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The 12.22.19 Issue

Highlights

  1. Feature

    The Movement to Bring Death Closer

    Home-funeral guides believe that families can benefit from tending to — and spending time with — the bodies of their deceased.

     By Maggie Jones

    Suzanne L’Heureux, center, and her children, Miles and Lila Miller, with a photograph of her mother, Susan.
    CreditAndres Gonzalez for The New York Times
  2. Feature

    The Case of the Angry Daughter

    Why did my sweet 5-year-old become so stormy when she started kindergarten?

     By Rivka Galchen

    CreditPhoto illustration by John Gall. Source photograph: iStock/Getty Images.
  3. Feature

    Inside Wayne LaPierre’s Battle for the N.R.A.

    How an internal power struggle, a New York State investigation and accusations of fraud and betrayal on all sides have left the longtime leader of the gun-rights organization reeling.

     By Danny Hakim

    Wayne LaPierre at the N.R.A.’s headquarters in Fairfax, Va., in December.
    CreditMark Peterson/Redux, for The New York Times

  1. She Changed the Way We Eat. She Wants to Fix Our Democracy, Too.

    Frances Moore Lappé popularized the idea that plant-based diets were good for the planet. But her focus has been on politics all along. 

     By David Marchese

    CreditMamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times
    Talk

  2. How to Cook a Pig

    There is no other dish on the traditional holiday table that you can cook so beautifully this easily.

     By Gabrielle Hamilton

    CreditSarah Anne Ward for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Paola Andrea.
    Eat

  3. Is Screen Time Really Bad for Kids?

    It depends on many factors, including what you even mean by “screen time.”

     By Kim Tingley

    CreditIllustration by Ori Toor
    Studies Show

  4. How the Internet Came to Loathe Pete Buttigieg

    It’s natural for a rising candidate to get kicked around. But the nature of the backlash says a lot about the past decade of Democratic politics.

     By Charles Homans

    CreditPhoto illustration by Mike McQuade. Sources from left: John Lamparski/Getty Images; Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Joe Raedle/Getty Images.
    Screenland

  5. Letter of Recommendation: Cheap Sushi

    It makes the sublime available to the masses — what’s so bad about that?

     By Jonathan Malesic

    CreditDavid Brandon Geeting for The New York Times
    Letter of Recommendation

  1. Poem: What is Poetry? Part 2

    It's a strange question poets are often asked. This one has a good answer.

     By Jeffrey Thomson and Naomi Shihab Nye

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    Poem

  2. Judge John Hodgman on Getting a Second Pet in a Small Apartment

    Why limit yourself to dogs and cats?

     

    CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy
    Judge John Hodgman

  3. How to Spot a Counterfeit Watch

    Get close. Is the second hand moving smoothly? Does the engraved lettering look good?

     By Malia Wollan

    CreditIllustration by Radio
    Tip

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