Columbia’s Own Middle East WarA new documentary accusing Arab professors
of intimidating Jewish students has touched off a fierce war—of words—on the Upper West Side.
Whe […]
Pool ReportPlus, Marla’s little red string, Weinstein’s Broadway dreams, Rangel’s religious problem, and the Soros family vies for power.
FalloutThree years after the
World Trade Center attacks, thousands of cops, firefighters, and people
who worked and lived near ground z […]
GOP N.Y.We’re Ready For Our Close-Up, Mr. President.
The Independent Republic of New YorkAs New York—a city that often
has more in common with Europe than
with the United States—prepares to
be invaded by the red-state hordes du […]
The Mystery ManWith his bedroom eyes and untraceable accent, Gerard Senehi is perhaps the city’s most alluring mentalist, and his act—bending wineglasses, […]
They’d Take ManhattanMemo to Al (er, Mr. President): Make a brand-new start of it in old New
York.
The ShrinkWith so much to be anxious about, it’s no wonder the city never sleeps.
Mark MorrisOnce the brillant bad boy of modern dance, Mark Morris has morphed into a latter-day Balanchine. The choreography is cleaner, the bodies are lea […]
Oldest Living Confederate Senator Tells AllAs he prepares to leave office, Jesse Helms looks back on a career of opposing civil rights, women’s rights, gay rights – virtually everything […]
The Memorial WarriorsFor many spouses and parents of 9/11 victims, mourning meant getting involved. Now their moral authority and media sophistication – not to spea […]
Yellow Rose of ManhattanA verbal gunslinger from Austin, Texas (remember George Bush’s silver foot in his mouth?), has come to shoot up Manhattan’s poshest saloons and […]
You’ve Got JailIt’s the summer of white-collar crime. But if the latest miscreants think a spell in jail means catching up on the classics and refining their b […]
Mostly Not MozartHis English may be slightly fuzzy, but Christoph Thun-Hohenstein’s mission is crystal clear: to make the Austrian Cultural Forum as provocative […]
Expatriate DreamsLiving quietly among us in Westchester, the Swedish director Lasse Hallström has made peace with what Ingmar Bergman once called “the meat […]
The Firemen’s FriarHe was the first and most famous victim of the World Trade Center attack, but the death of Father Mychal Judge, the beloved New York Fire Depart […]
The Kids They Left BehindThe city has mourned 5,000 of the victims of the World Trade Center attack – but there are as many as 10,000 other victims who, now and for yea […]
The Circles of LossThe World Trade Center tragedy
united the city, but it has divided us, too – into those who’ve lost family and friends,
and those who only wa […]
Sorry, Your Time Is Not UpTo many New Yorkers, August poses a
potent question: What would life be like without therapy? Analysts have no shortage of answers to this ques […]
Hill ClimbingOne might think that Hillary Clinton would be about as reviled by her new colleagues as, say, her husband. But the Survivor world of the […]
A Capitol IdeaTime to change the tone of your next Washington trip
Graydon Rides the WaveHow did Vanity Fair’s Graydon Carter manage his gravity-defying glide from Canadian obscurity to celebrity scourge to the ultimate media […]
Bubba Takes ManhattanOn January 20, Bill Clinton will do something he’s wanted to do all his life. He’ll become a New Yorker. Who says there are no second acts in Am […]
The Dream GirlIf Sigmund Freud had met Isabel Swift, then he’d have known exactly what women want. As editorial chief of the world’s largest publisher […]
Philip Roth Blows UpAt a ripe 67, he’s in the throes of an unprecedented creative explosion. Thirty years after Portnoy, is literature’s legendary bad boy finally r […]
Tyrone’s PowerIn 1973, Jason Robards played James Tyrone in A Moon for the Misbegotten, reviving both the star and Broadway. Can this monster of a role […]
Tales Of The New Gold RushSomewhere out there, in a briefcase or laptop or shoulder bag, is an idea that will make a lot of people very rich. Steve Brotman and the city’s […]
Brother From Another PlanetWhat African-Americans like about Bill Bradley is that he’s a straight shooter on race. Can he – and his squad of star supporters – turn his h […]
Movies: Isn’t He Romantic?Kevin Spacey has played some of Hollywood’s most slithery villains. With American Beauty, he hopes to shed his reptile’s skin.
La Dolce Alfonse!Wait a minute! Al D’Amato lost the election, but now he’s got more money, more babes, and more clout than ever? Life really is unfair.
The Magic NumberEverybody has a price, the amount it would take to live well without ever working again. But now that the dot-com generation has redefined the p […]
Dr. Jacob D. Rozbruch: Dem BonesThings shouldn’t come down to this when so many more-dignified gauges of talent are available, but it’s hard to ignore: Leo went to see Dr. Jaco […]
Humor Came HerAs a new collection shows, Veronica Geng was among the funniest writers of her generation. When she died, the New York literary world lost one o […]
Sex, Lies, and CyberspaceBroadway’s nasty-talk season continues with Patrick Marber’s Closer, about two pairs of deceptively honest lovers.
The Name GameStars are taking to our stages – uptown and down, on Broadway and Off – in unusual numbers, keeping some shows and even some theaters alive. B […]
The Life of BrianAfter a drought in Hollywood playing invisible roles in disposable movies, two-fisted actor Brian Dennehy rebounds on Broadway with a crushing p […]
He’s Got The World On A StringString theory is the hottest development in physics since Stephen Hawking first peered into a black hole – and Columbia physicist Brian Greene […]
Woman, InterruptedLynda Hong knew Edmund Ko, her old flame from Cornell, was troubled, drifting off track. Was he capable of murder?
Ogle MogulThe sexually explicit plays of Ronnie Larsen always do well at the box office – as long as their subjects are gay. But his new one is about fem […]
