2016-05-14

Fwd: Trump's Alter Ego, American Essays, and More


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De: The New Yorker <NewYorker@newsletter.newyorker.com>
Fecha: 14 de mayo de 2016 22:32:51 GMT-5
Para: cvidali@yahoo.com
Asunto: Trump's Alter Ego, American Essays, and More
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051416 Daily Newsletter - The New Yorker
The New Yorker

Saturday, May 14, 2016

John Cassidy

When Trump Was His Own Publicist

A recording from the nineties features the real-estate mogul apparently posing as his own spokesman, and raises further concerns about his judgment.

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Page-Turner

What Makes an Essay American

Despite our fetish for individuality and personal freedom, we are always trying to convince somebody of something, and our literary tradition bears this out.

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Daily Comment

The Appeal of Trump in China

Mao's worldview has found curious potency in the mouth of the Republican candidate, who shares his knack for polemical excess and xenophobic paranoia.

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Elements

A Scientist with One Year to Live

After being diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, Piers Sellers went to the Arctic to observe how the planet is changing.

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Elements

The Bison, Our First National Mammal

In temperament, physique, and symbolism, it is difficult to imagine a creature more starkly different from the bald eagle.

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CAN YOU THINK OF A BETTER WORD?

Finally, Donald gets Trumped…just in time to save democracy. Learn More.

Fiction

"A Life of Adventure and Delight"

"Gautama's favorite thing about hiring prostitutes was negotiating the price."

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Uninvent This

If Chinese Were Phonetic

How would the country's culture differ if its forefathers had never started writing with characters?

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From Our Television Show

Meeting the Father of the Naked Cowboy

"The New Yorker Presents" pays a visit to Greenhills, Ohio, to learn about the origins of the Times Square fixture.

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Cartoons from the Issue

Cartoons from the Issue

Drawings and drollery from this week's magazine.

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1 comment:

carlos said...

which is to say: sermonic, assertive, usefully relevant to a polity ever more prone to the bizarre.