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Joel Klein says dealing with the teachers and their union is like “working in a rice paddy,” while their leader’s allies whisper that he’s a loser on the way out. And this is supposed to be a good time for public education in the city. The contentious reign of the school czar.

Google, shmoogle. Barry Diller thinks he can outsmart the Web’s superpowers. And he’s done it before.

He was as divisive a Supreme Court nominee as can be imagined. But Democrats should hope they get a pick like him. Here’s why.

The flood in New Orleans gives a sharp new focus to Bill Clinton’s New York conference—and a boost to Hillary’s presidential hopes.

Think Wal-Mart is just going to pack up its box and go home? Think again.

Mario Batali, the man behind Babbo, sets out to feed 75 million race-car fans. “They’ll cook literally anything,” he says admiringly.

As head boy at a legendary choir school, Lawrence Lessig was repeatedly molested by the charismatic choir director, part of a horrific pattern of child abuse there. Now, as one of America’s most famous lawyers, he’s put his own past on trial to make sure such a thing never happens again.

Think Karl Rove is losing on Social Security and Schiavo? Those are mere tactical skirmishes—he’s got a grander prize in mind.

The Republican right is desperate to implement what’s called the nuclear option, ending filibusters. There may be blowback.

Why even center Democrats should stop worrying and learn to love Howard Dean (or, at least, love fighting with him).