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Daily Cartoon: Friday, August 14th
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
By Ali Solomon

What’s the Value of an Hour?

If the world seems to waste our time, it’s partly because we view time itself as a resource to be extracted and optimized.
By Joshua Rothman

A.O.C.’s Eggs and the Working Woman’s Inconvenient Truth

By preserving her fertility, the youngest woman elected to Congress is facing trade-offs familiar to many women. By doing it publicly, she’s driving conservatives crazy.
By Anna Russell

What to Do in New York City This Fall

Culture preview: what’s coming this season in TV, movies, art, theatre, dance, and music.
By Shauna Lyon, Inkoo Kang, Jillian Steinhauer, Rhoda Feng, Richard Brody, Marina Harss, Sheldon Pearce, and Fergus McIntosh


Help—I’m a Narrator Stuck in the Calm.com Meditation App!

Sure, rhythmic, pattering rain can help regulate your nervous system, and trigger your autonomous sensory meridian response, but me? I’m wet.
By Erita Chen


The Mini Crossword: Friday, August 14, 2026

“Sesame Street” character who wears a horizontally striped sweater: five letters.
By Kate Chin Park

Phoebe Bridgers Comes Back to Earth

The indie artist’s new album, “Lost Weekend,” is a document of both rupture and redemption.
By Mitch Therieau

Toons Have Seldom Been Loonier Than in “Coyote vs. Acme”

Dave Green’s film about Wile E. Coyote’s quest for compensation sounds a note of zany triumph, having escaped, Road Runner-like, Warner’s attempt to cancel it.
By Justin Chang