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We're still in the ditch, and the Gennifer Flowers story about Bill Clinton says it all. A tabloid fired several bullets into the air, and the rest of the herd began to stampede.

From Richard Ben Cramer

This book-promotion stuff is like a political campaign. You work your butt off, and at the end of the day, you can't tell if it's made a damned bit of difference.

From Richard Ben Cramer

Few men try for best ever, and Ted Williams is one of those.

From Richard Ben Cramer

At some point... Israel ground away, or gave away, her birthright of loyalty from the West.

From Richard Ben Cramer

When there are fewer and fewer publishers of scale, it's just not good for authors.

From Richard Ben Cramer

At every step in his life, DiMaggio was what New Yorkers wanted in a hero.

From Richard Ben Cramer

DiMaggio was never a rube. He was very smart and very urban. Coming out of the Great Depression, he was the immigrant boy who made it big. Coming back from World War II, he had all the wealth and power that New York aspired to. When New York saw itself as the center of the world, he was its paragon of class.

From Richard Ben Cramer