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...create a list of the five greatest senators in the legislative body’s history. Kennedy discussed the committee’s criteria in selecting these five Senate members—who turned out to be Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, Robert Taft, and Robert La Follette, Sr.—in an article for the New York Times Magazine. The chosen senators, Kennedy wrote, displayed “statesmanship transcending party and State lines” and “leadership in national thought and constitutional interpretation as well as legislation...
...Like La Follette, a legendary reformer, McCain will be remembered as a crusader who took on corruption in Washington by enacting campaign-finance reform with the McCain-Feingold Act and speaking out against pork barrel spending...
...formal education in the Lebanon. Though he returned to Beirut for high school, he wrote more prodigiously in English than in Arabic, and “The Prophet” is the child of his efforts. Although his biblical style is anything but innovative and the philosophie de la vie outlined in his sparse verse may seem old-fashioned at times, there remain gems of insight in his writing that make a reading of “The Prophet” today as worthwhile as when it first hit the scene.The book tells the story of a wanderer named Almustafa...
...Boarding. Continental Airlines has rolled out paperless boarding passes at New York's La Guardia Airport. Passengers with smartphones can get an encrypted electronic boarding pass sent to their device, which a TSA agent reads using a handheld scanner. (You'll still need your old school ID to pass through.) The program is already in use by Continental passengers in Houston, Washington, D.C., Newark, Boston, Austin, San Antonio and Cleveland. Likewise, for Northwest passengers in Indianapolis and Delta fliers at La Guardia. Alaska Airlines is piloting the program at Seattle-Tacoma Airport...
...Brasserie 44, which just introduced a prix-fixe pre-theater menu - three courses for $44 - from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every night. Try this meal on for size: sunchoke soup, pan-seared branzino and sticky toffee pudding. Not a bad deal considering a similar menu à la carte would cost about $60. After the show, come back to the Royalton to sip a nightcap and soak in the glow of the fireplace at Bar 44. (See 10 things to do in New York City.) 44 West 44th Street, New York City...