Sanity on immigration policy, near at last
Republicans still hate Hispanic cultural influence but they’re relenting on immigration policy
Peter Schjeldahl wanders blind through the Met’s new Islamic wing
He sees only difference where he ought to be able to see centuries of cultural exchange
The UN calls out the Iranian nuclear program
But what if Iran is just bluffing? Saddam did that and it worked for years
Seeing the Ryan Trecartin exhibit at PS1
His tedious stories replicate like fractals in a surfeit of superficially distinct artistic choices
Nicholas Lemann whitewashes urban life
There’s no more innovative force than the racial intersections that occur daily in cities
Is artist Ryan Trecartin any good? Who can tell?
New Yorker critic Peter Schjeldahl claims he’s great but doesn’t say why
A Guatemalan’s final video before his murder
Everything in this video is untrue, except a fundamental truth about violence in Guatemalan politics
Malcolm Gladwell’s inexplicable indulgence of an anti-Semite
Was the L’Oréal founder and Nazi collaborator merely a pragmatist, as Gladwell contends?
Reading the New Yorker on Islam and economic growth
The middle class everywhere competes on skills; in Egypt connections matter most. That’s the problem
Reading Ian Buruma on the division of Belgium
In the New Yorker, Ian Buruma misses the historical origins of the divide in Belgium