U.S. Retaliation for the Kabul Bombing Won’t Stop ISIS or End Terrorism

Plus: the queer past on eBay; the director Tsai Ming-liang on slowing life down; and new fiction by George Saunders. View in browser | Update your preferences Saturday, August 28, 2021 Daily Comment U.S. Retaliation for the Kabul Bombing Won’t Stop ISIS or End Terrorism The central flaw in U.S. strategy is the belief that military force can eradicate extremist groups or radical ideologies. By Robin Wright Cultural Comment The Queer Past Gets Deleted on eBay Scholars, filmmakers, and curators all use eBay as a vital resource for queer history, but the site has recently banned the sale of “sexually oriented materials.” By Jesse Dorris Persons of Interest In Taiwan’s Mountains, a Director Works to Slow Life Down Tsai Ming-liang’s cinema of illness, desire, and the power of attention. By Dennis Zhou Culture and More Fiction “The Mom of Bold Action” “This was, so far, the biggest thing that had ever happened to them as a family.” By George Saunders This Week in Fiction George Saunders on Questions of Justice The author discusses “The Mom of Bold Action,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Deborah Treisman Culture Desk American Vernacular: Chicago and the Birth of the Comic A cartoonist discusses his new show about the development of an American art form. By Chris Ware The New Yorker Radio Hour Reading About Climate Change Our guest host Vinson Cunningham looks at the joys of summer reading. Plus, Bill McKibben on a climate-change novel that imagines how things might begin to turn around. With David Remnick The Talk of the Town The Hours Before “I Have a Dream” At the March on Washington, where Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his most famous speech, on this day in 1963. By Calvin Trillin Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts How Dare You Politicize My Favorite Piece of Inherently Political Pop Culture What’s next, an episode on critical race theory? By Graham Techler Crossword The Weekend Puzzle Only person to win the Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields: ten letters. By Patrick Berry 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.