Thomas Kaplan
Stalking famous people, day 3

By Thomas Kaplan DENVER, 12:09 a.m. — Strolling down a sidewalk downtown Tuesday, I suddenly noticed two television cameramen cross the street ahead of me […]

SALOVEY NAMED PROVOST; SEARCH FOR NEW DEAN BEGINS

Yale College Dean Peter Salovey GRD ’86 will be the University’s next provost, Yale President Richard Levin announced Wednesday, filling one void in the upper […]

Levin to announce new provost this afternoon

University President Richard Levin will announce the appointment of Yale’s new provost this afternoon, the News has learned. A ceremony is scheduled for 4:30 p.m., […]

LIVE: Hillary’s big night

My stellar view from my seat inside the Pepsi Center made blogging about Tuesday’s speeches a real treat. By Thomas Kaplan DENVER — Welcome to […]

I chose the Anderson Cooper flavor

  Outside the Pepsi Center this afternoon: Free vanilla ice cream (your choice of one scoop or two), with whipped cream and red, white and […]

Norton: Obama will give D.C. the vote

By Thomas Kaplan DENVER, 4:39 p.m. — Like many other Democrats, Eleanor Holmes Norton GRD ’63 LAW ’64, Washington’s non-voting member of the House of […]

Clinton delegate to young people: ‘Heal all wounds’

Dan Schneider (left), a Clinton delegate from California, tried to convince other delegates to rally behind Senator Barack Obama. By Thomas Kaplan DENVER, 2:32 p.m. […]

Dean to speak at Invesco

By Thomas Kaplan DENVER, 11:09 a.m. — It turns out we haven’t seen the last of Howard Dean ’71 this week.  The Democratic National Committee […]

Sugar, we’re going down voting

  DENVER, 2:20 a.m. — On stage before a throng of sweaty youth, Representative Kendrick Meek of Florida pulled a microphone close to his mouth. […]

A photo tour of the Pepsi Center

By Thomas Kaplan DENVER, 10:45 p.m. — Little did I know how excruciatingly boring a political convention is during the many hours not shown during […]

Notes from Denver, day 2

DENVER, 9:27 p.m. — Observations from Denver on the first day of the Democratic National Convention. You might be asking: “What did the Connecticut delegation […]