Dr. Becky Kennedy Wants to Help Parents Land the Plane

Plus: Sidney Powell’s guilty plea; the photography of Jay DeFeo; and the Lebanese front in Israel. View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, October 22, 2023 The New Yorker Interview Dr. Becky Kennedy Wants to Help Parents Land the Plane A conversation about grocery-store tantrums, the virtues of disappointment, and the gap between good kids and bad behavior. By Jessica Winter From the News Desk News Desk Why Did Sidney Powell Plead Guilty? The former attorney for Donald Trump was one of nineteen people indicted in Georgia for allegedly conspiring to overturn the result of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election. By Charles Bethea and Sue Halpern Dispatch The Simmering Lebanese Front in Israel’s War A series of tit-for-tat exchanges between Hezbollah fighters and the Israeli Army risks blowing the Gaza offensive into a regional conflict. By Rania Abouzeid Comment Biden’s Israel Policy Gets Put to the Test The President’s attempt to get food and medicine into Gaza will reveal whether his support for Israel can also protect Palestinian civilians. By Steve Coll Editor’s Picks A Reporter at Large The Great Cash-for-Carbon Hustle Offsetting has been hailed as a fix for runaway emissions and climate change—but the market’s largest firm sold millions of credits for carbon reductions that weren’t real. By Heidi Blake Culture Desk Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Beautiful, Unpredictable Life The composer and artist always seemed to anticipate the future of sound. By Sasha Frere-Jones Culture Dept. Photo Booth How the Camera Re-Taught an Artist to See Jay DeFeo’s career was dominated by a single massive painting. Then photography showed her a way forward. By Vince Aletti Sketchbook Asking for a Friend Just how long are things (and their owners) supposed to last? By Roz Chast Poems “Arts & Sciences” “After all, love is / a syllabus of domestic chores with rolling / due dates and extra-credit candlelight.” By Traci Brimhall Poems “Signs, Music” “The first word my son signed / was music.” By Raymond Antrobus Fun & Games Dept. Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle Some Midwesterners surrounding Washington with charged particles: six letters. By Paolo Pasco Daily Shouts Scorpions and Frogs All the Way Down The Scorpion: I’m gonna sting you. You know that, right? The Frog: So it goes. You coming? By Dennard Dayle Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. Name Drop: For this week’s Money Issue, can you guess the identities of these seven business titans? Play our Moguls and Money-Makers quiz pack » Thanks for reading. Let us know your thoughts about today’s edition. Plus, browse more newsletters and invite a friend to sign up. You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for the daily newsletter from The New Yorker. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.