New York Observer

  • Are urbane tomboys truer feminists?

    They are, after all, casually shrugging off "the strictures of femininity."
    By Tracy Clark-Flory March 19, 2008

  • Biden: I was taken out of context

    Talking to reporters about his apparently racist statement on Barack Obama, Sen. Joe Biden issues a series of nondenial denials.
    By Alex Koppelman January 31, 2007

  • Katie Couric grabs her gravitas

    Is the g-word what it takes to anchor the nightly news, and does any woman have it?
    By Tracy Clark-Flory March 29, 2006

  • The Cockpit gets catty

    The New York Observer has a new mascot for Broadsheet!
    By Rebecca Traister March 13, 2006

  • Looking for Mr. Mediocre

    A trend story asks: Are women who "settle" the new dating pioneers?
    By Lori Leibovich November 16, 2005

  • Broadsheet vs. Cockpit

    Bigger than "Alien" vs. "Predator"?
    By Rebecca Traister October 28, 2005

  • Shout-out from the Cockpit!

    We have fans at the New York Observer.
    By R.T. October 26, 2005

  • Tempest at the Times

    The literary world is abuzz: Does New York Times editor Bill Keller want to take his influential book review section down-market?
    By Christopher Dreher February 4, 2004

  • Muslims charge they are being scapegoated

    Both candidates in the New York Senate contest have refused to meet with Arabs. Is that really the way to court the Jewish vote?
    By Anthony York November 2, 2000

  • Bye-bye, Billy

    Billy bails! Can Ally McDeal? Plus: Ben Affleck learns a lesson in self-respect; Rex Reed finds out what those dressing room signs are all about; and laaaaa-ady! Jerry Lewis wants you off that stage!
    By Amy Reiter February 15, 2000

  • The frog prince of Bel-Air

    Batgirl caught in amphibian love nest! Plus: I cc NY? Carl Swanson e-goofs, Toby Young attacks. And: Hillary is just so dateable.com!
    By Amy Reiter January 28, 2000

  • "How Good Is David Mamet, Anyway?" by John Heilpern

    A passionate critic tosses a few firebombs at the New York theater.
    By Andrew O'Hehir December 3, 1999

  • Don't cry for me, Gray Lady

    After 55 years, Abe Rosenthal exits the New York Times, unquietly.
    By Sean Elder November 12, 1999

  • "Primary Colors" II

    Hillary Clinton builds a New York Senate campaign staff on a foundation of 1992 Clinton loyalists, as Rudy Giuliani fumes.
    By Harry Jaffe and Anthony York June 24, 1999

  • Brillian mistake

    Brill's Content -- deep, serious and above the fray -- is a big snooze.
    By James Poniewozik December 15, 1998

  • A Clinton critic's tax-exempt lifestyle

    As head of the American Spectator's nonprofit foundation, conservative editor R. Emmett Tyrrell enjoys some unusual perks.
    By Jonathan Broder and Joe Conason June 9, 1998

  • A Clinton critic's tax-exempt lifestyle

    As head of the American Spectator's nonprofit foundation, conservative editor R. Emmett Tyrrell enjoys some unusual perks.
    By Jonathan Broder And Joe Conason May 30, 1998

  • Sex And The City

    Christine Muhlke reviews Candace Bushnell's book "Sex And The City".
    By Christine Muhlke August 5, 1996
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