Trump in the Time of the Coronavirus

Plus: The reach of quarantine, the comedian who infiltrated Mensa, and Rem Koolhaas. View in browser | Update your preferences Daily Comment Trump in the Time of the Coronavirus As the outbreak spreads, so has the President’s magical thinking. By David Remnick Our Columnists How Much of the World Will Be Quarantined by the Coronavirus? The great unknown is whether the kinds of restrictions imposed in China and Italy are harbingers of a global phenomenon, including in the United States. By Robin Wright Politics and More Podcast And Then There Were Two: Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden After Super Tuesday, the Democratic Presidential field narrowed to two, but the Party’s fundamental tension is unresolved. Will it cripple Democrats’ chances in the general election? Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Daily Humor Newsletter Cartoons and more funny stuff in your in-box. Culture and More Culture Desk Jamie Loftus, the Comedian Who Infiltrated Mensa In a four-episode podcast miniseries titled “My Year in Mensa,” Loftus uses first-person reporting to offer insight into how the geeky group became a forum for the far right. By Cat Zhang L.A. Postcard BET Worries About the Vote The rapper T.I. likes Bernie; Kamala Harris called Trump “the Liar-in-Chief.” In advance of Super Tuesday, L.A. media types brainstormed ways to get more people of color to the polls. By Sheila Marikar Annals of a Warming Planet Rem Koolhaas’s Journey to the Countryside In a new exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, the architect spotlights the potential of rural areas, where he believes the most radical changes and ideas are developing. By Carolyn Kormann The Theatre “All the Natalie Portmans” and the Limits of Hollywood Fantasy With a moving lead performance by Kara Young, the intriguing new play shows how popular art can both distract us and serve as background for our pain. By Vinson Cunningham Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Things Your Roomie Could, in Theory, Be Doing in There She’s elevating her nascent mixed-media-sculpture career by incorporating a majority of the apartment’s drinking glasses and coffee mugs into a new piece. By Taylor Garron Daily Cartoon Monday, March 9th By Teresa Burns Parkhurst 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 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.