The Barrett Confirmation Hearings Are an Enlightening Sham

Plus: Andrew Cuomo, the King of New York; the Latinx vote; and an artist’s contentious depictions of Klansmen. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists The Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court Hearings Are an Enlightening Sham In several instances, Democratic senators have managed to illuminate the deeply conservative legal philosophy that lies behind the judge’s careful and noncommittal demeanor. By John Cassidy Our Columnists How Would Amy Coney Barrett Rule as a Supreme Court Justice? President Trump’s nominee has a complicated relationship to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy of enforcing equal rights. By Jeannie Suk Gersen Profiles Andrew Cuomo, the King of New York The governor has been widely praised for his response to COVID. But his critics see a would-be authoritarian obsessed with settling scores. By Nick Paumgarten Daily Comment The Latinx Vote Is Still Being Ignored Although they make up twenty per cent of the population, Latinx Americans are still fighting for equality and are still seen as foreign by political parties. By Graciela Mochkofsky Letter from the U.K. How Britain’s Second Pandemic Wave Has Challenged Boris Johnson As cases rise, the nation’s political unity has evaporated. By Sam Knight PAID POST Emmy-winning comedy writer Merrill Markoe’s first-ever graphic memoir Perfect for fans of Roz Chast and Allie Brosh, “We Saw Scenery” is the laugh-out-loud story of a girl growing up, told from the perspective of the woman she became. Merrill Markoe illustrates her early diaries to explore how she discovered the power of humor. Culture and More The Art World Philip Guston and the Boundaries of Art Culture The debate surrounding the postponement of a show containing depictions of Klansmen is indicative of a larger cultural crisis. By Peter Schjeldahl Podcast Dept. How We Lie to Ourselves About History “You’re Wrong About” debunks the stories of the past. But its real subject isn’t so much facts as the process by which we absorb them. By Rachel Syme Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts How to Throw Yourself a Middle-Age-Reveal Party The fun of this event is keeping everyone—including yourself!—in suspense until it’s time for the grand reveal. By Wendi Aarons Daily Cartoon Wednesday, October 14th By Teresa Burns Parkhurst This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.