May 10, 2007
Rupert's $5 Billion Bancroft Family Scratch N' Win
| Tags: Media, The CityCan you uncover enough susceptible Bancrofts to buy Dow Jones?
DeLillo’s 9/11 Resists Gravity
| Tags: Arts & Culture, Don DeLilloLean and nervous novel focuses on aftermath.
The Mystery of Bloomberg’s Polls
| Tags: Politics, Michael BloombergThe best surveys ever are just gathering dust. Probably.
Feel the Bruni Effect, New York!
| Tags: Real Estate, The City, Frank BruniEven in an era where the Internet allows anyone with an appetite to act as critic, The Times’ top foodie still wields considerable power to boost careers and crush dreams.
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The Trust Fund D.J.’s
Passing on the corporate fast track, wealthy scions are wielding checks and influence to dominate Manhattan’s club scene.
Sleek Wagner, Severe Gluck, Downtown Glass
For many, the operas of Richard Wagner can be a hard slog: The philosophical conundrums of the librettos, the grating consonants of the German language, and the sheer sitzfleisch needed to get through a five-hour show can make a night with Netflix seem suddenly appealing.
Manhattan’s Mightiest Brokers: A Peer Review
In a reality where $10 million is a start and ‘lunch’ a powerful verb, you must take care whom you work with—and whom you cross.
Kalikow Exits M.T.A.—But Who Wants This Gig Anyway?
It’s now unpaid, largely ceremonial, and you’re under the thumb of the most powerful Governor in a long time. Welcome to the post-Ravitch chairmanship!
Inside Downtown’s Biggest Building Sale Ever
Paramount goes ‘hard and heavy’ for 60 Wall.
Feel the Bruni Effect, New York!
Even in an era where the Internet allows anyone with an appetite to act as critic, The Times’ top foodie still wields considerable power to boost careers and crush dreams.
Rupert's $5 Billion Bancroft Family Scratch N' Win
Can you uncover enough susceptible Bancrofts to buy Dow Jones?
Regarding the Writing of Others
In FSG’s posthumous collection of essays by Susan Sontag, an alert reader finds unattributed borrowings from Roland Barthes, Laura Miller.
DeLillo’s 9/11 Resists Gravity
Lean and nervous novel focuses on aftermath.
The Pentagon’s Shortsighted Milblogger Crack-down
A new set of OpSec (operational security) directives that the Army promulgated last month seem likely to severely limit active-duty blogging.
Kiss Me, Kate! Moss and I Both Rose From Crap Towns to Costume Institute Crème
As the model got ready to install her clothing collection at Barneys, yours truly tried to get himself out of a journalistic jam.
Feel the Bruni Effect, New York!
Even in an era where the Internet allows anyone with an appetite to act as critic, The Times’ top foodie still wields considerable power to boost careers and crush dreams.
Manhattan’s Mightiest Brokers: A Peer Review
In a reality where $10 million is a start and ‘lunch’ a powerful verb, you must take care whom you work with—and whom you cross.
Chef Girl-ar-dee
There is no canned spaghetti in the Tribeca kitchen where Anna Boiardi entertains her guests. The granddaughter of Mario Boiardi—who together with his brother Hector founded the now-iconic prepared-pasta company Chef Boyardee—said she’s never heated up even a single serving.
Hillary In Iowa: Intimate, Softer, Plenty of Charm
Senator Clinton retools and kills the shrill;‘Nobody asked about war.’
The Mystery of Bloomberg’s Polls
The best surveys ever are just gathering dust. Probably.
New York Democrats Play Well, Apart
Spitzer and Senate campaign staffers work and raise money separately from Assembly counterparts.
How George Bush Salvaged His Dad’s Legacy
History is warming to George H.W. Bush by the day—just as it cools toward his son.
Joe Conason / Opinion
G.O.P. Tall Tales About Reagan
Sensing their own smallness, contemporary politicians often seek to puff themselves up by appealing to myth and legend.
Wise Guys / Opinion
How George Bush Salvaged His Dad’s Legacy
History is warming to George H.W. Bush by the day—just as it cools toward his son.
At the Theater / Arts & Culture
Delightful Doggie Duo Raising the Woof In Dopey, Delirious Legally Blonde
There are lots of reasons why I had a great time at the infectiously dopey new musical, Legally Blonde, and the show’s dogs are two of them.