Biden’s Vital Battle Against Domestic Terrorism

Plus: Putin’s response to Alexey Navalny; Marie Kondo and Japan’s tidying up; and making sense of scents. View in browser | Update your preferences Daily Comment Biden’s Vital but Fraught Battle Against Domestic Terrorism The new Administration must crack down on violent extremism without infringing on civil rights or prompting a rush to join right-wing militias, as happened in the nineteen-nineties. By David Rohde A Reporter at Large A Kenyan Ecologist’s Crusade to Save Her Country’s Wildlife To get her fellow-citizens to care about threatened animals, Paula Kahumbu became a TV star. By Jon Lee Anderson Our Columnists Putin’s Unthinking Response to Alexey Navalny Navalny is not only spectacularly brave but also fantastically inventive. The Russian President responds with blunt force. By Masha Gessen Daily Comment Our Cyber Dangers After the SolarWinds Hack The prospect of mutually assured destruction has worked so far in the nuclear realm, but there are no rules of engagement in cyberspace. By Sue Halpern Books How to Make Sense of Scents Can language ever capture the mysterious world of smells? By Rachel Syme Culture and More Cultural Comment The Long History of Japan’s Tidying Up Marie Kondo is just the current manifestation of a tradition of cleaning. By Hiroko Yoda Cultural Comment Rewinding Jimi Hendrix’s National Anthem His blazing rendition still echoes throughout the years, reminding us of what is worth fighting for in the American experiment. By Paul Grimstad Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts I’ve Become One of Those Women Who’s Always Talking About Her Boyfriend But, in my defense, we haven’t spent one minute apart in ten months. By Mary Cella Daily Cartoon Tuesday, January 26th By Lars Kenseth 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.