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Rebecca Makkai Reads “The Plaza”

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Cartoon Caption Contest

Each week, we provide a cartoon in need of a caption. You, the reader, submit your caption here, we choose three finalists, and...

On “Succession,” Logan Roy Is Living+

A hallmark of the narcissistic parent is how he surveys his offspring and designates a golden child and a scapegoat. One kid serves...

The Cryptic Crossword: Sunday, April 30, 2023

Keel over, becoming something green (4). Source link

The Renewed Importance of the Texas Gay Rodeo

Justin Willis, who is a teacher and a professional bull rider, said that, although he’s straight, he appreciated the general commitment to inclusivity...

Tucker Carlson and the Right

When Tucker Carlson was fired from Fox News last week—so suddenly that he reportedly learned about it only ten minutes before the world...

Impossible People: The Cat and the Landlord

Retrieving the escaped cat from the laundry room is its own job. Source link

Rubbernecking for Jerry Springer

Jerry Springer is dead at seventy-nine. He had fantasized about his demise coming in his fifties. Judgment Day would take the shape of—what...

Why Are TV Writers So Miserable?

Possibly the most famous telegram in Hollywood history was sent in 1925, when Herman J. Mankiewicz, the future co-writer of “Citizen Kane,” urged...

The Curious Side Effects of Medical Transparency

One afternoon not long ago, I sat entering notes into a patient’s medical record. She was in her forties, and her labs showed...

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