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The 8.12.18 Issue

Highlights

  1. At War

    War Without End

    The Pentagon’s failed campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan left a generation of soldiers with little to fight for but one another.

     By C. J. Chivers

    Pfc. Paul Landenberger, a soldier in Viper Company, on patrol in the Korengal Valley in April 2009.
    CreditTyler Hicks/The New York Times

  1. If Two People Claim a Lost Cat, Who Should Get It?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on balancing a pet’s welfare against claims of ownership and notifying friends about a sometimes violent ex.

     By Kwame Anthony Appiah

    CreditTomi Um
    The Ethicist

  2. Some Online ‘Mobs’ Are Vicious. Others Are Perfectly Rational.

    Failure to distinguish between the two is precisely what lets the vicious kind thrive.

     By Amanda Hess

    CreditPhoto illustration by Derek Brahney. Source photograph (painting): Charles Phelps Cushing/Getty Images.
    First Words

  3. Letter of Recommendation: Urban Fly-Fishing

    You don’t have to escape to Montana to take part in the sport. You can do it right in Central Park.

     By James Pogue

    CreditIllustration by Sally Deng
    Letter of Recommendation

  4. France Meets China in a Luxurious Custard

    A delicious innovation using techniques common to both dessert cultures.

     By Dorie Greenspan

    Daniel Skurnick’s Franco-Chinese steamed ginger custard.
    CreditGentl and Hyers for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Pamela Duncan Silver.
    On Dessert

  5. From the Smallest State, the Biggest Sandwich

    A chef pays delicious tribute to his start in a Rhode Island supermarket.

     By Sam Sifton

    Chorizo sloppy Joes with kale and provolone.
    CreditGentl and Hyers for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Pamela Duncan Silver.
    Eat

  1. New Sentences: From ‘Paul Simon: The Life’

    In an English town called Widnes, you can find a historical marker commemorating a songwriter’s desire to get far, far away from Widnes.

     By Sam Anderson

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    New Sentences

  2. Poem: Still life

    Selected by Rita Dove.

     By Camille Dungy

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    Poem

  3. How to Slice a Pie

    Visually map out an approach in advance. Press the knife till it scrapes the dish at bottom.

     By Malia Wollan

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    Tip

  4. Judge John Hodgman on Cat Tattoo Copyright

    Who owns Mr. Pippin’s likeness?

     By Judge John Hodgman

    CreditKyle Hilton
    Judge John Hodgman

  5. Behind the Cover: War Without End

    For this issue, a look at a soldier fighting in the Pentagon's failed campaign against the global "war on terror."

     

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    Issue 8.12.18

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