February 5, 2007 Issue
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Cover Story
The Loneliest President
What’s going on in there? A team of historians, Oval Office veterans,
and psychotherapists tries to figure out whether Bush is
depressed or delusional�and what combination of poor parenting and personality disorders brought things to this point.
Plus:
Bush on the Couch
Writers and pundits analyze the president.
Features
Even Bitches Have Feelings
Behind the scenes of the infamous editrix’s last days at HarperCollins, from the knives-out corporate power struggle what ended with her firing to the O.J. book disaster that had surprisingly little to do with it.
The Cardinal’s Sins
Edward Egan, John O’Connor’s successor as the head of the New York archdiocese, has been fiscally responsible, administratively dutiful�and the target of a stunning insurrection by his priests.
Intelligencer
Travelin’, Grievin’ WTC Memorial Carnival
Step right up! Autograph a gen-u-ine steel beam!
Advertisements for a Gay Self
Mailer thinks pink.
Mass Delusion Grips Shrink Convo
Waldorf hysteria.
Blinded by the Whitney’s Light
Revved up on Madison.
City Council Gets a Bit Pissy
Over new sidewalk pissoirs.
Not in Kansas
Senator Hillary Clinton’s disclosure that The Wizard of Oz was one of her three favorite movies set the week’s tone in the Emerald City.
Prattle à Porter
Just in time for Fashion Week: a runway exposé.
Generation W
Students who came of age during the Bush administration respond to the State of the Union, with help from William Safire and Ted Sorensen.
The Bookie Is a Luddite
Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest gambling day of the year. But, one bookie says, the betting business just isn’t the same anymore. Blame the internet.
The Jack & Suzy Show
Jeff Zucker probably wouldn’t still have his job if Jack Welch were still running GE, and other postretirement revelations.
Strategist
Best Bets
The new iteration of an elegant pool hall and other winter spots for indoor recreation.
Ask a Shop Clerk
Peter Neville of Tent & Trails.
Shop News
Store openings this week.
Map
Where to go in South Harlem; housing bargains on CPN.
Look Book
A punk-inspired jewelry designer heading to sushi lunch with her preschooler.
Underground Gourmet Review
A rockin’ burger in an unlikely location.
In Season
How to make a meatball slider.
Insatiable Critic
Gael Greene reviews Hurapan Kitchen.
Restaurant Openings
Week of Feb. 5, 2007: Dieci, The Tasting Room Wine Bar & Café, Retsina Elliniko Estiatorio, Ostia, and Max.
Sides
New York City food news.
Taste Test: Hot Chocolate
There's hot chocolate, and there’s hot chocolate. Here are the city’s best, in order.
Dippity Do
Get out your snowflake sweater and giant après-ski boots�it’s fondue season.
Great Room
A loft carved out from an old cardboard factory to showcase a splendid personal art collection.
Real Estate
The pros and cons of Jersey’s �Gold Coast�.
Donna Karan’s Interior Life
Is Donna Karan moving to the financial district?
The Open-House Log
What prospective buyers thought of 457 West 57th Street, Apartment 1602.
The Culture Pages
What’s in the Box?
Simon Hammerstein, would-be impresario of Lower East Side �dinner theater.�
The Movie Review
A thriller set in Iraq takes a dull stab at relevancy.
The Critic and the Producer
Arguing over Babel and other Oscar controversies.
The Pop Music Review
Paul Weller, underrated icon.
On the Tracks
A track-by-track breakdown of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s diverse second album.
Head Case: David Byrne
Q&A with the world-music advocate, sometime filmmaker, indie-rock godfather, and blogger extraordinaire.
The TV Review
A David Spade vehicle that’s the nadir of televised pessimism about marriage.
Bad Girls
Don’t imagine you are tuning in to The L Word behind bars. Bad Girls is much better than that�it has a rough Oz edge and some of the feminist wit of Jonathan Demme’s Caged Heat.
The Supreme Court
This thoughtful, earnest, and perhaps a shade too on-the-one-hand, on-the-other mini-series, escorting us with many a wise talking head emphasizes one irony while ignoring another.
Tune In to the Undulating Curve of Shifting Expectations!
Just as your disappointment fades over last fall’s new shows (Standoff), here come the midseason premieres to re-stoke your excitement.
The Theater Review
So-so production for a baroquely eloquent Irish play.
The Approval Matrix
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
Columns
Exurbia
What the Hamptons dolphins spectacle said about us.
The Week
The Power of Three
A trio of engaging works�two friendship dramas and one musical about a remarkable public figure�premiere at Emerging Artists Theatre’s Triple Threat festival.
An Hour in Chelsea
When it’s windy and icy, it’s best to look for three strong shows within two blocks.
Premier Premieres
It’s always a small thrill to be the first to hear a new work�especially when it looks to be genuinely good.
Out of the Ashes
Eighth-grade novelist takes flight.
Departments
Letters to the Editor
Readers sound off on warm weather in New York, artist Dash Snow, inner peace, and more.
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