Reporting the Big World
Isaac Chotiner writes about Neal Ascherson, the British veteran, journalist, essayist, historian, novelist, and political activist.
2026
admin Taking In the Scene at Daisy Chain Fields, the Zoomer Lilith Fair
Lauren Michele Jackson writes about Daisy Chain Fields, a daylong women-led music festival that raises money for charitable organizations aiding…
The Strange Power of the Dance-Floor Novel
A new run of books embrace the literary potential of underground electronic music, Robert Rubsam writes.
The Unique Horrors of A.I. Food Slop
Brady Brickner-Wood writes about the proliferation of A.I.-generated images of food, and what they reflect about the history of food…
The Art of Leaping Out of Planes to Fight Wildfires
Élite crews of firefighters in Alaska, Montana, Idaho, and other Western states parachute into remote areas, work to contain dangerous…
“Days and Nights in the Forest” Emerges from the Shadows
This passionate melodrama by Satyajit Ray, about middle-class men on a heedless spree in a rural village, is a panorama…
Wendell Berry’s Advice for a Cataclysmic Age
Sixty years after renouncing modernity, the writer is still contemplating a better way forward, Dorothy Wickenden writes.
Seven Steps to Financial Success, According to a Guy Who Won a Multimillion-Dollar Lawsuit Against the Circus
Graeme Carey imagines financial advice delivered by a cryptocurrency bro who parlayed his injury at the hands of a circus…
Was “Defund the Police” Crazy?
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes about reckoning with the “woke” years.
George W. Bush’s Code of Silence
The former President lovingly paints immigrants, praises free trade and diplomacy, and rues the coarsening of American politics, Jacob Weisberg…