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  • July 2008

    • Wolfe on Felker: New York Was His Invention

      New York  |  Jul 8, 08 2:12 PM CDT

      Wolfe on Felker: New York Was His Invention

      (Newser) - Tom Wolfe writes with great fondness—and more than a little self-indulgence—about the giddy heyday of the New Journalism, when he and Clay Felker, the legendary magazine editor who died last week, collaborated on the invention of New York magazine. With a gimlet eye for status and boundless social appetites--one year he claimed to have eaten dinner at home only eight times—Felker created a sociology of the fabulous and stylish, enabling Wolfe to write some of his best and most influential work. More »

    • Don't Forget About the Other Jesse Helms

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 5, 08 1:17 PM CDT

      Don't Forget About the Other Jesse Helms

      (Newser) - Many remember Jesse Helms as an unflinching bigot who fought civil rights and foreign aid, but the former North Carolina senator also softened some views and befriended Bono, John Hunt writes in the Wall Street Journal . “Contrary to his reputation, Helms did change his mind,” Hunt notes: He reversed his position on aid to Israel and partnered with Bono to combat AIDS and poverty in Africa. More »

    • Ex-Senator Jesse Helms Dead at 86

      News & Observer (Raleigh)  |  Jul 4, 08 10:44 AM CDT

      Ex-Senator Jesse Helms Dead at 86

      (Newser) - Jesse Helms, a polarizing figure who represented North Carolina in the US Senate for 30 years before retiring in 2003, died today in Raleigh, the News & Observer reports. He was 86. A pro-segregation TV commentator before entering national politics, the first Republican senator from North Carolina since Reconstruction opposed virtually every piece of civil rights legislation that crossed his desk. More »

    • Legendary New York Editor Dead at 82

      New York Times  |  Jul 1, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      Legendary New York Editor Dead at 82

      (Newser) - Clay Felker, founder and editor of New York magazine, died today at 82. Felker was the pioneer of a distinctive format that has become the model for weekly magazines: long, novelistic features alongside short, spicy service pieces. "Clay was obsessed with power, and he invented a magazine in the image of that obsession," current New York editor Adam Moss told the New York Times. More »