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J.P. Devine
  • Published
    May 6, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: Missing Eliot, facing 80

    When I was young and chasing ballerinas, actresses, and tall, dark coffee shop cashiers through the canyons of Manhattan, growing old rarely occurred to me.

  • Published
    May 6, 2012

    T.S. Eliot, and aging

    When I was young and chasing ballerinas, actresses, and tall, dark coffee shop cashiers through the canyons of Manhattan, growing old rarely occurred to me.

  • Published
    April 29, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: Jack won’t hit the road

    By now Seamus, the Romneys’ Irish Setter, has found himself a place in political literature, and has almost replaced Lassie as the most famous dog in American history.

  • Published
    April 29, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: Jack won’t hit the road

    By now Seamus, the Romney's Irish setter, has found himself a place in political literature, and has almost replaced Lassie as the most famous dog in American history.

  • Published
    April 22, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: Marking time on Planet Earth

    The first reunion, 10 years after we walked the stage, was held, I was told, in the old gymnasium that still smelled of sweat and old sneakers.

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  • Published
    April 22, 2012

    One last roundup

    The first reunion, 10 years after we walked the stage, was held, I was told, in the old gymnasium that still smelled of sweat and old sneakers.

  • Published
    April 15, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: No women? No J.P.

    Many years ago, Arthur Marx, son of Groucho, was denied access to a Beverly Hills country club pool because, it was stated, he was Jewish. Groucho protested. "My son is only half-Jewish, so can he go in up to his knees?"

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    April 15, 2012

    Inspired early to support rights

    Many years ago, Arthur Marx, son of Groucho, was denied access to a Beverly Hills country club pool because, it was stated, he was Jewish. Groucho protested. "My son is only half-Jewish, so can he go in up to his knees?"

  • Published
    April 8, 2012

    Style for the Masses

    I’ll be in church this morning.

  • Published
    April 8, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: Mass transit

    Behold this silver-haired devil in the pink and white checked shirt with blue summer blazer and pale-blue tie dotted with pink flamingos and thin titanium-framed violet-tinted shades, all propped up like a corpse in a Western saloon display, still waiting for God. Style is everything, is it not?