Will Somebody Please Save NBC?

The beleaguered and tattered Peacock Network deserves better than Jeff Zucker, Jay Leno, and maybe even Comcast.

Published: Nov 8, 2009
Length: 10 minutes (2,598 words)

The Indecider

About New York’s governorship, as about so much in his recent political career, Rudy Giuliani can’t fully, wholeheartedly make up his mind.

Published: Oct 25, 2009
Length: 11 minutes (2,863 words)

Mike Bloomberg Owns This Town

With shrewdness and luck, an imperious idea of democracy, and plenty of money, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made himself the only political player in New York who really matters.

Published: Oct 18, 2009
Length: 23 minutes (5,865 words)

Handle With Care

A guide to buying toxic assets.

Published: Oct 13, 2009
Length: 8 minutes (2,225 words)

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.

Author: Joe Hagan
Published: Sep 27, 2009
Length: 21 minutes (5,337 words)

High-Wire Act

Neil Patrick Harris used to be an underage doctor on TV. Now he’s another Hollywood first: an out gay actor who can host award shows, play a womanizer, walk the red carpet with his boyfriend, and then get cast in movies as a straight dad. Neat trick.

Published: Sep 13, 2009
Length: 21 minutes (5,283 words)

Couch Warfare

Jay Leno may now dominate prime time, but David Letterman has triumphed by doing something more interesting: He’s grown up.

Published: Sep 6, 2009
Length: 14 minutes (3,576 words)

Tenacious G

Inside Goldman Sachs, America’s most successful, cynical, envied, despised, and (in its view, anyway) misunderstood engine of capitalism.

Author: Joe Hagan
Published: Jul 26, 2009
Length: 24 minutes (6,141 words)

The Human Blog

Serial charmer and conservative turncoat Arianna Huffington reinvents herself yet again—as self-help guru and queen of connectedness.

Published: Oct 1, 2006
Length: 15 minutes (3,772 words)