The New Yorker: Everything 
Daily Cartoon: Monday, July 14th
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
In working through the Winter case files, I often felt pinpricks of déjà vu: an exact turn of phrase, an absurdly specific expenditure.
Joost Swarte’s “Sunny-Side Up”
The city fries.
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“The Compound,” “Never Flinch,” “Theater Kid,” and “The Invention of Design.”
Is the U.S. Ready for the Next War?
With global conflicts increasingly shaped by drones and A.I., the American military risks losing its dominance.
Airbnb Gets Experiential
Busting out of the accommodations game, the tech giant is now hawking experiences. Massage, haircut, Jet Ski, anyone?
The Diary of Anna Franco
Señor Larry David is nice to have allowed me and my family to hide from ICE in his attic. But why does he yell at the TV all the time?
Letters from Our Readers
Readers respond to Vinson Cunningham’s piece about the New York Post and Molly Fischer’s review of Keith McNally’s new memoir, “I Regret Almost Nothing.”
“Girlfriends,” by Kim Addonizio
“Now we’re older we know who’s gotten sober / or been bitten by God or chewed and discarded / under a dirty bus shelter.”
Not Drowning but Waving, at a Drone
On Rockaway Beach, the whirring robots have been used to spot sharks and riptides for years. This summer, they’re delivering lifesaving flotation devices directly to floundering swimmers.
Ryan Davis’s Junk-Drawer Heart
The artist’s album “New Threats from the Soul” is suffused with listlessness and yearning, dark jokes, and wordy disquisitions on desire.
How Much More “TACO” Madness Can the U.S. Economy Take?
The stock market’s record-setting run suggests Wall Street isn’t taking Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats seriously—but they are already harming the economy.
A Family Doctor’s Search for Salvation
Instead of turning inward after the death of his son, Dr. Greg Gulbransen turned outward: toward documentary photography and people whose lives he might be able to save.
A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That’s a Problem
The discomfort of loneliness shapes us in ways we don’t recognize—and we may not like what we become without it.
“Onions,” by Peter Balakian
“Egyptians saw eternity / in your unspooling center.”