Mythili Rao appears in the following:
A “Naïve” President Goes Abroad
Friday, May 12, 2017
Robin Wright, a veteran reporter of Middle East politics, finds the President’s ambitious foreign-policy goals naïve.
Jeffrey Toobin on the Comey Crisis
Friday, May 12, 2017
Jeffrey Toobin sees the 2018 elections as the only remedy for an overreach of executive power in the firing of James Comey.
Jeff Zucker, The Apprentice, and The President
Friday, April 28, 2017
As an NBC executive, Jeff Zucker helped make Donald Trump. Now Trump might like to unmake Zucker, who runs the President’s favored punching bag, CNN.
My Father and the Strike of 1981
Friday, April 21, 2017
A poet remembers his father’s role in the air-traffic-controller strike, which had devastating effects on organized labor.
What the Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us about the Realities of War
Friday, April 14, 2017
A conversation about Sophocles in the aftermath of the Iraq and Afghan wars.
Motion Graphics
Friday, March 31, 2017
Joe Williams, who records under the moniker Motion Graphics, creates music that sounds like the Internet.
Writing About Life in Prison
Friday, March 24, 2017
What a writers’ workshop for prisoners can tell us about life behind bars.
The Comma Queen Steps Down
Friday, February 24, 2017
Mary Norris, The New Yorker’s “Comma Queen,” is ready for someone else to worry about punctuation.
The A-Cappella Comeback
Friday, February 03, 2017
A cappella is the dorkiest thing in the world, the a-cappella composer Kristen Anderson-Lopez says.
Politics at the Oscars
Friday, February 03, 2017
From Marlon Brando to Halle Berry to Michael Moore, entertainers have used the Oscars to make statements. This year’s ceremony might be a doozy of even greater proportions.
An Immigrant Doctor on the Immigration Ban
Friday, February 03, 2017
Trump’s executive order on immigration is intended to prevent terrorists from entering the country. But it’s also keeping physicians out.
The Unpublished Letters of Elizabeth Bishop
Friday, January 20, 2017
Elizabeth Bishop’s unpublished letters reveal a lot we didn’t know about the twentieth century master.
Jonathan Blitzer Picks Three
Friday, January 13, 2017
A bolero, a curatorial Twitter feed, and a surrealist cookbook.
Elif Shafak: Why Turkey Looks More and More Like Russia
Friday, January 06, 2017
Terrorist attacks have pushed Turkey’s president to an increasingly authoritarian, repressive government
Newt Gingrich on the Opioid Epidemic and Donald Trump’s Twitter Habit
Friday, January 06, 2017
The “godfather of gridlock” is backing an effort to treat addicts instead of punishing them, but will the Trump Administration share his faith in science?
Jeanette Winterson’s Christmas Spirit
Friday, December 16, 2016
A provocative novelist celebrates the old-fashioned joys of Christmas.
Michael Chabon Picks Three
Friday, December 09, 2016
The writer picks a TV show about the Queen, a novel about John Lennon, and an unbeatable recipe for fried chicken.
David Frum: Can the Establishment Strike Back?
Friday, November 18, 2016
David Frum was a “Never Trump” Republican, and he thinks the establishment should fight the President-elect every step of the way.
A Trumped-Up High-School Election
Friday, November 04, 2016
Students in a high-school mock election step into Clinton's and Trump’s shoes. Can they play their parts without getting suspended?
Should Journalists Publish Hacked E-Mail?
Friday, November 04, 2016
Hacked e-mails have been a constant in the news this election cycle. Should we be reading “stolen goods”?