July 9, 2012 Issue
Cover Story
The Money-Empathy Gap
Rich people are thinner, healthier, and better educated than the average
American. They’re also, if you believe a slew of new research, meaner.
And the more cash a person has, the more likely he’ll be to tell the Golden
Rule to go shove it. By Lisa Miller
On the Cover:
Photograph by Catherine Ledner for
New York Magazine.
Features
‘Where Was My Mind Wandering?’
Roger Federer isn’t just trying to reclaim his No. 1 ranking this summer. He’s trying to prove that in an era of ever stronger, faster players, his approach to the game—artful, hyperfocused, almost Zen-like—can still triumph. By Geoffrey Gray
Black-Ops Fixers, CIA Assassins, and the Thirteen Families That Control Global Finance
Sam Israel was a delusional financial fraudster with a fleet of Porsches, a menagerie of rare reptiles, and a bogus $450 million hedge fund. In other words, he was a once-in-a-lifetime mark for a savvy con man peddling the ultimate espionage fantasy. By Guy Lawson
Intelligencer
Advice for the Undocumented
Colombian-born college student Angy Rivera has become the movement’s Dear Abby.
Roberts's Long Game
Why the chief justice's embrace of Obamacare should make conservatives very happy.
Frank Rich on Obama's Second Chance
“I had the one reaction I didn’t expect to have: I was moved.”
Brrrrrrrr!
A/C gets the cold shoulder.
Knuckle Sound Bites
Listening to R.A. Dickey.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
251 Minutes With Ken Feinberg
Opening night at the opera with the victims-compensation guru and “Master of Disasters.”
Nora Ephron, 1941–2012
A look at Ephron’s inaugural New York column.
Columns
Win-Win-Win
John Roberts saved the Court, Obama got his policy, and the GOP got its issue. (Plus, the public got to laugh at the errors of the media, and, oh, yes: health care.)
Strategist
Best Bets
Stackable espresso cups, Tom Ford opens at Woodbury Commons, and more new stuff in stores.
The Look Book
“All my trousers are pretty crazy, but these are definitely the wildest.”
The Restaurant Review
The hotel scene restaurant comes to Brooklyn.
In Season
Intensely sweet the day they’re picked, Tristar strawberries are ideal for this quick jam recipe.
Fashionables
Bathing suits with cuts that take you back in time.
A House on an Island
A single-family home: how Manhattanites go at the American dream.
Culture
Bank on Her
Carla Gugino can play a seductress or a mom, just not on Mad Men.
Spying Dutchmen
How the planners of Governors Island Park learned what worked.
The Movie Review
The Amazing Spider-Man: An unnecessary reboot makes a convincing case for itself.
The Movie Review
Why Magic Mike is arty, energetic, and soft-core.
The Movie Review
Weighing the ambitious Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Worst-Laid Plans
Why can’t any of this summer’s super-villains hatch an evil plot that makes sense?
The TV Review
Airing Louie near Anger Management is like hanging a Degas next to a dumpster.
Which Angry White Guy Should You Watch on Cable This Summer?
Check out our flow chart to find your best match.
Special Vampires Unit
Christopher Meloni trades his Law & Order badge for fangs on True Blood.
Agenda
Haute Sodium
The Brooklyn-based owners of Colonie and Gran Electrica are expanding their holdings with Governor.
Departments
Comments: The Week of July 9, 2012
Readers sound off on Emma Stone, negative campaigning, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of July 9, 2012
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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