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The 12.23.18 Issue

Highlights

  1. After More Than Two Decades of Work, a New Hebrew Bible to Rival the King James

    The pre-eminent scholar Robert Alter has finally finished his own translation.

     By

    Robert Alter in his office at home in Berkeley, California.
    CreditMark Mahaney for The New York Times
    Feature
  2. Wild Speculation Isn’t Worth Much. A ‘Theory,’ However...

    Just one word adds the sheen of science to its perplexing opposite: half-baked fantasies, desperate to reach a desired conclusion.

     By

    CreditIllustration by Derek Brahney/New Studio
    First Words
  3. This Sandwich Is a Luxurious Holiday Gift to You

    Caviar on white toast celebrates excess while honoring the lean times too.

     By

    CreditPaola & Murray for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Amy Wilson
    Eat
  4. A Big, Shared Cookie Is an Invitation to Stay and Talk Into the Night

    Linger on the last course.

     By

    A brown-sugar cookie redolent of ginger, honey, cinnamon and clove.
    CreditPaola & Murray for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Amy Wilson.
    On Dessert
  5. Should Kids Whose Parents Could Earn Higher Salaries Get Financial Aid?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether the children of parents who could earn higher salaries should qualify for financial aid and more.

     By

    CreditIllustration by Tomi Um
    The Ethicist
  1. Trevante Rhodes Wants to Challenge How Hollywood Portrays Black Men

    The actor on Barry Jenkins, Susanne Bier and whether actors of color should make more socially progressive films.

     Interview by

    Trevante Rhodes
    CreditOriana Koren for The New York Times
    Talk
  2. How to Milk a Killer Whale

    Two persons needed: one to command the animal to slide onto a platform and keep still, the other to dry the mammary region and work the pump.

     By

    CreditIllustration by Radio
    Tip
  3. New Sentences: From ‘Evening in Paradise,’ by Lucia Berlin

    There’s a dark joy in the feelings we’re not supposed to have.

     By

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    New Sentences
  4. Judge John Hodgman on Choosing Your Age

    If it’s just a number, can you change it?

     By

    CreditKyle Hilton
    Judge John Hodgman
  5. Behind the Cover: Trump’s Inquisitors

    For this issue, a look at three Democrats who will soon have the power to investigate the White House.

     

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    Issue 12.23.18

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