| | | |  The New Yorker Interview Daniel Craig’s Masculine ConstructsThe actor discusses making the new movie “Queer” and breaking out of his Bondian image. By Isaac Chotiner | | | | | Our journalism relies on your support. If you believe in a media that is fearless in the face of power, please subscribe today. | | | | From the News Desk |  Comment The Fundamental Problem with R.F.K., Jr.,’s Nomination to H.H.S.Kennedy has many bad ideas. Yet the irony of our political moment is that his more reasonable positions are the ones that could sink his candidacy. By Dhruv Khullar | | | | | | | Louisa Thomas | | It’s not clear whether the popular gesture is celebrating the President-elect or mocking him, Louisa Thomas writes. But does that distinction even mean anything? Read the column » The Sporting Scene publishes every Sunday. | | | |  | If you know someone who would enjoy this newsletter, please share it. Was it forwarded to you? Sign up. | | | | Editor’s Pick |  Page-Turner How Giant Robot Captured Asian AmericaThe magazine explored Asian American culture, without dwelling too much on what that meant. By Hua Hsu | | | | | Culture Dept. |  The Food Scene Put Your Money Where Your Loved One’s Mouth Is A food writer’s annual guide to gastronomic gift giving. By Helen Rosner |  Goings On Celebrating the Holidays in N.Y.C. Favorite traditions light up the season, including “Messiah”s, “Nutcracker”s, Scrooge, James Joyce, the Rockettes, and more. | |  Fiction “Paris Friend” So you get on well? he said. You could say that, I said. You could say that, for a while now, she’s been my only reason to go on living. By Shuang Xuetao |  This Week in Fiction Shuang Xuetao on Memory as a Movie The author discusses his story “Paris Friend.” By Dennis Zhou | | | | |  | Name Drop: Can you guess the identity of a notable person—contemporary or historical—in six clues? Play our trivia game » | | | | Fun & Games Dept. | Shouts & Murmurs Description of a Guy in a Fantasy Romance NovelIn his human form, Algor resembled a mix of George Clooney, Tom Cruise, and a Boeing 747. In his magical form, Algor resembled a demon rhinoceros with wings. By Maeve Dunigan | | | | | | P.S. Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” was published on this day in 1859—but he’d already been pondering, researching, battling with the idea for almost thirty years. “One reason Darwin spent so long getting ready to write his masterpiece without getting it written was that he knew what it would mean for faith and life,” Adam Gopnik writes, in a moving review of the naturalist’s lifework. “He sensed that his account would end any intellectually credible idea of divine creation, and he wanted to break belief without harming the believer.” 🪶 | | | | | | | |
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