The Risks of Trump’s Impeachment Trial

Plus: the San Francisco school-renaming debate; Helen Rosner on indoor dining; and the great poetry brawl of 1829. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists The Risks of Trump’s Impeachment Trial Given the importance of condemning Trump’s destructive actions, the message sent by an acquittal may be worse than no trial. By Jeannie Suk Gersen Our Columnists Can the U.S. Reclaim Global Leadership? President Biden’s core problem is convincing allies to believe in America again. By Robin Wright Daily Comment The San Francisco School-Renaming Debate Is Not About History Somehow, our sport of celebrity has blurred into the real work of society-making. By Nathan Heller Annals of Gastronomy The Indoor-Dining Debate Isn’t a Debate at All On Valentine’s Day, New Yorkers will be allowed to eat inside restaurants again. We shouldn’t. By Helen Rosner Culture and More The Current Cinema Michelle Pfeiffer Is a Catwoman Once More in “French Exit” In her role as a grand widow visiting Paris with her son, Pfeiffer sets a tone of world-weariness that pervades Azazel Jacobs’s film—perhaps a little too much. By Anthony Lane Cultural Comment The Great Gay-Jewish Poetry Brawl of 1829 In the shouty Valhalla of pointlessly destructive literary feuds, a place of honor must go to the verbal duel between the poets Heinrich Heine and August von Platen. By Alex Ross Pop Music Revisiting the Tender Sounds of Dusty Springfield A new compilation, “Dusty Springfield: The Complete Atlantic Singles 1968-1971,” collects the tracks from the richest period in the singer’s career. By Amanda Petrusich The Front Row A Film About Filmmaking That’s Desperate to Push Buttons In “Malcolm & Marie,” the tangle of art and life gets a vanity workout amid the pandemic lockdown. By Richard Brody Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts The Biggest Changes to the White House Under President Joe Biden Cords plugged back into phones in Oval Office; “World’s No. 1 President” crystal goblets gone; basement portal to Hell caulked over. By Scott Jacobson, Todd Levin, Jason Roeder, Mike Sacks, and Ted Travelstead Daily Cartoon Friday, February 5th By Teresa Burns Parkhurst You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.