Plus: A deliciously misleading film about liars
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The vacation season is upon us—however earlier than you energy via your to-do record, decompress with these seven tales, chosen by our editors.
A Sunday Studying Checklist
A number of the beneath tales have narrated variations, should you desire to hearken to them; simply click on the hyperlink and scroll to the audio participant beneath the picture.
The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
By Sarah Sloat
Ladies are anticipated to be nurturers. Firstborns are anticipated to be exemplars. Being each is exhausting.
It Will By no means Be a Good Time to Purchase a Home
By Annie Lowrey
Life Actually Is Higher With out the Web
By Chris Moody
What occurred after my spouse and I eliminated Wi-Fi from our residence
Have You Listened These days to What Trump Is Saying?
By Peter Wehner
He’s changing into frighteningly clear about what he desires.
Hipsters Have been At all times Hypocrites. Ask Frank Zappa.
By Daniel Felsenthal
Of the late musician’s many data, Over-Nite Sensation greatest crystallized his chopping satire of our nation’s blank-eyed habits.
Why America Deserted the Biggest Economic system in Historical past
By Rogé Karma
Was the nation’s flip towards free-market fundamentalism pushed by race, class, or one thing else? Sure.
My Father, My Religion, and Donald Trump
By Tim Alberta
Right here, in our home of worship, folks had been taunting me about politics as I attempted to mourn.
Tradition Break
Learn. Anthony Tommasini, the previous chief classical-music critic for The New York Instances, recommends books that may assist us perceive classical music higher, together with its historical past, its mechanics, and its nice composers.
Watch. Could December, now streaming on Netflix, is a film about liars that’s in and of itself deliciously misleading.
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