Danny McBride’s Solution to the Masculinity Crisis
In a new story collection, “Thrilling Tales of Modern Men,” the actor and comedian injects a refreshing breeziness into a…
September 2026
admin The Death of Shame Is Tearing Us Apart
Increasingly, people are ignoring social norms in favor of a narrow self-interest. The results are disastrous, Jay Caspian Kang writes.
Destroying Books to Build a Mind
Francesca Mancino writes about Anthropic swallowing the internet. The company is trying to “destructively scan all the books in the…
Saudi Arabia’s Pursuit of Michelin Stardom
The kingdom, seeking to rebrand as a culinary juggernaut, has bankrolled new restaurants and conscripted big-name chefs. Will it succeed?…
The Scourge of A.1.
Shouts & Murmurs by Ian Frazier: For A.1. to cause such fear is understandable, because many of us are not…
Can You Feel the Dub Tonight?
For years, a Peruvian voice actor has tried to get Disney to sign off on his Quechuan translation of “The…
“Paranormal Activity” Creeps Onto Broadway
Oren Peli, the creator of the original horror-film series, stops by the new stage production and dishes on the creaky…
Tuesday, and After
John Updike, Jonathan Franzen, Denis Johnson, Roger Angell, Aharon Appelfeld, Rebecca Mead, Susan Sontag, Amitav Ghosh, and Donald Antrim respond…
Gloria Steinem Gave It All
Emma Watson on the death of the activist Gloria Steinem, who died at the age of ninety-two.
Has the A.I. Job Apocalypse Been Postponed?
So far, the proliferation of A.I. models such as Claude and ChatGPT hasn’t led to mass displacement of workers. But…