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Daily Cartoon: Friday, July 18th
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
By Barbara Smaller
The Sophisticated Kitsch of Blackpink
Also: “The Gospel at Colonus” at Little Island, Golden Age celebrity photos at MOMA, Soledad Barrio’s flamenco at the Joyce, and more.
By Sheldon Pearce, Marina Harss, Jane Bua, Vince Aletti, Helen Shaw, Richard Brody, Rachel Syme, and Justin Chang
Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and Three Conspiracy-Theory Theories
Trump rode the paranoid style of MAGA politics to power. Has he discovered that he can’t control it?
By Jon Allsop
The Mini Crossword: Friday, July 18, 2025
Jeans spec that can be high, mid, or low: four letters.
By Kate Chin Park
“Eddington” Is a Lethally Self-Satisfied COVID Satire
In Ari Aster’s dark comedy, Joaquin Phoenix plays the sheriff of a New Mexico town riven by political clashes and pandemic anxieties.
By Justin Chang
How Dartmouth Became the Ivy League’s Switzerland
The school has attracted attention for its refusal to join the higher-ed resistance and, perhaps not coincidentally, for its avoidance of any direct sanctions by the Trump Administration.
By Rob Wolfe
The Trophy Abs and Soul Ties of “Love Island USA”
The Peacock reality show, filmed in Fiji, offers a parallel America in which nearly naked contestants attempt to pair up and the audience votes on the winning couple.
By Vinson Cunningham
The Shame of “Alligator Alcatraz”
From the daily newsletter: the immigration reporter Jonathan Blitzer on the Florida detention facility.
By Erin Neil