It’s RH’s World
Restoration Hardware, the high-end housewares company that recently rebranded as RH, is on a mission to colonize luxury cities. In Aspen, residents are drawing the line
The Attention-Whore Index
A bankrupt Swiss bank? A perp-walking ex-president? Sometimes the world seems topsy-turvy, but, thankfully, the royals are bickering as usual. Vote now on this week’s biggest attention suck! Plus: global news you might have missed
The View from Here
Social-justice activists say impact—not intent—is all that matters. They’re wrong
Outmatched
The national broadcaster reinstates its star sports commentator Gary Lineker, after a Twitter showdown and a management meltdown
Politics by Other Means
Is David Sirota—whose two-year-old news site, the Lever, has been ahead of the media pack on several recent stories—a journalist or an activist? The answer is yes
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A warlord, a king, and a short-fingered vulgarian compete for the No. 1 ranking. Which blackguard rules them all? Plus: strange news from across the world
Splitting Hairs
Inside the messy legal battle that’s temporarily shuttered Paul Molé, the Upper East Side barbershop where everyone from Henry Fonda to John F. Kennedy Jr. went for haircuts
V.I.C.’s—The New V.I.P.’s
Fashion-show seats and the odd freebie are no longer enough for luxury brands’ Very Important Clients. Cue candlelit dinners in ancient palazzos, regattas in the Caribbean … and a major case of keeping up with the Joneses
Treasured Island
Long overlooked for its flashier neighbors, the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos are having a real-estate renaissance
Skeletons in the Closet
The exposure of neo-Nazi elements in German law enforcement is a shock—but not a surprise, to those who have been paying attention
Art-World Confidential
He was one of New York’s most active art dealers—until he got busted for wire fraud. Now Ezra Chowaiki reveals the underhanded tricks of the trade, and how to survive in a prison filled with V.I.P.’s
The Battle for Chinatown
In Los Angeles, the forces of gentrification face up against the long-term residents
The Fall and Fall of America’s Department Store
Eddie Lampert was a Wall Street wunderkind until he got his hands on Sears and, later, Kmart. He would become the scourge of one of the U.S.’s favorite retail franchises
Marianne Mantell
With $1,500 in savings, she started a recording company that paved the way for the billion-dollar audiobook business
Devil Baby
Cocaine killed my ex-husband. Now fentanyl—the worst drug the world has ever seen—has our daughter in its grip
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This week sees the return of the prodigal prince to the top of the Index. Can he be overthrown by an even more querulous windbag? You decide!
Grisly Business
When model Abby Choi’s body was found in pieces at a Hong Kong apartment, it didn’t take long for police to arrest her ex-husband
The View from Here
Ahem, that better not be a cough
Double Black Diamond in the Rough
For those brave souls willing to make the journey, the Iraq Ski Rally offers untouched slopes and striking vistas. Just look out for land mines
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This week’s dross rising to the top includes some old familiar names causing all-new commotions. Who is the unworthiest? You decide!
The Smear Heard Round the World
In the weeks after the 2020 election, Maria Bartiromo’s Fox News talk show became an open mike for Trump’s self-serving conspiracy theories
When It Rains, It Pours
Relentless rainstorms have made a stretch of Los Angeles’s Bel Air neighborhood lose power—and its residents lose their cool
Walter Mirisch
Raised in the era of silent movies, the Some Like It Hot producer, whose films won 28 Oscars, started out as an usher in a New Jersey theater
The View from Here
The war in Ukraine has not only killed and displaced millions of people but tens of thousands of horses, too
