Hopeless
You think your job sucks? Trade with Robert Gibbs. His boss is “methodical.” His workplace is hostile. His job is Sisyphean. And, everyone is blaming him for a communication problem that may hand Washington to the opposition. Inside the woeful world of the White House press secretary
The Audacity of Nope
With his perma-tan, two-pack-a-day baritone, and natty wardrobe, House Republican leader John Boehner is a backslapping, deal-making throwback to the G.O.P.’s past. But his recent “Hell, no!” anti-Obama strategy, as he seeks to ride the Tea Party wave, may point to an ugly future.
Overdrive: Who Really Rescued General Motors?
In February of 2009, Steven Rattner was selected by the Obama Administration to oversee the federal bailout of General Motors and Chrysler. It was not a popular choice. Rattner was a Wall Street financier with no expertise in the automobile business. But, as Rattner makes clear in “Overhaul,” his account of the experience, the critics misunderstood his role.
In the Name of the Law
Mexico’s war on crime and drugs in Tijuana. A colonel cracks down on corruption.
Newsboy
Looking for one last turn in the spotlight, 92 year old Sidney Harman paid his dollar for Newsweek. And Tina Brown was all set to dance. So why did it fall apart?
Why Breasts Are the Key to Future of Regenerative Medicine
To be in the company of Chris Calhoun is to encounter breasts, and encounter the damn things anytime, anywhere—including over a plate of spaghetti in a bustling Manhattan restaurant.
Interview: Bob Woodward
On his book, “Obama’s Wars.” “Biden says, ‘You’re gonna have to make some goddamn tough decisions, man’ Not ‘Mr. President,’ [Laughs.] but ‘man.'”
A Question of Fairness
Clarence Thomas is Ronald Reagan’s chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He walks a lonely road, not really agreeing with conservatives or liberals.
Smash
The Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson profiles hardbat ping-pong champ Marty Reisman, who never lost his taste for winning
Glee Gone Wild
Inside “Glee”: “As anachronistically sweet as Bye, Bye Birdie but gayer than Hedwig.”
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