New York Observer
"The Economist is less provocative than it is aggressively boring," says
Tom Scocca. "When other magazines say they want to be like The Economist, they do not mean they wish to be serious. They mean they wish, by whatever means, to be taken seriously." PLUS: WP's Style section is a victim of its own success, as its voice has spread throughout the rest of the Post and into the wide world, writes
Michael Calderone.
ALSO: Vanity Fair editor
Graydon Carter has always wanted to start a clubhouse, says
Kurt Andersen.
