| | | |  Daily Comment The Biden Administration’s Next Big Climate DecisionCalcasieu Pass 2, an enormous liquid-natural-gas export terminal that’s been proposed for the Louisiana coast, is a poster child for late-stage petrocapitalism. It would help lock in the planet’s reliance on fossil fuels long past what scientists have identified as the breaking point for the climate system. And it will bring to the fore one of the most crucial—and least-discussed—parts of the climate fight: America’s rapidly increasing exports of oil and gas to the rest of the world. By Bill McKibben | | | | | | Support The New Yorker’s award-winning journalism. Subscribe today » | | | | Our Columnists |  Letter from Biden’s Washington House Republicans Refuse to Host Zelensky Because They’re Too Busy Fighting One Another Politics is all about contrast. And one of the sharpest contrasts going in Washington has been exposed by the brewing opposition among members of the G.O.P. to Ukraine funding. By Susan B. Glasser |  Our Columnists Rupert Murdoch Takes a Step Back—Not Away Although the media mogul announced that his son Lachlan will become the chair of News Corp. and Fox Corp., he was also careful to quash speculation that he would be retiring. By John Cassidy | | | | | From the News Desk | Q. & A. Sikh Separatism and the Brewing Conflict Between Canada and IndiaDid India carry out or abet the assassination of a Sikh leader on Canadian soil? By Isaac Chotiner | | | | | | | Editor’s Pick |  Books How Glossier Made Effortlessness a Billion-Dollar BrandIn the influencer era, Emily Weiss built a beauty empire on hashtags, highlighter, and customer-led marketing campaigns. By Molly Fischer | | | | |  | The New Yorker Festival: On Saturday, October 7th, Roz Chast will discuss her years of cartooning, with the staff writer Adam Gopnik. Buy tickets » | | | | Culture Dept. |  Cultural Comment The Real Message of “The Real Housewives”Since the show’s rise during the Great Recession, it has fulfilled a pedagogical role in women’s media. The lesson it imparts is: you better work, bitch. By Jennifer Wilson | | | | | At Bat The Rock Stars Singing About Shohei OhtaniIn the greenroom with the Baseball Project, a supergroup that includes several former members of R.E.M. and makes music exclusively about the sport. By Louisa Thomas | | Goings On The New York Film Festival Kicks OffPlus: Fall for Dance, a seedy new Wolfgang Tillmans show, the violinist Joshua Bell, and more. | | | | | Screening Dept. |  Screening Room Inner Turmoil Meets Atmospheric Turbulence in “AIRHOSTESS-737”A flight attendant tries to conceal physical and emotional pain with a coat of bright-red lipstick, in this short film. Film by Thanasis Neofotistos Text by Hannah Aizenman | | | | | Fun & Games Dept. |  Daily Shouts Questions from Florida’s Newly Adopted Classic Learning Test Jane owns 12 guns. Jimmy owns 23 guns. Fred owns 128 guns. Who is the coolest? By Joel Stein |  Blitt’s Kvetchbook Scenes from an Impeachment Coming soon to a TV monitor in an empty airport lounge. By Barry Blitt | |  Crossword A Themed Puzzle Put a lid on it. By Ross Trudeau |  Daily Cartoon Friday, September 22nd By Maggie Larson | | | | |  | Name Drop: Who designed the sparkly bib that Timothée Chalamet wore to the 2019 Golden Globes? Play our À la Mode quiz pack. | | | | | P.S. There are many ways for a city-dweller to die while visiting the Hudson Valley, according to Blythe Roberson, including in a stampede of Brooklyn ladies “mobbing a farmers’ market trying to buy apple-cider doughnuts on the first day of fall, even though it’s still ninety degrees outside.” Apple-picking could be dangerous, too. Be careful out there. | | | | | | | |
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