What the Law Professors Brought to the Impeachment Hearings

Plus: The best movies of 2019, the new Slovakian President, and Prince Charles, royal heartthrob. View in browser | Update your preferences Daily Comment What the Law Professors Brought to the Trump Impeachment Hearings In their testimony Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, the legal scholars showed varying degrees of willingness to take risks—something that has been missing from these fairly controlled hearings. By Amy Davidson Sorkin As Told To A Campaign Volunteer Reacts to the End of Kamala Harris’s White House Run Brooke Black made thirteen thousand calls on behalf of the Democratic nominee. By Eric Lach Our Columnists Zuzana Caputova Voices Her Country’s Hopes and Frustrations The new President of Slovakia has used her extraordinary pulpit to demand transparency and justice and to create hope. By Masha Gessen PAID POST The instant New York Times bestseller “A glimpse behind the curtain as Microsoft reckoned with the Snowden revelations, defended against the vicious cyberattacks, and took both the Obama and Trump administrations to court.” —Rolling Stone Culture and More 2019 in Review The Best Movies of 2019 My list is different this year, because this year in movies is different, in ways that are likely to become the new normal for movie viewing. By Richard Brody Culture Desk Can “The Crown” Make Us Crush on Prince Charles? Against a backdrop of Brexit turmoil, Charles has officially replaced Philip as the historically reënacted heartthrob royal of the moment. By Lizzie Widdicombe Pop Music Burial’s Search for Fleeting Moments On his new album, the London producer seems to be conducting an exercise in listening, making a kind of dance music about dance music. By Hua Hsu How to Write a Cartoon Caption: “Sesame Street” Edition Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Abby Cadabby bring a touch of “Sesame Street” to our weekly contest. On This Day A Critic at Large The Radicalization of Joan Didion From the archive, a look at the leftward political evolution of the writer, who turns eighty-five today. By Louis Menand Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts How to Know If Something’s Cool If it’s dipped in rose gold or is mid-century-looking, it’s probably cool. By Kathryn Kvas Daily Cartoon Thursday, December 5th By Tom Toro 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.