The complete online text of Mike by P. G. Wodehouse.

P. G. Wodehouse is an anomaly in twentieth-century fiction. In an age of relentless artistic experimentation, he wrote fiction firmly rooted in the Edwardian world of his childhood. In an age of rapidly changing moral and sexual values, he created charac...

P. G. Wodehouse was born 15 October 1881 in Guildford, the suburb of London to which Charles Dickens retired Mr. Pickwick, and educated at Dulwich College, one of England's best public schools. After graduating, Wodehouse worked briefly in a bank and the...

P. G. Wodehouse was born in Guildford, the suburb of London to which Dickens retired Mr. Pickwick, and educated at Dulwich College, one of England's best public schools. After graduating, Wodehouse worked briefly in a bank and then turned to full-time wr...

We've never quite figured out where to place Mike Bloomberg on the ideological spectrum. He's not any of the usual New York categories: social liberal/fiscal conservative, for example, or white-ethnic conservative, or Manhattan Liberal. He's got some of the New York City Partnership's brand of...

The Times editorial board has spent most of Mike Bloomberg's term as his most formidable political ally, and occasionally something like his only one. He and they have had their disagreements here and there -- notably over non-partisan elections and the West Side Stadium --...

He avowed his "unwavering allegiance to the power of science and a profound commitment to use that power to help people" (sub in technology for science and you have the Bloomberg philosophy.) The speech, as prepared, continues: "And this is a good thing, because now...

Here's something rather new to the city scene: a Moveon.org-style volunteer group (it appears) that's raised some money to air a slick anti-Walmart spot. The 60-second ad The Politicker previewed shows a guy observing glum workers and grim fluorescent lighting, as a voiceover reads a...