I personally dislike gossip, but a juicy rumor of the type Maureen Dowd loves the most (sexually related and concerning a female Democratic New York figure) just went mainstream, prompting me to e-mail Maureen Dowd, as she may consider it potential material for her column.

The New York Post noted today that rumor has it that Caroline Kennedy, who has had a rocky relationship with her husband for a long time, has been "linked" to New York Times' publisher Arthur Sulzberger. The reference to the rumor appeared earlier this afternoon in the New York Post, but has now been deleted from the most recent update of the article; however, NBC in New York picked it up:

A source told the Daily News that "she was facing some potentially embarrassing personal issues"  regarding her tax history and employment of a nanny. Another potential problem involved her marriage to Edward Schlossberg, who decided he didn't want her to move to Washington, according to a source quoted by the News.

"He basically said it would destroy the marriage if she moved to D.C.," said the source.

The New York Post also raised the marriage issue, saying that gossip columns have reported for more than a year that Kennedy's marriage to Schlossberg was essentially over. The Post also pointed out that the gossip site Gawker.com has reported rumors linking her to New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger.

Can't wait to read more details in Dowd's next column.

Déjà vu: a feeling that one has seen or heard something before

Today's inauguration prompted me to read inaugural speeches by several past Presidents, when I suddenly ran into this bit by Gerald Ford, in reference to Watergate:

In 2005, a Washington Post/ABC News poll asked Americans, in the context of Bush's $40 million inauguration, to state their preference between a "smaller, more subdued inauguration" and continuing the "tradition of large inaugural celebrations." These were the results: