The Spirit Mercurius

When I began working at 101 Barclay Street in June of 1999, it pleased me to be able to look down from the cafeteria floor on 195 Broadway, where my father worked so many years. It was a disappointment that the golden Mercury had been removed from the tower when At&T gave up the building, and I am glad to find a picture of it on the Web with the World Trade Center in the background:

Neocons for Kerry?

The argument Kerry must make is that he can continue the substance of the war, but without Bush's polarizing recklessness. And at home, he must reassure Americans that he is the centrist candidate - controlled neither by the foaming Michael Moore left nor the vitreolic religious right. Put all that together, and I may not find myself the only conservative moving slowly and reluctantly toward the notion that Kerry may be the right man - and the conservative choice - for a difficult and perilous time. -- Andrew Sullivan