Issue of February 4, 2013


Profiles

The Operator
by Michael Specter

The trouble with Dr. Oz.

Letter From California

Home Economics
by Tad Friend

A plan for underwater mortgages.

Our Local Correspondents

Life at the Top
by Adam Higginbotham

High-rise window washing.


The Critics

A Critic at Large

Wag the Dog
by Thomas Mallon

The speech that made Richard Nixon.

The Current Cinema

The Evil That Men Do
by Anthony Lane

“Caesar Must Die,” “The Last Stand.”