Issue of August 5, 2013

The Talk of the Town

Up Life’s Ladder

Princeling
by Emma Allen

Max Irons, Hollywood royalty.
The Gun Lobby

Still Packing
by Larissa MacFarquhar

Concealed-carry handbags.


A Reporter At Large

Trial by Twitter
by Ariel Levy

The Steubenville rape case online.
Fiction

“Paranoia”
by Shirley Jackson

The Critics

The Current Cinema

Young and Restless
by David Denby

“The Spectacular Now” and more.

Issue of July 29, 2013


The Talk of the Town

Babel Dept.

Eurenglish 101
by Lauren Collins

Streamlining the E.U.’s English.
On the Waterfront

Kayaktivist
by Nick Paumgarten

A battle over ferry noises in Battery Park City.
The Financial Page

E-book vs. P-book
by James Surowiecki

The demise of Nook and the future of Barnes & Noble.


American Chronicles

Think Fast
by Patricia Marx

Working out at the brain gym.
Annals of Medicine

Slow Ideas
by Atul Gawande

Why innovations don’t always catch on.
Notes of a Gastronome

Cooking with Daniel
by Bill Buford

Re-creating classics from French cuisine.

The Critics

The Current Cinema

Timely Projects
by David Denby

“Fruitvale Station,” “Blue Jasmine.”