Tag Archives: The New Yorker

Test your character via a magazine article about…big boats

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Naomi

I expected to enjoy reading “The Floating World: Outrageously luxurious superyachts are attracting political scrutiny–and buyers in record numbers.” For one thing, it was written (experienced, actually) by Evan Osnos, a fine and witty writer. For another thing, I am … Continue reading →

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Belly laughs, anyone?

Posted on July 9, 2022 by Naomi

Oh yes, you need them. And here’s where you can get them: The 6/27 New Yorker column, “On and Off the Avenue,” by the devastatingly funny Patricia Marx, in “Tossed and Turned: Decoding the mattress disrupters.” Which begins… Before we … Continue reading →

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What’s a pathological optimist to do when all about her is despair?

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Naomi

I just read today’s New York Times opinion section, after which I dipped into the readers’ comments, as I always do. Despair, hopelessness, monumental depression — about us, the United States. Secession, too, had its proponents among my fellow readers, … Continue reading →

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