In this issue

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Amy Davidson Sorkin on the Biden document scandal; hostile opera; Colin Quinn’s guide to chitchat; tasting menus and TikTok; Brad Mehldau looks back.

A REPORTER AT LARGE
Lula’s Restoration - Jon Lee Anderson
The left-wing leader returns to the Presidency.

GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN

Those fretting over the future of indie rock can rest assured that the music has found stylish caretakers in the bandmates of Horsegirl, who débuted their trio while still in high school, in Chicago—they’re now spending their college years in New York.

10+ mins

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

Republicans are, unsurprisingly, in an uproar over the discovery, in three different locations associated with President Joe Biden—his former office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, a room in his Delaware home, and his garage—of documents marked as classified.

10+ mins

Our Local Correspondents – Friend of the Mayor

Why did Eric Adams take a fraudster Brooklyn church leader under his wing?

10+ mins

THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESERVATION

Thank you for booking at The Bai-ley. You are confirmed for four people at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, January 20th. Before we welcome you to our restaurant, a few housekeeping items, to insure that your visit with us is exceptional—and to avoid misunderstandings.

3 mins

PERSONAL HISTORY- ONE OF A KIND

When you're a medical patient, being unique can have its drawbacks.

10+ mins

A reporter at large- Lula's Restoration

After prison, a fraught election, and a near-coup, Brazil's President wants to remake the country again.

10+ mins

LETTER FROM TBILISI- NOVELS OF EMPIRE

Rereading Russian classics in the shadow of the Ukraine war.

10+ mins

Different People

When Gilly was young, she lied to her diary. It was not a toy diary. She had dutifully filled several of those already, notebooks in girlish colors, with ostentatious locks and miniature keys.

10+ mins

EAT, PRAY, CONCENTRATE

What monks can teach us about paying attention.

10+ mins

FALLING BEHIND

What's the matter with men?

10+ mins

PRO CHOICE

\"The Appointment\" skewers the hypocrisy of the abortion debate.

5 mins

THE CURRENT CINEMA- GROWING PAINS

\"When You Finish Saving the World\" and \"Close.\"

7 mins

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