- December 7, 2009
- The Abortion Distortion
Just how pro-choice is America, really?
- December 7, 2009
- The Cinemascope Spectacular of Books
A volume big and obsessive enough to contain Stanley Kubrick’s never-made masterpiece, Napoleon.
- December 7, 2009
- Tim Keller Wants to Save Your Yuppie Soul
The evangelical Christian preacher says the secular holy trinity of money, ambition, and achievement is the root of all evil. So why are so many New Yorkers flocking to him?
- November 30, 2009
- Repeat Defender
After taming crime in Los Angeles, Bill Bratton has won over the skeptics who doubted his success in New York. But all he really wants is his old job back.
- November 30, 2009
- The Political Fictions Project
In which we invite seven writers to submit short stories featuring contemporary political figures. (And you can play, too.)
- November 23, 2009
- Blood Brothers
Robert Sanchez and Felix Aponte had a lot in common, including Sing Sing and bad luck. So when Robert needed a kidney, it seemed like a chance to save both their lives. Until bad luck struck again.
- November 23, 2009
- The Obama Diaspora
When Barack Obama’s half-brother George releases his autobiography early next year, he may transition from Kenyan bad boy to best-selling author. How are the fellow members of the far-flung First Family adjusting to their sudden associative celebrity?
- November 23, 2009
- I Dream of Diane
What do you do with the grief and guilt when your wife drives the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway with a van full of kids and a body full of alcohol, and ends up in a crash that kills eight? You put her in a shrine.
- November 16, 2009
- The Information Broker
At the intersection of high finance and news, the New York Times’ past and its future, and with a new best-selling book about the Wall Street crisis, 32-year-old Andrew Ross Sorkin has thrived by understanding the psyches of big players under attack. Which is a talent that has suddenly come in very handy.
- November 16, 2009
- Will Somebody Please Save NBC?
The beleaguered and tattered Peacock Network deserves better than Jeff Zucker, Jay Leno, and maybe even Comcast.
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