Where Was I Eating That Spicy, Sweet Kale Pizza? Roberta’s!

"At the center of the criticism is the chief artic­ulator of Bush's imperial presidency," we wrote in 1992, "the man who wrote the legal rationale for the Gulf War, the Panama invasion, and the officially sanctioned kidnapping of foreign nationals abroad"

He came to New York and got Charles Saatchi to sell some paintings. He wooed Leo Castelli and is getting awfully friendly with his artists. He has a "past," a future, and a slick wardrobe. He's Larry Gagosian, the man the art world loves to hate.

Inside: Paloma Picasso's purse, Joel Steinberg's jail cell, Andre Soltner's refrigerator, Phil Simms' locker, Eileen Ford's living room, Helen Gurley Brown's desk drawer, John Lennon's FBI File, Charles Busch's closet, Radu's medicine chest & Sheila Metzner's bedroom, among other places you don't belong

Once there was a muddah tongue. But today, the city's dialects have become almost as stratified as the city's populations. Charles Siebert describes the slow death of the New York accent.

A leviathan of corruption too big for a single fall guy

"George Steinbrenner, the Yankees' principal owner, has said repeatedly that the team is not for sale. But the beauty of eminent domain is that for once the Boss' feel­ings don't matter."