An Ominous Supreme Court Case

Plus: an interview with James Acaster; the economics of the Times union standoff; and, should local police departments deploy lethal robots? View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, December 11, 2022 Comment A Supreme Court Case That Threatens the Mechanisms of Democracy At stake in Moore v. Harper is the question of how elections should be run—and who should resolve the inevitable disputes when they arise. By Andrew Marantz From the News Desk Annals of Communications The Economics at the Heart of the Times Union Standoff Thursday’s walkout was part of a bitter contract dispute over wages—but the impasse poses a larger question about how the growing company should invest in its future. By Clare Malone Daily Comment Should Local Police Departments Deploy Lethal Robots? A vote from the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco reopened the debate over deploying surplus military matériel. By Sue Halpern From the Archive A Reporter at Large Did Ken Dornstein Solve the Lockerbie Bombing? On Sunday, the F.B.I. announced charges against Abu Agila Mas’ud in the 1988 attack. From 2015: The brother of one of the victims extensively pursued Mas’ud as a person of interest. By Patrick Radden Keefe Editor’s Picks The New Yorker Interview James Acaster Doesn’t Need Your Sympathy The British comedian has turned his breakups and breakdowns into material. But his real subject is the nature of standup itself. By Sarah Chihaya Second Read “Kiss of the Spider Woman” ’s Voices in the Dark Manuel Puig’s novel-in-dialogue forces the reader to be both director and detective, interpreting how the lines will be spoken and searching each sentence for clues. By Isaac Butler Culture Dept. Postscript Bernadette Mayer, the Poet of Escape Her juxtapositions of documentation and seeming randomness made her a part of what she was observing. By Rivka Galchen Tables for Two A Mexican Restaurant Grows on Staten Island In Port Richmond, a popular deli has expanded into a restaurant and bakery called San Jeronimo, serving pan dulce and Mexican and Tex-Mex dishes. By Hannah Goldfield Poems “Poem for Grown Children” “In a poem I love, the husband slices open / a pepper to find a church.” By Kathleen Driskell Poems “Over there in that garden” “There lie my shadows / That cool my back.” By Meret Oppenheim Fun & Games Dept. Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Will Nediger Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle Boot’s sound came lightly over my patio at first: five letters. By Trip Payne Daily Shouts What I Imagine Europeans Will Say to Me, an American, When I Explore Europe “Holland is not the Netherlands,” “Sausages are an always food,” and other insights from the Continent. By Alex Baia Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. \ 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.