Trump’s Syria Policy Is a Disaster

Plus: The Florida shuffle of drug addiction, and Carly Simon on going to the movies with Jackie Kennedy. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists Trump’s Syria Policy Is a Strategic and Political Disaster There is very little support in the American electorate, particularly among Republicans, for abandoning the U.S. military fight against ISIS. By John Cassidy News Desk How Lev Parnas Became Part of the Trump Campaign’s “One Big Family” Parnas was an early supporter of Trump. Now he is at the center of the investigation that could result in the President’s impeachment. By Adam Entous Personal History My Years in the Florida Shuffle of Drug Addiction Cycling through relapse and recovery, and the industry that enables both. By Colton Wooten PAID POST A complicated mother-daughter bond and the consequences of complicity Wild Game, the brilliant new memoir by Adrienne Brodeur, explores the effects of family secrets and how one woman found the strength to live life on her own terms. It’s a story of resilience that People calls “shocking, poignant, unputdownable.” Personal History Going to the Movies with Jackie Kennedy “Bugsy,” starring our old mutual acquaintance Warren Beatty, was the only movie in town that wasn’t surrounded by theatres playing “JFK.” By Carly Simon More in Culture On and Off the Avenue Let’s Talk About the Yacht Clothes on “Succession” In the Season 2 finale, which takes place on a boat, the Roys, in resort wear, engage in high-stakes high fashion, on the high seas. By Rachel Syme The Front Row How “Parasite” Falls Short of Greatness The director Bong Joon-ho’s satirically comedic thriller about the injustice of inequality is scripted to the vanishing point. By Richard Brody Culture Desk The Soul-Searching of Buzz Bissinger A documentary about the reporter’s relationship to his gender and identity. By Naomi Fry The Theatre The Nuances of Conservatism in the Trump Era A group of friends grapple with ideologies in Will Arbery’s play “Heroes of the Fourth Turning.” By Vinson Cunningham Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Let’s Look Past Our Differences to the Thing We Have in Common: Money While we sit in the drawing room, sharing stories of where our children are “applying” to college, there is no hatred. By Broti Gupta Daily Cartoon Tuesday, October 15th By Peter Kuper 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.