July 12, 2010 Issue
Cover Story
All Joy and No Fun
Social-science researchers keep coming to the same conclusion: Having children makes adults less happy. Why? Maybe it’s because American parents are demanding more of themselves than ever before. Or maybe it’s
because we’ve forgotten what “happiness” actually means. By Jennifer Senior
On the Cover: Photograph by Katherine Wolkoff/Art + Commerce.
Features
Subway on the Street
The MTA has a simple, not very expensive ticket for improving how the city gets around: Revolutionize the bus. But can even the most sensible ideas get implemented these days?
A Reasonable Man
In a world of loud voices and extreme positions, David Brooks manages to be both irrelevant and absolutely essential.
Intelligencer
Later, Larry.
Next up: Joy Behar?
Spies Like Me
The return of Boris Badenov.
The Fourth Man
Shadow governor-ing.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
Get Kotter
How teachers became the new lawyers.
Paulina Porizkova, Supermodel Turned Blogger, Doesn’t Want You to Judge Her
"I’m a Czech girl with thighs, so I’m doing my best.”
76 Minutes With Eddie Izzard
Firmly in “boy mode,” the actor and comedian takes on Mamet, chicken salad, and BP’s critics.
Strategist
The Best Bet
An updated beanbag, a Greek-themed board game, and more.
The Look Book
"I’m always the life of the party, the funny one. I can find humor in a funeral!"
The New Collectivism
The various ways in which the city is becoming one giant commune.
Plaid on Fire
The classic shirt gets some added pyrotechnics.
The Underground Gourmet Review
In Williamsburg, a new high for nautical-themed dive-bar cuisine.
In Season Recipe
Beautiful elongated heads of romaine lettuce in red and green are at your local Greenmarket now.
’Tis the Saison
Assessing the craft-beer craze of the moment: Belgian-style summer ales.
Garbage In, Garbage Out
What happens when a Department of Sanitation garage is your new neighbor?
Cutlure
Rhythm and Blues
He writes massive hits for other pop stars. Can The-Dream finally do it for himself?
The Movie Review
The Kids Are All Right’s portrait of gay parenting is fearless enough to be hugely entertaining.
The Rise of Colin Quinn
The comic is appearing in Long Story Short, a one-man show about failed empires.
Growing Pains
Leonardo DiCaprio has been a star for most of his 35 years, ricocheting between teen idol and serious actor.
Bohemian Rhapsody
Brion Gysin, William Burroughs, and the secret life of a building on the Bowery.
Boundless Bite
Sloane Crosley turns her mordant eye to Lisbon, Paris, and beyond in a second collection of essays.
Imagine If He’d Had a Mac
Edgard Varèse composed digital music in an analog time.
Agenda
C’mon Down to Aldea for a Good Southern Meal
The next event in the restaurant’s visiting-chefs series.
Departments
Comments: Week of July 12, 2010
Readers sound off on Helen Mirren, lobster rolls, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of July 12, 2010
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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