Short reviews of recent releases.

“on monday all must rest, so monday it will stay.”

“Begin with the flavor, which is not rank but insipid.”

Lone-star ticks don’t just pursue and bite people. The affliction they’re spreading, an allergy to red meat known as alpha-gal syndrome, attacks a way of life.

“This is one of the most important decisions in the history of the Court,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in his dissent in Trump v. Barbara, on the meaning of birthright citizenship, “and in my judgment, the Court has made a serious mistake.” It’s a very good…

If anything, this term served to reinforce the dominance of the conservative majority, its willingness to overturn precedents, and the ideological chasm between the court’s liberal and conservative wings.

With nearly fifty thousand people still missing, an improvised rescue operation comprising civilians, local firefighters, and foreign brigades is racing to sift through the wreckage.

The Overton window of bonkersness has shifted so far that songs like “Still Stabbin’ ” sound Sinatra-esque.

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For a parent, finding a children’s activity that hasn’t been digitized, optimized, or turned into gambling feels like a balm.

The President claims to be targeting vessels involved in drug trafficking. Were the fishermen who went missing with the Fiorella collateral damage?

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Hostel,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2024.

Light twelve lanterns and give yourself a mop-top haircut if it seems like more of a cultural invasion.

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Our staffers on good books for America’s big birthday.

In January, during oral arguments in the Supreme Court, in a case about whether states may exclude transgender female athletes from girls’ sports teams, the lawyer for Becky Pepper-Jackson, a transgender teen-ager, made a point of emphasizing her athletic…

查看原文：Misophonia Fireworks - The New Yorker

From slavery to abortion, conservatives and liberals alike have reached for “natural law” to resolve many of the country’s most important cases. But, in recent years, the balance has shifted.

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Download a transcript. Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our weekly cultural-recommendations newsletter. This week, to commemorate two hundred and fifty years of the American experiment, Vinson Cunningham, Naomi…