
THE NEW CRITERION: The latest issue features…
More than doctrinaire by Steven McGregor
Loving Malcolm Cowley by Bruce Bawer
Robert A. M. Stern, 1939–2025 by Peter Pennoyer
The Peruvian uncertainty principle by James Como

THE NEW CRITERION: The latest issue features…
The Peruvian uncertainty principle by James Como

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 1.18.26 Issue features Robert Draper on Marjorie Taylor Greene; Ferris Jabr on a science experiment to help make the oceans less acidic; Jonathan Mahler on Christian Zionism and MAGA; and more.
Imagine yourself on an isolated mountain pass. The wind is whipping, the air is thin, there is nothing around you except the sky and the sound of your feet hitting the craggy ground. Many of us have experienced the wonder and exertion that comes with a great hike in a wild landscape. These are places we may love to visit, but for Kílian Jornet, this is where he is most at home.
Under Trump, the F.C.C. has used obscure regulatory powers to crack down on network TV. Some conservatives are pushing back. By Jim Rutenberg
The state embodies a civic ideal that the administration in Washington wants to discredit. By Charles Homans

Europe’s dependence on the United States for NATO security limits its options. Its strongest response could be retaliating with its own trade “bazooka.”
Venezuela sprawls over terrain twice the size of California, with vast tracts of treacherous jungles, steep mountains and cities filled with guns.
As the F.B.I. has added payback to its portfolio, Republican lawmakers have emerged as a clearinghouse for leaks and whistle-blowers.
The Department of Homeland Security was formed after 9/11 amid international terrorism threats. Now, its most visible targets are domestic.
An analysis of government data reveals it was the nature of the deportations, rather than their number, that changed the most.