Cartoon Recession Indicators
Sketchpad by Ali Fitzgerald: Is your life savings a single moth? Are you afflicted with moola eyes? It might be…
September 2026
admin Detecting Notes of . . . Citi Field?
In the parking lot outside a Mets game, the TikTok sommeliers Ryan and Chris Goydos, of SuperVinoBros, crack open a…
More Sunshine with Joey Arias and Basil Twist
The performance artist and the puppeteer are reviving their avant-garde cabaret show, a leggy fantasia beloved by Cyndi Lauper and…
The Cellmate Who Taught Me the Codes of Russian Prison
In an excerpt from his book “This Cursed Beautiful Land,” Evan Gershkovich, a foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal,…
Caleb Hammer’s Humiliation Economy
Brady Brickner-Wood on Caleb Hammer, a YouTube influencer and the host of the popular series “Financial Audit,” who claims that…
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Government lawyers who think that the Trump Administration is subverting justice face an enormous moral quandary, Eyal Press reports.
Hernan Diaz’s Grand Experiment
Kathryn Schulz reviews “Ply,” by Hernan Diaz.
Don’t Stop, Be Leafing
Admire our region’s leaves, aflame with vivid purples, oranges, and reds—just like the bruises I sustained when I fell off…
A Tour of Vermont’s Autumnal Majesty (with Some Adjustments Necessitated by Climate Change)
Emma Brewer imagines a humorous tour of Vermont in autumn that shows the ravages of climate change.
The President vs. the Press
Jelani Cobb on how consistent the debacle of Donald Trump’s denying access to CNN, Politico, and MS NOW is with…