The Apes of New York Author:Lionel Tiger All I can think of as a personal introduction to this collection of columns is to say: "I wish I were a newspaper columnist." Readers of the lively and provocative essays collected here will readily understand Lionel Tiger's enthusiasm, and probably wish his wish were fulfilled. Written for the New York Press. Daily News, New Yorker, and Wall S... more »treet Journal in 1998-2002, they range from condemnation of greedy political and stock-option malefactors to celebration of Cleo Laine, astringent reflection upon mass tourism to fond reminiscence of Pierre Trudeau, grousing about the American legal profession to praise for the New York subway system, discussion of contemporary American eating habits to commentary on "the fatuity of much of modern feminism." There is wit, wisdom, and entertainment aplenty here for the apes of every metropolis.« less