Preface | |
Acknowledgments | |
F.O.B. (Friends of Bill) | |
Introduction | |
Interviews | |
Nelson A. Rockefeller (1976) | p. 3 |
John V. Lindsay (1979) | p. 6 |
Earthquake "open line" (1985) | p. 21 |
Tony Bennett (1989) | p. 33 |
Thomas Eddy (1994) | p. 41 |
Pierre Rinfret (1994) | p. 49 |
Peter Mintun (1996) | p. 53 |
Nita Lowey (1999) | p. 61 |
Ernest Davis (2001) | p. 68 |
Bob Grant (1999) | p. 70 |
September 11, 2001 | p. 75 |
Mario Cuomo | p. 76 |
Monsignor Edward Connors | p. 81 |
Ogden Rogers Reid | p. 83 |
Ernest Davis | p. 88 |
"Open line" | p. 91 |
Edward I. Koch (2002) | p. 102 |
Mario Biaggi (2002) | p. 110 |
Marty Rochelle (2002) | p. 115 |
Tom Golisano (2002) | p. 120 |
Kitty Carlisle Hart (2002) | p. 128 |
Libby Pataki (2002) | p. 136 |
Ray Harding (2002) | p. 148 |
Jim Lowe (2001) | p. 153 |
Jim Higgins Clark (2002) | p. 163 |
Bobby Short (2002) | p. 174 |
One Year later : September 11, 2002 | p. 181 |
Mario Cuomo | p. 181 |
Richard Norton Smith | p. 188 |
Ernest Davis | p. 192 |
Bruce "the swimmer" Merbaum | p. 195 |
Samuel George Fredman | p. 197 |
Ken Bialo and Valerie Moore O'Keefe | p. 201 |
Phil Reisman | p. 203 |
Monsignor Edward Connors | p. 204 |
Ogden Rogers Reid | p. 207 |
Edward I. Koch | p. 210 |
Pete Hamill (2003) | p. 214 |
Ben Gilman (2003) | p. 231 |
Odgen Rogers Reid (2003) | p. 236 |
Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien (2003) | p. 246 |
Bishop Joseph Sullivan (2003) | p. 254 |
James F. Gill (2003) | p. 263 |
John L. Allen, Jr. (2003) | p. 279 |
Robert Armao (2003) | p. 285 |
Edward I. Koch (2003) | p. 293 |
Cindy Adams (2003) | p. 298 |
Joseph Wood Canzeri (2003) | p. 304 |
Tributes, editorials, and essays | |
Beyond the golden apple | p. 309 |
Getty Square in the rain : the Kennedy legacy (1965) | p. 311 |
The American cardinal : Francis Cardinal Spellman (1967) | p. 314 |
Moynihan for Senator (1976) | p. 316 |
Mike for Mayor (2001) | p. 318 |
For Andrew Cuomo (2002) | p. 320 |
Pataki for Governor (2002) | p. 326 |
A late model Lincoln : enduring wisdom in an ivory tower (2003) | p. 328 |
Neal Travis : a reminiscence (2002) | p. 335 |
Walter Nelson Thayer : gray eminence of the eastern establishment (2003) | p. 340 |
Sol Taishoff : a tribute (2003) | p. 348 |
The home Heath | p. 351 |
The boy scouts and the draft dodgers (1965) | p. 353 |
A '60s crusade : Macy's comes to New Rochelle (1967) | p. 355 |
Augie Petrillo : a man with two hats (1968) | p. 360 |
Edwin G. Michaelian (2003) | p. 364 |
Crime in Westchester (1968) | p. 370 |
Randel Toliver : a wonderful fool (1972) | p. 373 |
Hugh Doyle : the councilman emeritus (1977) | p. 375 |
The dying days of summer (1983) | p. 378 |
Napoleon Holmes : the advocate (2002) | p. 382 |
Deja vu all over again (2002) | p. 386 |
Illusions (2003) | p. 389 |
The information dark ages, by Dirk W. Sabin (2003) | p. 392 |
My new Rochelle, by Ossie Davis (2003) | p. 402 |
David's Island : the eleventh hour (1988) | p. 409 |
Take care of our roots (2003) | p. 412 |
The obligatory Mario Cuomo section (in every Bill O'Shaughnessy book) | |
The whole law | p. 417 |
Running dialogue : Mario Cuomo and William O'Shaughnessy | p. 418 |
Wall Street, the Catholic church, ground zero (July 2002) | p. 418 |
The D. C. sniper, the law, and the death penalty (October 2002) | p. 425 |
Thanksgiving (November 2002) | p. 429 |
The Trent Lott imbroglio; the Catholic church; Bishop James McCarthy; Albert Gore and the 2433 Election; Iraq and terrorism (December 2002) | p. 433 |
Run-up to the Iraq War (March 2003) | p. 448 |
On the passing of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (March 2003) | p. 455 |
Baseball; the New York Times mess; media consolidation; high-flying politicians (May 2003) | p. 457 |
On radio | p. 468 |
A eulogy for Michael Modell | p. 476 |
You are the sun | p. 480 |
We can do better | p. 482 |
Celebrating Dr. King's legacy | p. 491 |
Help the world remember (2000) | p. 499 |
At the podium | |
Jimmy Breslin : a New York writer | p. 507 |
Kenneth Cole : Footnotes | p. 518 |
Andrew Cuomo : the son also rises | p. 524 |
Ossie Davis and Michael "Buzzy" O'Keefe at Lincoln Hall | p. 528 |
Joe DiMaggio : a baseball story | p. 536 |
Rudolph W. Giuliani : flight 800 | p. 538 |
Rudolph W. Giuliani and Katherine Lindsay Lake : remembering John V. Lindsay | p. 542 |
Dick Gregory : know the power you have | p. 550 |
Larry King : a night in the catskills | p. 560 |
Henry Kissinger : off the record | p. 568 |
Wellington Mara : a passion for life | p. 571 |
William O'Shaughnessy : the Christian Brothers Foundation's 200th anniversary | p. 572 |
William O'Shaughnessy : treasures of the Litchfield Hills | p. 576 |
William O'Shaughnessy : civil liberties in the age of terrorism | p. 584 |
Regis Philbin : if at first you don't succeed | p. 590 |
George Plimpton : sui generis | p. 597 |
Howard Rubenstein : advice from the maestro | p. 606 |
Tim Russert : breakfast at "21" | p. 608 |
Richard Norton Smith : Nelson Rockefeller and modern art | p. 617 |
Radio, press, and the first amendment | |
The editors of Broadcasting & Cable : now or never | p. 627 |
Archbishop Edward M. Egan : the church and the fourth estate | p. 629 |
Steve Knoll : the demise of the radio commentator | p. 636 |
John Cardinal O'Connor : the electronic media and the truth | p. 642 |
William O'Shaughnessy | p. 647 |
Rocking the boat on the Maine coast | p. 647 |
Freedom of expression at Iona | p. 652 |
The day the music stopped | p. 654 |
WFUV and the New York Botanical Garden | p. 657 |
The Opie and Anthony episode at Saint Patrick's Cathedral | p. 661 |
Media consolidation | p. 667 |
The ratings race | p. 672 |
Andrew Jay Schwartzman and William O'Shaughnessy : campaign finance reform and public access to the media | p. 674 |
Jack Valenti : first amendment | p. 680 |
Richard C. Wald | p. 684 |
It's quality that lasts | p. 684 |
The Blair affair | p. 688 |
End game | |
Hail to the chief : a toast to the President of the United States | p. 693 |
"I'll see you again," by Noel Coward | p. 694 |
When it counts | p. 695 |
Not what we expected : an anonymous prayer | p. 696 |
A strange God, by Monsignor Edward Connors | p. 697 |
The essence of Christmas | p. 698 |
A little night music | p. 699 |
A baseball story, by Mel Allen | p. 703 |
The three-martini lunch, by Dan Rather with William O'Shaughnessy | p. 705 |
High- and low-class saloons and favorite watering holes | p. 707 |
WVOX and WRTN to broadcast Buddy Clinton memorial service | p. 714 |
Life lessons, by Dr. Thomas Fogarty and Dr. Phil Guerin | p. 715 |
Back matter | |
Should have done more | p. 725 |
Glaring omissions | p. 728 |
The WVOX alumni society | p. 730 |
To save a radio station : a young man on a mission, by L. H. Whittemore | p. 735 |
Flashes of deja vu all over again (some happy and joyful, some sad and bittersweet) | p. 751 |
Time after time | p. 765 |
Index | p. 767 |
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