Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, August 28th
Peter Kuper, the 2020-21 Jean Strouse Fellow at the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center, has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1993.
Daily Humor
The Daily Cartoon, Shouts, and other funny stuff from our Dept. of Hoopla.
How to Write a New Yorker Cartoon Caption: Jim Gaffigan Edition
The actor and comedian Jim Gaffigan, who stars in the movie “You Can Choose Your Family,” tries his hand at The New Yorker’s cartoon-caption contest.
Letter from Trump’s Washington
The Mideast Is Donald Trump’s Safe Place
On the “free” airplane from Qatar, and an American President with a self-interested foreign policy a sheikh could admire.
By Susan B. Glasser
Humor
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, May 15th
“This book is banned, but the internet is fair game.”
By Anjali Chandrashekar
On Television
“Overcompensating” Is a New Kind of Coming-Out Comedy
Benito Skinner’s Prime Video series about a closeted jock starts off as a satire of toxic masculinity—and lands somewhere surprisingly sweet.
By Inkoo Kang
Essay
Dolly Parton’s Quietly Inspiring Defense of Marriage
The death of Parton’s husband, in March, called rare attention to a steadfast union that the fame-friendly country star had kept private for decades.
By Casey Cep
Crossword
The Mini Crossword: Thursday, May 15, 2025
Lunar seismic event: nine letters.
By Kate Chin Park
Critics at Large
The Grand Spectacle of Pope Week
Robert Francis Prevost’s election to the papacy has captivated audiences at the Vatican and online alike. How did the Pope become a pop-cultural symbol?
The Lede
Kanye Gave Twitter an Exclusive Hit Single
Spotify and YouTube barred the song, which salutes Hitler, from their platforms. It found its audience, anyway.
By Kelefa Sanneh