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The 2.26.23 Issue

Highlights

  1. Three Years Into Covid, We Still Don’t Know How to Talk About It

    Most Americans think they know the story of the pandemic. But when a writer immersed himself in a Covid oral-history project, he realized how much we’re still missing.

     By Jon Mooallem and

    New York City’s Chinatown in March 2020, early in the Covid pandemic lockdown.
    CreditAshley Gilberton/VII, for The New York Times
  2. Ian Fishback’s American Nightmare

    He was a decorated soldier, a whistle-blower against torture. Then he was undone by his own mind — and a health care system that utterly failed him.

     By

    CreditPhoto illustration by Vanessa Saba. Source photographs: From the United States Military Academy; from the Fishback family; Owen Franken/Getty Images.
  3. ‘The Democratic Party in New York Is a Disaster’

    After losing crucial seats in the congressional midterms, a bitter civil war over the moribund state organization has spilled into the open.

     By

    CreditPhoto illustration by Pablo Delcan and Danielle Del Plato
  1. I Think My Friend Could Be Autistic. Do I Tell Her?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on broaching a difficult topic with a loved one.

     By

    CreditIllustration by Tomi Um
    The Ethicist
  2. This Fried Rice Is a Fridge-Raid Meal and a Party Dish

    Pepper Teigen’s rolicking recipe fuses the fruity warmth of Thai chiles and the sweet tartness of fresh pineapple.

     By

    CreditChris Simpson for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Pamela Duncan Silver.
    Eat
  3. Modern Dads Are Embarrassing. Which Just Might Be Good Politics.

    The Congressional Dads Caucus makes savvy use of its own faint goofiness.

     By

    CreditPhoto illustration by Mark Harris
    Screenland
  4. Why I Watch the Closing Credits of Every Movie I See

    One look is enough to challenge the myth of the genius auteur calling all the shots.

     By

    CreditPhoto illustration by Ben Denzer. Source photograph: Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images.
    Letter of Recommendation
  5. Poem: In Defense of Nothing

    Anyone familiar with the concept of the “1990s” might recognize the cunning of this poem’s slacker mood.

     By Peter Gizzi and

    CreditIllustration by R. O. Blechman
    Poem
  1. Judge John Hodgman on Tipping When You Split the Bill

    Is it rude to ask what your dinner companion is leaving?

     By

    CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy
    Judge John Hodgman

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