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The New Yorker
The New Yorker is a weekly magazine with a mix of reporting of politics and culture, humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry, and reviews and criticism.
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Postscript: Marie Colvin, 1957-2012
Last night, after a long day and before a late dinner, I sat down with my wife to watch the news on CNN. Anderson Cooper was broadcasting from a studio in New York, but his tape was from Syria.... More at newyorker.com >>
Comment: The Koran and the N.Y.P.D.
When Afghan workers at the Bagram Air Base saw our troops put copies of the Koran and other Islamic religious works into a pile of burning trash in a dumpster, they didnt hesitate. They yelled for them to stop.... More at newyorker.com >>
Wheres George?
The week before last, President Obama reluctantly gave his blessing to Super PACs supporting his reelection bid. The green light from the White House, a response to weak fundraising, was meant to signal to big Democratic donors that, despite... More at newyorker.com >>
David Foster Wallace's struggle to surpass Infinite Jest
Online version of the weekly magazine, with current articles, cartoons, blogs, audio, video, slide shows, an archive of articles and abstracts back to 1925 More at newyorker.com >>
Michel Hazanaviciuss The Artist and the Lost Art of Silent Films
The silent cinema hit the world like a hurricane, destroying elite notions of culture overnight... More at newyorker.com >>
Comment: Joe and Debbie
After depending on a coalition of young people, African-Americans, Latinos, single women, and affluent suburbanites, can Obama alter his message and capture the middle this year? In Comment this week, Dorothy Wickenden writes about the vocabulary of cla ss warfare... More at newyorker.com >>
Cartoons from the Issue
A collection of cartoons from the issue, plus this week's Cartoon Caption Contest. More at newyorker.com >>
Anthony Shadids Passion
Its hard to accept that there wont be any more Anthony Shadid bylines in my morning paper. Hed been doing it so well for so long that Id begun to take for granted his readiness to get the story of the Arab world, however hard the placeIraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Syriaand bring it to us with his characteristic thoughtfulness and grace. Whats happening in the Iraqi south now that the Sadr militia has joined the political process? Anthony knows that terrain better than any foreigner. Is Tripoli about to fall? Shadid will get inside as soon as he can. Is Cairo having another revolution? Hes there and knows how to explain why its happening. If anyone can get into Homs, itll be Anthony. He combined professional excellence with quiet indefatigability, so that you only noticed it when he wasnt on the scene. He was the Cal Ripken of foreign correspondents. By the time I got to Iraq in the summer of 2003, Shadid knew so much about the state of Iraqis under American occupation that it was impossible to imagine anyone More at newyorker.com >>
New Yorker Editor David Remnick Likes Technology, but He Loves Print: The Full Dive Into Media Interview
The New Yorker -- you roll it up, you put it in your bag. Its quite easy; its pretty good technology. More at allthingsd.com >>
The Front Row: The Envelope, Please
Last year, no one except Jesse Eisenbergs mother (thats a metaphorI dont know what she actually thought) doubted that Colin Firth would win the Oscar for Best Actor, but the triumph of The Kings Speech for Best Pictureand of its... More at newyorker.com >>
Quentin Rowan, a.k.a. Q. R. Markham, Plagiarism Addict
Rowan, author of Assassin of Secrets, never had much luck with his original material... More at newyorker.com >>
The Book Bench: Not Funny: Andy Borowitzs Hospital Nightmare
In the fall of 2008, Andy Borowitz, the humorist and New Yorker contributor, unexpectedly found himself in the hospital for emergency abdominal surgery. Over a matter of days, he was shocked to observe his condition become life-threatening. He survived... More at newyorker.com >>
Slide Show: A Candidates Work is Never Done
Last week wasnt the most exciting week of the Republican Presidential campaign thus far (John Cassidy branded the day that contests were held last week Not-So-Super Tuesday), but the candidates still had to be out on the trail. And where... More at newyorker.com >>
Photo Booth
Online version of the weekly magazine, with current articles, cartoons, blogs, audio, video, slide shows, an archive of articles and abstracts back to 1925 More at newyorker.com >>
Close Read: Christies Marriage Veto
On Friday, Chris Christie vetoed New Jerseys same-sex marriage bill. As I wrote earlier, the Assembly had passed the bill the day before Valentines Day, a holiday that seemed appropriate to its spirit; the veto came as most people were... More at newyorker.com >>
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