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Contributors

Goings On

Tables for Two: Golden Steer • 1 Fifth Ave.

Comment: War-Torn

The Pictures: Woo-Woo

Dept. of Education: No Phones

Hoisting Dept.: Big Time

Sketchpad: Good and Evil

Letter from Washington: Pay Later • The gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Shouts & Murmurs: A Day in the Pre-Internet World*

Onward and Upward with the Arts: The Hating Game • In “Giant,” Mark Rosenblatt takes on Roald Dahl and his antisemitism.

Brave New World Dept.: Sweet Nothings • People are using A.I. companions for love, sex, and friendship. Is everyone hanging out without you?

Poems: Gold Street Barn

Annals of Higher Education: Severance • The end of the government’s compact with universities.

Fiction: The City Is a Graveyard

Poems: The Carbon Atoms of Saved Things

A Critic at Large: Valley Boy • The worlds of Paul Thomas Anderson.

Books: Lying Low • What everyday life was like in wartime Berlin.

Books: Just One • What makes monotheism so powerful?

Books: Briefly Noted

On and Off the Menu: Country Buffet • Winter in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom.

The Current Cinema: Leave It to Beavers • “Hoppers.”

Cartoon Caption Contest

Puzzles & Games Dept.: The Crossword • A moderately challenging puzzle.