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Robert Kolker

December 25, 2006 |
Because We Go On

When it’s done, in 2011, the 1,776-foot-tall Freedom Tower will, of course, be nothing like the tower of our once-lofty architectural dreams. But maybe that matters less than we thought.

October 30, 2006
Take the Hedge-Fund Money and Run

He built an $80 million investment business, scammed friends, family, and a 9/11 widow out of a fortune, then walked out of his life.

August 14, 2006 | Intelligencer
Accused Pedophile Rabbi Still Go-Carting

Many boys nearby.

July 17, 2006 | Features
Nine Blocks From Home

Lifted out of working-class Brooklyn and propelled to Brearley, Wesleyan, Credit Suisse, and Condé Nast, Tiesha Sargeant was supposed to be a model of progressive social mobility. So how did she wind up back in her old neighborhood with a fatal gunshot wound to the head?

May 22, 2006 | Features
On the Rabbi's Knee

Do the Orthodox Jews have a Catholic-priest problem?

May 1, 2006 | Features
A Is for Apple, B Is for Brawl

Why New York’s Reading Wars are so contentious.

February 20, 2006
How Is a Hedge Fund Like a School?

Hedge-fund guru Joel Greenblatt applied Wall Street principles—and $1,000 per student—to turn around a struggling Queens elementary school. And it worked, spectacularly.

March 24, 2003 | Feature
Reading the Times

Please, Howell, tell us what to think!

October 27, 2003 | Feature
Out of Bounds

When members of a high-school football team on Long Island were accused of sexual attacks, the community was appalled . . . some by the crimes, others by the cancellation of the season. Now the boys may face adult charges, the victims are being ostracized, and the locals are divided.

September 17, 2007 | Features
The Girl in the 9/11 Bubble

Emma Rathkey lost her father in the World Trade Center attacks. Now the only place she can find real comfort is in the company of others just like her.

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