admin What’s the Point of Sex, Anyway?
Elizabeth Kolbert on “On the Origin of Sex,” by Lixing Sun; “The Sexual Evolution,” by Nathan H. Lents; and “Poking…
The NY-12 Primary Is Awash with Money but Short on Belief
The race—whose candidates include Micah Lasher, Alex Bores, George Conway, and Jack Schlossberg—is at once glitzy, confusing, and uninspiring.
The Repo Man Coming for Your Ride
As America’s auto debt nears $1.7 trillion, repossessions are reaching levels not seen since the Great Recession. Inside an industry…
Happy-Go-Lucky
The author reflects on his last visit with his father: “ ‘Who are you? I want to ask the gentle…
Clearing Out Dad’s Room
Navied Mahdavian illustrates the objects he encountered and the emotions he went through while clearing out his late father’s room.
How Matthew Rhys Stays Hungry
Emily Nussbaum talks with the star of “Widow’s Bay” about the series’ emotional season finale, his formative love for Richard…
A Lonely Adolescent Summer, Set to “Bad Moon Rising”
Richard Brody remembers the summer of 1969, when the song by Creedence Clearwater Revival was released to great success, and…
Why the Odyssey Keeps Defeating Filmmakers
David Denby considers the challenges facing Christopher Nolan’s upcoming quarter-billion-dollar film adaptation of Homer’s epic poem, “The Odyssey,” starring Matt…
The U.S. Men’s Team Is Building Something, and Marching On
The power of the diaspora is the story of this World Cup—and the U.S. team, which beat Australia 2–0 on…
The Difference Between the Knicks and the White House Cage Fight
Adam Gopnik on sports, spectacle, and what Juvenal would have made of this moment.