A TV dinner in Paris

By David Benjamin | 10/23/2025

by David Benjamin “Never eat anything than has to be explained.” —Snoopy PARIS—Hotlips and I, the other night, took our Japanese guests, Mako and Chikako, out to dinner in Paris, and blundered into Manhattan. From the outside, Lava, a new eatery on rue de la Montagne Ste. Geneviève, looks pretty French. The door and windows…

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The eschatological prophet of Jamaica Estates

By David Benjamin | 10/14/2025

by David Benjamin “Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said, ‘If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even life itself—such a person cannot be my disciple. And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my…

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The cumulative reporter

By David Benjamin | 10/03/2025

by David Benjamin “ … Like many policy declarations by Mr. Trump, it is hard to divine his true beliefs, and impossible to assure he will not change position again. He is nothing if not mercurial. His foreign policy views, former aides say, are more often driven by pique and a sense that he has…

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