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Robert Kolker

  1. the vulture transcript
    The Vulture Transcript: Edward Norton Takes Apart His Acting Process and Filmography“I’ve never called myself a Method actor.”
  2. “I Did It”Why do people confess to crimes they didn’t commit?
  3. Inside the Future 9/11 ReliquaryA year before the memorial opens, the remains of that day wait patiently to be returned to ground zero from a hangar at JFK.
  4. early and often
    Foes Line Up to Oppose Nanny Bill of RightsFour arguments against the historic bill.
  5. oprah
    Oprah’s New Show: How She Won by Backing DownThree reasons ‘Oprah’s Next Chapter’ is no ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show.’
  6. The O in NetworkCan Oprah the channel succeed without Oprah the talk-show star?
  7. The Scripps InheritanceThe sad, eerie descent of publishing heiress Annie Morell Petrillo.
  8. Get KotterHow teachers became the new lawyers.
  9. Homeless Rent HikesNew city policy.
  10. The Devil in David LettermanHow the late-night talk-show host handled his extortion crisis says a lot about the peculiar mix of function and dysfunction that got him in, an […]
  11. made-off
    Before Bernie Madoff Ruined Her Life, Phyllis Molchatsky Was Just Another 60-Year-Old Mom Trying to Get ByA little more about one of the Madoff investors who filed suit against the SEC today.
  12. The Madoff ExilesVictims of the $65 billion Ponzi scheme feel cast out, denied justice, forgotten. They’re angry at just about everyone, including, in some cases […]
  13. The Archbishop of CharmIf anyone can repair the church’s image, it’s Timothy Dolan. Except there are only so many nice ways to say no.
  14. the impersonator
    Now We Know Where Marc Dreier’s Stolen Money WentA Hollywood madam says he was a frequent client.
  15. The ImpersonatorLike Bernie Madoff, Marc Dreier bilked unsuspecting investors out of many millions of dollars. But Dreier did it with flair.
  16. Sam Waksal Was Right All Along**Just ask him The biotech entrepreneur, friend of Martha Stewart, and “Page Six” regular spent five years in jail on insider-trad […]
  17. sad things
    Landlords in Black Sunday Fire Case Found GuiltyThe final verdict came down today regarding the deaths of two firefighters in 2005.
  18. Blumenthal’s Near-QuagmireHe got the fight taken out of him when he was caught in his Vietnam lie. But will he beat McMahon anyway?
  19. Frank McCourt, TeacherA new high school.
  20. “My Aircraft”Why Sully may be the last of his kind.
  21. 14. Because Sometimes Immense, Gratuitous, Noncontextual Acts of Real-estate Ego Don’t Pan Out…They say New York is the place where your greatest dreams can come true. Of course, it’s also a place where those dreams can die on the vine. Ta […]
  22. Mercenary for JusticePro-life zealot James Kopp murdered an upstate abortion doctor in 1998. And he might well have escaped the FBI if not for an informant whose des […]
  23. Speed ChaserWould the fate of Morgan Stanley be any different if John Mack hadn’t vanquished Philip Purcell?
  24. Whose Harlem Is It?Willie Kathryn Suggs, the so-called Queen of Harlem Real Estate, has sent local housing prices soaring. She’s also touched off a heated debate: […]
  25. A Night on the StreetsHomelessness is the single biggest failure of the Bloomberg administration, which has tried a radical new policy that’s made an intractable prob […]
  26. A Bad Night at Club KaluaIn the Sean Bell shooting, 50 bullets and many truths.
  27. 49. Because People Will Argue About AnythingIn January 2005, when the Parks Department held a hearing to unveil its $16 million plan to overhaul Washington Square Park, a throng of neighbo […]
  28. Death of a BrokerIn real estate, where brash aggressiveness is the norm, Linda Stein was at a whole other level. Did a tantrum push her assistant over the edge?
  29. When Is a Hate Crime Not a Hate Crime?It looked like a classic case of gay-bashing. Then the basher announced that he was gay, too.
  30. The Girl in the 9/11 BubbleEmma 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 li […]
  31. The Resurrection of Don ImusThe shock jock rises, with a little help from Lenny Bruce.
  32. What’s Up, Docs?A panel of anonymous physicians coughs up secrets of the trade.
  33. This Is the Part Where the Superhero Discovers He Is MortalWesley Autrey jumped in front of a speeding subway train to save a man’s life. Then things really got tricky.
  34. The Gay Flannel SuitA young lawyer barely out of the closet. A partner’s slur. A $15 million lawsuit. Aaron Charney’s career-destroying search for justice.
  35. No Way OutFighting a tenement blaze on a freezing January day now called Black Sunday, two firemen were killed and four were forced to jump out the window […]
  36. Because Michael Reilly Was Looking Out for Us“I know it meant a lot to him to help people,” says Monica, “to protect his country and do the right thing at home. He knew the risks. He was ha […]
  37. Because We Go OnWhen 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. Bu […]
  38. Take the Hedge-Fund Money and RunHe built an $80 million investment business, scammed friends, family, and a 9/11 widow out of a fortune, then walked out of his life.
  39. Accused Pedophile Rabbi Still Go-CartingMany boys nearby.
  40. Nine Blocks From HomeLifted out of working-class Brooklyn and propelled to Brearley, Wesleyan, Credit Suisse, and Condé Nast, Tiesha Sargeant was supposed to […]
  41. On the Rabbi’s KneeDo the Orthodox Jews have a Catholic-priest problem?
  42. A Is for Apple, B Is for BrawlWhy New York’s Reading Wars are so contentious.
  43. 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 […]
  44. Because Our Doctors Can Give a Two-Pound Eleven-Ounce Baby a Long, Healthy LifeNo. 117 On a Wednesday morning in November, just a few days past 28 weeks into her pregnancy, Vanessa Garcia couldn’t stop bleeding. It was t […]
  45. The Grief PoliceNo one says the 9/11 families aren’t entitled to their pain. But should a small handful of them have the power to reshape ground zero?
  46. HeartlessTo manipulate their crucial personal-fatality ratings, New York heart surgeons are turning away needy patients.
  47. Maria and Mellie Got LostHow did two young, smart, and beautiful college girls wind up dead from a cocaine-and-heroin overdose?
  48. The Hasids of SouthamptonAnd the Chabad moved to Hill Street. And the residents said, “Let there be a lawsuit.” And there was.
  49. Fallen StuntmanProblem: Forty-six-year-old Hollywood stuntman. Career-threatening back pain. Traditional spinal fusion not an option. Decides to try risky, e […]
  50. A Fragile SculptorProblem: Thirty-five-year-old artist preparing for first museum exhibit. Leans forward while working and feels sharp pain in hip. X-rays show […]
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