The Best Jokes of 2023
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A comedy routine often benefits from a straight man. When Carl Reiner died, in 2020, the Times noted that, as the foil to the likes of Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks,…
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The Intimate Reality of the J.F.K. Assassination
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the annals of American time, the November 22nd that happened sixty years ago today still casts a very long shadow. It is a cliché, but true nonetheless, that certain events…
Lahaina Hallelujah
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A Hidden Stash of Extraordinary Self-Portraits
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I first met Carla Williams a few years ago at Material Life, a shop that she owned in New Orleans specializing in Black art and cultural artifacts. I was enamored by…
André 3000 Disrupts Our Sense of Time
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Last week, André Benjamin, best known as André 3000, one-half of the hip-hop duo OutKast, finally released his début solo album. Over the past decade, Benjamin, who is forty-eight, has chosen…
Frederick Wiseman Reveals the Mighty Substance of Culinary Luxury
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The joy of eating in France has long been that one can do so superbly at a reasonable price. Isaac Babel’s 1934 short story “Rue Dante” records: We ate lunch at…
Why Can’t We Quit “The Morning Show”?
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The enduring appeal of “The Morning Show” has become one of the great mysteries of modern television. The Apple TV+ series, which stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon as onetime hosts…
Shifting Sympathies in “Spain”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Rachel SymeStaff writer You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. The actress…
Celebrating the Holidays in N.Y.C.
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Baroque Neapolitan CrècheThe city of Naples is synonymous with the crèche, or Nativity scene, an art form that reached its apogee there in the eighteenth century. Every year, families and churches…
The Surprising Sweetness of the Ayn Rand Fangirl Novel
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Is liking Ayn Rand a personality defect? Before she was the godmother of American libertarianism, Rand was a writer known for insisting on the virtue and beauty of self-interest. To her…