December 5, 2011 Issue
Cover Story
2012=1968?
The leaders of “leaderless” Occupy Wall Street are busy planning
a year of action that could make the last two months look like a
footnote to history—with the potential to disrupt two conventions and upend a presidential election. By John Heilemann
On the Cover: An Occupy Wall Street protester on November 17. Photograph by Christopher Anderson/Magnum Photos for New York Magazine.
Features
Her Honor
People who think Justice Elena Kagan should recuse herself from the looming “Obamacare” case might want to take a closer look at her first term. By Dahlia Lithwick
And Another Fifty Million People Just Got Off of the Plane
In the down economy, New York has leaned on its tourism
industry like never before, attracting a record number of
visitors and beating out Orlando for the title of America’s top urban-travel destination. This is good, right? By Michael Idov
Plus: Who tips, who stiffs; tourists traps for locals; two wild
and crazy Estonians.
Intelligencer
Collected Invective
Herewith, an annotated selection of lightning-rod celebrity attorney Alan M. Dershowit's hate mail.
Pop-up Pill Pusher
Opportunity in the Adderall drought.
Iowa Is Us
Deflating a campaign myth.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
Haute Gefilte
Can Jewish food go upscale?
178 Minutes With Miranda Kerr
Backstage with Victoria Secret’s next top model.
Columns
Rex Deflated
It’s been a fun run, but the end of the Ryan era has arrived.
Strategist
The Best Bet
Belts that offer a pop of color, REI opens in the Puck Building, and more.
The Look Book
“I can be comfortable and fashionable at the same time.”
Street Pajamas
Out of the bedroom and onto the boulevard.
The Underground Gourmet Review
A new style of Neapolitan pizza emerges from the oven by way of the Fryolator.
In Season
The often misunderstood sunchoke is actually a member of the sunflower family.
Shop New York in Your Underwear
Why brave crowds and cold when you can patronize New York’s indie shops, sites, and designers directly from your own bed?
Hey, Wanna Rent My Couch?
Short-term rentals have officially become illegal—and sneaking around the law has officially become epidemic.
Culture
Degree of Smileyness
Gary Oldman fretted about reprising the Le Carré Cold Warrior role Alec Guinness made famous.
Still the Tap Dance Kid
Dulé Hill, back on Broadway.
Loose Lips
In his chatty new history of gossip, conservative intellectual Joseph Epstein just can’t help himself.
The Movie Review
Ralph Fiennes’s Coriolanus gets at the heart of the play and adds cinematic bloodshed.
If She Can Make It There …
Carey Mulligan, who sometimes drinks too much Red Bull, wanted the role in Shame so badly she got a tattoo.
Please Chuckle Here
The return of the sitcom laugh track.
Agenda
Slam Dunk
In 2012, everyone will be eating French dips.
Departments
Comments: Week of December 5, 2011
Readers sound off on conservatives, JFK, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of December 5, 2011
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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