Fragrances of Presidents Past

This vision test is far from routine—don’t forget that racism starts in the retinas.

Both are trying to kill me.

“Minute hand looking good.”

Read an autofiction novel written by someone your age about how they’re way too old to be this pathetic and single.

B U I L D: You have four hundred and ninety-nine LinkedIn connections, which is tantalizingly close to the coveted “500+” distinction.

Buy a house in this market? Do I look like a complete chucklehead?

Ari Aster’s new film attempts to capture the particular brain-breaking turmoil of May, 2020. Can it—or any work of art—measure up to the craziness of real life?

In which Jane Austen’s Miss Emma Woodhouse is bestirred by “Jackass” ’s Mr. Knoxville upon his presentation of a “Fire-Hose Rodeo.”

A little Proust, a little cancer, but in a light and sexy way. Isn’t melancholy the new quirky?

Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?

Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?

Romantic comedies tend to reflect their eras’ attitudes toward women and relationships. What do new works in the genre have to tell us about sex and love today?