How Do You Maintain Dignity for the Dead in a Pandemic?
Overwhelmed by bodies, funeral homes are struggling to fulfill their mission to grieving families.
By Philip Montgomery and
The 5.17.20 Issue
Highlights
Credit The Voice of God. (And Knausgaard, Whitman, Machiavelli … )
How Edoardo Ballerini became the audiobook world’s most reliable narrator.
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He Was a Science Star. Then He Promoted a Questionable Cure for Covid-19.
The man behind Trump’s favorite unproven treatment has made a great career assailing orthodoxy. His claim of a 100 percent cure rate shocked scientists around the world.
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Despite the Pandemic, My College Is Allowing Grades. Isn’t That Unfair?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether schools should adopt a policy of universal “credit/no credit” this semester — and more.
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Can ‘Team Science’ Yield a Covid-19 Treatment?
In just three months, international researchers found 30 existing drugs that seem to stop the coronavirus from destroying human cells.
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CreditIllustration by Ori Toor Studies ShowRamy Youssef Is Not Using Comedy to Teach You About Muslims
“My goal isn’t to check the boxes of the intelligentsia.”
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CreditIllustration by Jules Julien TalkA 2-Year-Old TV Series’s Accidental Pandemic Commentary
Watching “Waco” in a season of government-imposed isolation.
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CreditPhoto Illustration by Mike McQuade ScreenlandA Bloody Mary Mix That Is as Good Virgin as It Is Spiked
Tomato juice doctored up with spices is a remarkable workhorse. I use it to brace myself for work or to unwind when I’m escaping.
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As the coronavirus forces many of us to conduct more of our lives online, nest cams reassure us that there can be value in parasocial companionship.
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How to Find Volunteers in a Pandemic
Don’t turn people away because of age. The whole family can help, just be sure to match type of volunteer to job.
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CreditIllustration by Radio TipJudge John Hodgman on Lying in Your Dog’s Bed
Quarantine is revealing our true colors. And heaps of dog hair on my fiancé’s sweatpants.
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CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy Judge John HodgmanPoem: I Have Tried Hard to Have Appropriate Feelings
A poem that opens hands and heart to a reader — no double talk or cryptic shadings.
By Susan Leslie Moore and
Credit PoemBehind the Cover: Funeral Homes
For this issue, a look at how funeral homes are struggling to fulfill their mission to grieving families.
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