Politics

I Learned I Fathered a Daughter. Should I Contact Her, Against My Ex’s Wishes?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the burden of keeping destabilizing secrets.

A Really Great Polenta Finishes Off Strong

Infused oil gives a final kick to this dish with roasted-until-golden mushrooms and charred tomatoes.

Russell Brand’s Alternate Reality

On Sept. 12, four days before he was expected at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theater for another sold-out show, Russell…

The Bodily Indignities of the Space Life

As an incubator of life, Earth has a lot going for it, something we often fail to appreciate fully from…

Sigrid Nunez’s Art of Noticing

We began outside on Adirondack chairs still heavy with dew, the 72-year-old American novelist Sigrid Nunez preferring the shade. It…

Is It OK to Hire a Surrogate to Bear Twins?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the financial realities of family planning.

The Scientists Watching Their Life’s Work Disappear

Amid the chaos of climate change, humans tend to focus on humans. But Earth is home to countless other species,…

My Son Poses a Threat to My Safety. Should I Evict Him?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether parental responsibility should outweigh a person’s well-being.

Poem: Suddenly, Last Summer

Lisa Jarnot’s “Suddenly, Last Summer” develops, through ecstatic repetition, a theology of lostness. The sea-turtle hatchlings, with their instinctual desire…

Judge John Hodgman on the Tangled Yarn

Erin writes: I started crocheting during lockdown. Recently, I made the mistake of washing seven skeins of yarn at once,…

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