks Corp

Adam Hanft: Who Needs the Olympics? Consolation Reading for Chicago Lovers

Despite the continentally-correct judgment of the Olympicrats in Copenhagen, Chicago is an Olympian city when it comes to literature and the arts. And what better time than now to remind us? Here's a sampling of some of those triumphs of the sedentary, ...

From ADAM HANFT, Huffington Post,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: University of Chicago,  David Mamet,  Clarence Darrow,  Gloria Steinem,  Jeff Koons

Adam Hanft: Gourmet Starved to Death

Seventy years of great photography and intimidating recipes have collapsed as fast as a badly architected boysenberry soufflé. Yesterday, Conde Nast announced it was yanking Gourmet off the stove. It was a needless death in our food-mad culture. The ...

From ADAM HANFT, Huffington Post,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Michael Pollan,  Michael Moore

The Smart President Has a Brain Problem

President Obama reels off the familiar rogues' gallery of enemies to health care reform in every appearance he makes. But his biggest threat – and one that his recent media marathon pushes right up against – is none of those. Special interests, ...

From ADAM HANFT, Politics Daily,  23 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Al Gore,  Monica Lewinsky,  Adelphi University,  Helen Fisher

Adam Hanft: New York City Continues to Turn Into Cleveland; News from the Center for an Urban Future

Living in New York City is the ultimate urban trade-off; an ongoing pas de deux between a dream and no closet space. Other than those who are Goldman-lined, we surrender space and privacy, we pay nutty rents for some tiny turf in exchange for an ...

From ADAM HANFT, Huffington Post,  21 Aug 2009

Related Topics: McDonald's,  Duane Reade,  Jane Jacobs,  Robert Moses,  Circuit City

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