David Remnick

The Outsider: Benjamin Netanyahu’s complex histories

April 6, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from a ” classic” article by David Rdemnick for The New Yorker, published in 1998. Heraclitus once observed, Everything changes, nothing changes.” That is certainly true of some so-called “leaders,* including Benjamin Netanyahu and a…

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Remembering Peter Schjeldahl, a Consummate Critic

October 27, 2022

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by  David Remnick for The New Yorker in which he remembers and celebrates Peter Schjeldahl, widely viewed probably the most highly regarded critic of contemporary art. He died last week. Photograph Credit:…

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Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 17, 2022

David Remnick on The New Yorker‘s superb tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. * * * The commemoration of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., comes just as the Senate, and the entire country, is embroiled in a…

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The 60s: A book review by Bob Morris

January 15, 2017

The 60s: The Story of a Decade Henry Finder, Editor Random House (October 2016) Here is an incomparable collective portrait of a truly galvanizing era For more than 90 years, The New Yorker has earned and deserves its reputation as…

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