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Shouts & Murmurs by Josh Gondelman: The food in this table-to-table joint is vegan, but it’s so good you’d swear…
A Few of My Greatest Fears, in No Particular Order
The comedian and TV writer/producer Josh Gondelman writes a list of his greatest fears in this excerpt from his new…
We Are Pivoting to Radical Empathy
Josh Gondelman satirically writes a staff note from a C.E.O. which purports to embody radical empathy but is instead unfeelingly…
How Caro Claire Burke Wrote the Biggest Book of the Year
Rachel Syme interviews the novelist Caro Claire Burke about her best-selling début novel, “Yesteryear,” gender in the modern age, and…
A Short Song for a Long and Precious Season
Casey Cep writes on “Something to Love,” by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, and growing up in the South…
Did the Dodgers Ruin Baseball?
Already the title favorites, Los Angeles acquired the league’s best pitcher at the trade deadline—and may have insured a lockout…
How Golden Is Silence, Actually?
Anthony Lane reviews Kate McLoughlin’s “Silence: A Literary History.”
The American Art of Blowing Stuff Up
The Gruccis, often called the First Family of Fireworks, have been in the pyrotechnics business for six generations. Paige Williams…
The Senate’s Shameful Acquiescence to Todd Blanche as Attorney General
Ruth Marcus on the ongoing saga of Todd Blanche’s Attorney General confirmation hearings.
A.I. Is Now a Major Election Issue
Politicians on the left—such as Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Abdul El-Sayed—have been critical of data centers, Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes.…