The 11.27.22 Issue

Highlights

1. The Judge and the Case That Came Back to Haunt Him

   In 1981, Anthony Kline helped send a juvenile offender to prison for four decades. This year, in a twist of fate, he had a chance to decide her case again.

    By Jesse Barron

   

2. How Noah Baumbach Made ‘White Noise’ a Disaster Movie for Our Moment

   When the world shut down in 2020, the filmmaker found solace in Don DeLillo’s supposedly unadaptable novel — and turned it into a film that speaks to our deepest fears.

    By Jon Mooallem

   

3. Could I Survive the ‘Quietest Place on Earth’?

   Legends tell of an echoless chamber in an old Minneapolis recording studio that drives visitors insane. I figured I’d give it a whirl.

    By Caity Weaver

   

4. The Ethicist

   I’m Going to Ukraine. Do I Have to Tell My Parents?

   The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the conversations we must have with our loved ones, even when they’re difficult.

    By Kwame Anthony Appiah