The Secret to the Queen’s Success

Plus: how Trump supporters came to hate the police; when summer becomes the season of danger and dread; and a visionary French film critic arrives in English. View in browser | Update your preferences Saturday, September 10, 2022 Letter from the U.K. Britain Wakes Up Without Queen Elizabeth II There was a palpable shift of pressure, in a country now under the reign of a king. By Rebecca Mead From the News Desk Comment The Secret to the Queen’s Success You don’t get through seventy years of best behavior, on the throne, without a sense of humor; indeed, it may be the one thing that keeps you going. By Anthony Lane News Desk How Trump Supporters Came to Hate the Police At the Capitol riot and elsewhere, MAGA Republicans have leaped from “backing the blue” to attacking law-enforcement officials. By Luke Mogelson Letter from Biden’s Washington So Many Trump Scandals, So Little Time With the former President, the problem is not finding the outrage but deciding which one is worst. By Susan B. Glasser Editor’s Picks Annals of a Warming Planet When Summer Becomes the Season of Danger and Dread Is this the end of another summer, or the end of summer as we know it? By Michelle Nijhuis \ Elements California Students Are Struggling in Math. Will Reforms Make the Problem Worse? Critics argue that new proposals to make math accessible to more kids will widen the privilege gap, and end up shutting out students of color. By Rivka Galchen The Front Row A Visionary French Film Critic Finally Arrives in English As a co-editor of Cahiers du Cinéma, Serge Daney reconsidered his passion for movies in the light of post-1968 politics and media. By Richard Brody Culture Dept. Fiction “Evolution” “People believed in sex in a way that they don’t quite anymore. Did we run that idea into the ground, overplay it?” By Joan Silber This Week in Fiction Joan Silber on the Mystery of the Body The author discusses “Evolution,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Dennis Zhou Sketchpad A Day at Sunset Park Pool Lifeguards and cops, lap swimmers and splashing teen-agers, swim diapers and Speedos all converge at a public swimming spot in Brooklyn. By Leanne Shapton Sketchbook A Few Food “Poems” “I don’t like gefilte fish, / Which doesn’t mean I hate it.” By Roz Chast Fun & Games Dept. Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Will Nediger Daily Shouts The Pickleball Gangs of New York Insufferable Finance Bros vs. Mansplaining Crypto Schmoes, and other long-running rivalries you may have never heard of. By Timothy Cahill and Kristina Libby Shouts & Murmurs All the People Who Tested Me for COVID, Ranked Who was the best swabber? The guy who talked non-stop about his trip to Belize? The woman with hollowed-out eyes? The one with Albert Einstein hair? By Seth Reiss \ Thanks for reading. Let us know your thoughts about today’s edition. Plus, browse more newsletters and invite a friend to sign up for The Daily. You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.