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Nancy Reagan Devoted Her Life to Protecting Ronald Reagan’s Image. How She Succeeded.

Jacob Weisberg

March 06, 2016 9:28 PM

Understanding Marion Barry’s Chemical Approach to Politics

David Plotz

Nov 23, 2014 3:32 PM

Lauren Bacall’s Perfect Career, in Five Films

Dana Stevens

Aug 13, 2014 7:32 AM

How the Bassist Charlie Haden Revolutionized Jazz

Fred Kaplan

July 11, 2014 5:51 PM

Remembering Lester Schonbrun, and the New York Games Parlor Where He Found a Second Home

Stefan Fatsis

March 28, 2014 10:26 AM

Pete Seeger Embodied Folk Music More Than Anyone

Jack Hamilton

Jan 28, 2014 7:12 PM

Why It Was Mandela’s Flaws That Made Him Great

Adam Roberts

Dec 05, 2013 4:49 PM

Roger Ebert Was So Much More Than a Film Critic

Dana Stevens

April 05, 2013 5:38 AM

Dear Prudie Remembers the Genius of Dear Abby

Emily Yoffe

Jan 18, 2013 6:21 PM

How Marvin Miller Shaped the Modern Sports World

Tim Marchman

Nov 27, 2012 5:28 PM

I Went to Rehab—and Got High—With Eva Rausing in the ‘80s. Her Death Shakes My Faith in My Own Recovery.

Scott Alderman

July 26, 2012 11:44 AM

Writing Advice from the Funny, Kvetchy, and Profane Maurice Sendak

Dana Stevens

May 09, 2012 11:06 AM

The Powerful Poetry and Politics of Adrienne Rich

Meghan O'Rourke

March 29, 2012 6:52 PM

David Weigel on What Andrew Breitbart Taught Him About Journalism

David Weigel

March 01, 2012 5:48 PM

Is It Appropriate To Mourn the Death of Joe Paterno?

Torie Bosch

Jan 22, 2012 10:52 AM

The Modest, Stubborn Man Who Got Fired and Helped Start the Gay Rights Movement.

Linda Hirshman

Oct 12, 2011 4:24 PM

Elizabeth Taylor, RIP: A farewell to the most fleshly of all actresses.

Dana Stevens

March 23, 2011 5:35 PM

Daniel Bell, 1919-2011: The New York intellectual was a stunningly original mind, an ironic observer, and a genial gossip.

Jacob Weisberg

Jan 28, 2011 5:32 PM

Richard Holbrooke knew that relationships were the building blocks of diplomacy.

Eliza Griswold

Dec 14, 2010 1:08 PM

No one captured the passion and spontaneity of jazz like photographer Herman Leonard.

Fred Kaplan

Aug 17, 2010 1:03 PM

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