Will Somebody Please Save NBC?
The beleaguered and tattered Peacock Network deserves better than Jeff Zucker, Jay Leno, and maybe even Comcast.
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.
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.
Handle With Care
A guide to buying toxic assets.
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.
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.
Couch Warfare
Jay Leno may now dominate prime time, but David Letterman has triumphed by doing something more interesting: He’s grown up.
Tenacious G
Inside Goldman Sachs, America’s most successful, cynical, envied, despised, and (in its view, anyway) misunderstood engine of capitalism.
The Human Blog
Serial charmer and conservative turncoat Arianna Huffington reinvents herself yet again—as self-help guru and queen of connectedness.