Features
Gene Hackman: On Top of His Game
"I used to have to borrow my daughter's car to go to interviews in Hollywood. Just a piece-of-shit Toyota and I'd have to park it a couple of blocks [away] and walk so I wouldn't …
High-Definition Television
The first time you see digital high-definition television, the only appropriate response is "Wow!" The picture is incredibly sharp and clear, with deep, true colors and amazing …
Malliouhana Hotel: Caribbean Queen
Pelicans silently waft past my terrace as I recline on a well-padded chaise longue. The birds bank before turning to glide with the wind. Spying fish, they plunge 30 feet to the …
Road Warriors
The most technologically advanced racing cars in the world also happen to be the most dangerous. Powerful enough to accelerate to 100 mph from nothing in four seconds and brake …
Suitable Visions
Casual Fridays, dot-com startups, and jeans notwithstanding, the classic business suit is--as it was for the last century--the corporate uniform of the day. After all, who would, …
Insights: Culture—Death Penalty Reevaluation
What do former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, actors Ed Asner and Danny Glover, conservative columnist George Will, the Reverend Pat Robertson and former Marine war hero Oliver …
Insights: Finance—Golden Reflections
Wealth is increased and preserved through ownership of many investment vehicles. One that is out of fashion is the ownership of gold and silver, an asset class that has been …
Insights: Indulgences—Dining for 100 Dollars
The challenge was simple. The criteria were loose but specific. "What could you get for a 'hundy' these days?" asked a jaded friend of mine, referring to one hundred bucks. It had …
Insights: Sports—Picking This Year's NFL Winners
Watching the NFL this season will be like learning the names of new neighbors. Because so many of your longtime neighbors have moved away. You never needed to check …
Andalusian Ambrosia
Ignacio Osborne eats his breakfast as light jazz wafts through the Icon restaurant at The Court, one of New York's new hip W Hotels. It's an unlikely place to encounter the …
Internet Gambling
It was football season, and one west Texas gambler named Chris was bored. Other than the trips he made to the Las Vegas sports books once or twice a year, betting on games had …
Driver's Ed
A few years ago I attended a weeklong session at a Vermont golf school that was based on the old model of golf instruction and had received substantial acclaim. The curriculum was …
Cigars
Cuban Road Trip
With the police in tow, our European editor takes a tour of the historic towns of Sancti Spíritus and Trinidad
Great Moments
In the Company of Friends
Mexico's Identity Crisis
The cargo ship Katerina sits at the dock in Veracruz, Mexico. The hulking orange behemoth looks as old as the port city itself, more rust than metal. A crane slowly lowers steel I …
An Interview with General Cigar
An interview with The Cullmans of General Cigar holdings Inc. and Lennart Sunden, president and CEO of Swedish match
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
Extinction of the Little Guy
There's never been anything like it in history. In the past few years, we've seen mergers that would have boggled people's minds even in the empire-building days of the robber …
Out of the Humidor
Dear Marvin, I was ecstatic to read your comments regarding the private lives of potential leaders of this country. I have long advocated exactly the same stand you made in …