Trump and the Danger of Political Despair

David Remnick on the President as a cause for national reckoning. Plus: a 2010 story about the Koch brothers’ covert operations. View in browser | Update your preferences Daily Comment Trump Clarification Syndrome As perilous and unnerving as things are, any form of political despair at such a moment remains unforgivable. By David Remnick Our Columnists The Double Dishonesty of Boris Johnson’s Brexit Proposals Almost everything Johnson has done this week has made a potential no-deal Brexit more likely and more damaging. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Letter from Jerusalem How the Religious Right Transformed Israeli Education In the past decade, Israeli civil society has undergone a process of “religionization,” most notably in its public schools. By Ruth Margalit Q. & A. A Penn Law Professor Wants to Make America White Again Amy Wax promotes the idea that the U.S. should limit immigration because of the superiority of Western culture. By Isaac Chotiner From the Archive A Reporter at Large The Koch Brothers’ Covert Operations In the wake of David Koch’s death, revisit this 2010 story about the billionaire brothers’ war against Obama. By Jane Mayer Department of Newsletters Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Movie Club Newsletter Reviews of the current cinema, plus recommendations for classics and underrated treasures available on streaming services, every Friday. Culture and More Cultural Comment The Loneliest Generation Embraces Billie Eilish The seventeen-year-old is one of the first pop stars of a new epoch, and the first musician born after 2000 with a No. 1 Billboard hit. By Amanda Petrusich The Current Cinema The Haunted Street Children of “Tigers Are Not Afraid” Melding chilling fantasy with gritty realism, Issa López’s film suggests that, for the victims of drug cartels, the urge to tell stories can be a means of survival. By Anthony Lane Cultural Comment “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” and the False Dream That Art Will Fulfill You By the film’s unfortunate logic, creativity serves as the answer to all of Bernadette’s ills. By Maya Phillips Books Sex and Power in “The Catholic School” Edoardo Albinati’s gratuitously long novel about religion, gender, and violence becomes a test of its own unruly philosophy. By Paul Elie Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts New Budget Airlines Offering pet-friendly, Belarus-area, and clinical-trial-subsidized options, at unbeatable prices. By Jiji Lee Daily Cartoon Friday, August 23rd By Farley Katz Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.