admin How “Piss Christ” Became a Culture-War Bomb
Louis Menand reviews “The Perfect Moment: God, Sex, Art, and the Birth of America’s Culture Wars,” by Isaac Butler.
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” Leaves the Gods in the Outtakes
Richard Brody writes about “The Odyssey,” the new Christopher Nolan movie starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, and Zendaya.
Spain’s Beautiful Balance
Louisa Thomas on Spain’s 2–0 victory over France in the semifinals of World Cup 2026, and the performance of Spain’s…
Graham Platner’s Very Online Undoing
Brady Brickner-Wood on the end of Graham Platner’s Senate campaign after he won Maine’s Democratic primary, and the role that…
How Ukraine Brought the War to Russia
Long-range drone and missile strikes on Russian soil have shifted the balance of the conflict—will they be enough to end…
When A.I. Is a Member of the Family
Jessica Contrera reports on how A.I. is quietly changing our relationships at home, as Amazon’s Alexa+, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and other…
An Unbeliever’s View of the Jonestown Massacre
Shiva Naipaul’s newly reissued book “Journey to Nowhere,” from 1980, is far less interested in the trope of the cult…
England’s Dynamic, Divergent, Deadly Duo
Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham are very different off the soccer pitch. On it, they’ve given their country its best…
How to Write When You’re Feeling Stuck
JiJi Lee jokingly imagines the trials of a writer, who, seeking a room free of distractions, gets trapped in a…
V.A.R. and the Rise of Our New Tech Overlords
The World Cup replay system has fostered a very contemporary kind of paranoia about who controls the machines, Jay Caspian…