The New Yorker

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Contributors

The Mail

Goings On

Goings On: Celebrating the Holidays

Comment: Medical Alert

Smuggling Dept.: Ukrainian Bubbles

L.A. Postcard: High Jinks

Dept. of Fractionating: Joyride

The Pictures: Legacy in Pittsburgh

Letter from the Rio Grande Valley: The Texas Exodus • Amid stringent abortion laws, ob-gyns are fleeing the state.

American Chronicles: Deadline Extension • Old age, reborn.

Shouts & Murmurs: Withholding Sex from My Wife

Brave New World Dept.: Getting a Grip • Robots learn to use their hands.

U.S. Journal: Wild Side • Is Lake Tahoe’s bear boom getting out of hand?

Poems: Homage to Willie Mays

Fiction: Paris Friend

THE WORLD Poems: The World

Books: Now You See Me • John Singer Sargent’s strange, slippery portraits of an art dealer’s family.

Books: Briefly Noted

Books: Fellow-Travellers • The surprisingly sunny origins of the Frankfurt School.

On Television: Anti Heroes • “The Franchise,” on HBO.

The Theatre: Let’s Make a Deal • “Death Becomes Her” and “Burnout Paradise.”

The Current Cinema: Baddie Issues • “Wicked” and “Gladiator II.”

Cartoon Caption Contest

Puzzles & Games Dept.: The Crossword • A beginner-friendly puzzle.