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 NEW YORK OBSERVER ARCHIVE 03.24.2013 LONG NIGHT AT 'TODAY' And for this Matt Lauer wakes up at 4 a.m.? New York Magazine 02.13.2013 TOM FRESTON, RUNAWAY MOGUL Tom Freston spent 26 years pushing the likes of 'Beavis and Butt-Head,' 'Yo! MTV Raps,' and 'South Park.' Then he did something really cool: He got fired, and instead of finding another gilded media perch, he took charge of Bono's nonprofit and resumed his lifelong globe-trotting -- hooking up American conservatives with reformed warlords in Liberia and helping to bring his favorite medium to the Afghan masses. Men's Journal Magazine 12.23.2012 BLUES CRUISE Steaming past Guantánamo, en route to the Cayman Islands, a boatload of Republicans ponder the plight of a party at sea. New York Magazine 10.14.2012 BUSH IN THE WILDERNESS W.'s little brother wrestles with a complicated legacy -- and positions himself for the next chance New York Magazine 08.02.2012 THE LONG, LAWLESS RIDE OF SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO Locking up the innocent. Arresting his critics. Racial profiling. Meet America's meanest and most corrupt politician. Rolling Stone Magazine 05.26.2012 A NEW YORK TIMES WHODUNIT Who slew Times CEO Janet Robinson? Was it Arthur Sulzberger's new lady friend? The advertising market? The frustrated web guru? Or the ambitious Sulzberger cousin? New York Magazine 05.2012 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES Eight years ago, Dan Rather broadcast an explosive report on the Air National Guard service of President George W. Bush. It was supposed to be the legendary newsman's finest hour. Instead, it blew up in his face, tarnishing his career forever and casting a dark cloud of doubt and suspicion over his reporting--and that of every other journalist on the case. This month, as Rather returns with a new memoir, Joe Hagan finally gets to the bottom of the greatest untold story in modern Texas politics, with exclusive, never-before-seen details that shed fresh light on who was right, who was wrong, and what really happened. Texas Monthly Magazine 05.2012 HOW A GEEK GRILLS A BURGER Since cashing out of Microsoft, software genius Nathan Myhrvold has lived a nerd fantasy -- digging up T. rexes, dabbling in Formula One, and creating a cooking bible only a mad scientist could love. Men's Journal Magazine 04.08.2012 BILL MAHER; "IT WON'T HURT YOU. IT'S VAPOR." How a cynical stoner Johnny Carson disciple with a habit of going too far managed to occupy an important place in the national conversation. New York Magazine 01.30.2012 THE COMING TSUNAMI OF SLIME How Super-PACs, vulnerable candidates, and armies of mercenaries will converge to create the ugliest campaign ever. New York Magazine 10.10.2011 TWEET SCIENCE Twitter is building a machine to convert 140 characters on Barack Obama, Ashton Kutcher, narcissism, the struggle for human freedom, and Starbucks into cash--and quick, before its moment passes. Is this asking too much of even the world's best technologists? New York Magazine 05.27.2011 A STRANGE MAN IS FOLLOWING YOU Shouting about mind-control assassins, the 9/11 conspiracy, and the Bilderberg Group, radio host Alex Jones has cornered the bi-partisan paranoia market. New York Magazine 02.28.2011 GODDANGIT, BABY, WE'RE MAKING GOOD TIME With a new master plan for the GOP, Karl Rove is revving up for a comeback. New York Magazine 10.10.2010 THE RETURN OF GOVERNOR MOONBEAM... And other hallucinations from the Golden State. New York Magazine 07.11.2010 WHAT WOULD A MAVERICK DO? John McCain, still at war. New York Magazine 07.01.2010 I WISH I KNEW HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE FREE The Secret Diary of Nina Simone The Believer Magazine 03.07.20010 THE CHENEY GOVERNMENT IN EXILE The former vice-president has a plan to ensure his legacy: the political future of his daughter Liz. New York Magazine 10.05.2009 THE DOW ZERO INSURGENCY The nothing-can-be-believed chaos of the financial crisis created a golden opportunity for a blog run by a mysterious ex-hedge-funder with a dodgy past and conspiracy theories to burn. New York Magazine 08.03.2009 TENACIOUS G Inside Goldman Sachs, America's most successful, cynical, envied, despised, and (in its view, anyway) misunderstood engine of capitalism. New York Magazine 07.01.2009 THE BALLAD OF BENJI HUGHES One of the best pop songwriters in America has an almost-perfect album that's never seen the light of day. He also wrote a jingle for Captain Morgan rum and enjoys tubin' the Green River. The Believer Magazine 05.28.2009 STEVE EARLE CHASES GHOSTS // [ PDF ] The country rocker almost died emulating his damaged mentor, Townes Van Zandt. On a new tribute album, Earle looks back. Rolling Stone Magazine 05.18.2009 LET THERE BE DOOM The paradoxically soothing effects of very, very heavy metal. New York Magazine 03.09.2009 THE MOST POWERLESS POWERFUL MAN ON WALL STREET How Citi CEO Vikram Pandit finally reached the top -- just in time to see the financial system, Citigroup, and all his dreams come crashing down. New York Magazine 02.02.2009 STOCK SURFING THE TSUNAMI Ordinary investors may flee the market's dizzying ups and downs, but Peter Milman and his kind hang on tight while riding the giant waves of uncertainty. There's nothing more exhilarating than to catch the perfect surge. New York Magazine 10.13.2009 BLEEDING 'TIMES' BLOOD Which is more important to a 25-year-old Ochs-Sulzberger heir: the sense of honor that comes with owning the New York Times, or enough money to do whatever he wants for the rest of his life? New York Magazine 06.16.2008 A PUNK IN EXILE Tod A. lit out for parts unknown when W. was reelected -- and made an album of his journeys. New York Magazine 05.06.2008 MAHARASHI MAHESH YOGI // [ PDF ] Guru to Beatles and Beach Boys dies in the Netherlands. Rolling Stone Magazine 05.05.2008 ONLY THE MEN SURVIVE The Crash of Zoe Cruz. New York Magazine 02.11.2008 ROGER & HIM Brian McNamee is an upstanding citizen (or a man with a shady past) who was best friends with Roger Clemens (or just worked for him) and who designed a famous training regimen for the all-star pitcher (or took credit for it) and injected him with steroids (or vitamins). Is baseball's unreliable witness actually telling the truth? New York Magazine 12.30.2007 DAN RATHER'S LAST BIG STORY IS HIMSELF After the Bush National Guard story exploded on CBS' corporate brass, Dan Rather says, the fix was in and he was the fall guy. So he filed a lawsuit, aiming to take down his enemies -- but even supporters worry that the person he may take down is himself. New York Magazine 11.05.2007 THE SUCKER WEARS A WIRE How's a lowly day trader to survive in the new, high-stakes Wall Street? Cheat. Then flip. New York Magazine 07.16.2007 ALAS, POOR COURIC // [ PDF ] But pity her not. New York Magazine 07.01.2007 GETTING REAL // [ PDF ] He's got an early lead in Iowa, is polling ahead of Hillary and Obama against the GOP, and has the best hair on the campaign trail. Now all John Edwards needs to do is convince America that he's got what it takes the crush the red state/blue state divide. Men's Vogue Magazine 06.01.2007 TRANSIT BYZANTIUM // [ PDF ] With his amazing talent for pop hooks and heartbreaking, septa-toned songs, why did Bill Fox stop playing music? The Believer Magazine 03.12.2007 THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES The last three managing editors of Time were good friends, all members of an elite club. Now the newest one has been charged with blowing up the clubhouse. New York Magazine 12.01.2006 DAVE EGGER'S SMALL NOTION The staggering genius has built McSweeney's into a modestly sized (and modestly profitable) multimedia publishing empire, all without advertising. Forbes.com 12.04.2006 THE ONCE AND FUTURE KISSINGER As another failed war threatens to tarnish his legacy, Henry Kissinger attempts to clarify his record -- by evading, skirting, stretching, hedging, and stonewalling like the diplomatic master he is. New York Magazine 09.18.2006 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. BILL KELLER How hard is it to be executive editor of the New York Times today? The White House calls him a traitor. He gets roasted every day on talk shows and blogs. The newsroom is losing faith. The paper is shrinking. And the worst part is that fighting back means overcoming his own nature. New York Magazine 06.19.2006 CHARLIE THE CONQUEROR While Diane Sawyer waffled about taking over as the ABC evening-news anchor and the pregnant Elizabeth Vargas tried to hold on to it, her formally avuncular Good Morning America co-host Charles Gibson swooped in and seized the throne for himself. New York Magazine 05.22.2006 THE BREAKING OF MICHAEL ARAD When the then-34-year-old architect won the ground-zero-memorial competition, he looked like the Maya Lin of 9/11 -- a bright, shining star out of nowhere who would build a breathtaking new landmark. Two years later, all we've got is a pile of dirt, a price estimate nearing $1 billion, and a nasty, behind-the-scenes war of wills. New York Magazine 04.20.2006 BUCK OWENS 1929-2006 // [ PDF ] The king of the Bakersfield Sound gave country a rock & roll edge. Rolling Stone Magazine 02.11.2006 TALK-SHOW METTLE: MR. EISNER BUILDS DREAM TV BACKDROP // [ PDF ] Frank Gehry designs a set for the Disney Ex-Chief; warming the titanium. The Wall Street Journal 01.21.2006 FUNNY BUSINESS // [ PDF ] HBO tries to revive the sitcom. But can foul-mouthed Louis C.K. thrive in a feel-good genre? The Wall Street Journal 08.12.2001 HURLING YOUR BASIC ROCK AT THE ARTY CROWD // [ PDF ] The White Stripes recall a primitive sound full of zeal. But they're self-aware and clever, too. The New York Times 10.22.2000 AN INCORRECT ARTIFACT WITH AGING FANS // [ PDF ] Unlike his peers, Clive Baldwin opts for historical exactitude over the merely sentimental, bringing back an image of Al Jolson that has come to symbolize, for many, the less quaint aspects of the era. The New York Times 06.01.2000 THE COMMISSAR OF CAPITALISM // [ PDF ] Touring Indonesia, Mark Mobius is minding other people's money -- and, he hopes, shining a point of light into the heart of darkness. Civilization Magazine |
