读者来信
读者就尼古拉斯·莱曼关于加州拟议财富税的报道、彼得·赫斯勒关于百万美元公路的文章、埃亚尔·普雷斯关于司法部律师的报道，以及玛格丽特·塔尔博特关于全球生育率下降的随笔作出回应。
Letters from Our Readers
Readers respond to Nicholas Lemann’s report on California’s proposed wealth tax, Peter Hessler’s article about the Million Dollar Highway, Eyal Press’s piece about Justice Department lawyers, and Margaret Talbot’s essay about the global decline in fertility.
新书简评
《外国人》《轻浮：一种辩护》《我们可以喂国王吗》和《苏菲，站在那里》。
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“Ausländer,” “Frivolity: A Defense,” “May We Feed the King,” and “Sophie, Standing There.”
查尔斯·库什纳与MAGA大使的套路
自出任驻巴黎大使以来，库什纳以在敏感时刻向法国国内事务抛出挑衅言论而闻名。正如他所说：“没人有勇气说出我说的话。”
Charles Kushner and the MAGA Ambassador’s Playbook
Since taking up his post in Paris, Kushner has become known for lobbing provocations onto France’s domestic scene at sensitive moments. As he put it, “Nobody has the courage to say what I say.”
从军营到百老汇
亚历克斯·埃克在海军陆战队服役四年，之后决定成为一名演员。在帝国大厦观光时，他谈起了自己在亚伦·索金《义海雄风》中的职业首秀。
From the Battalion to Broadway
Alex Ekker served four years in the Marine Corps—then decided to be an actor. While sightseeing at the Empire State Building, he talks about his professional début in Aaron Sorkin’s “A Few Good Men.”
脸颊
一个年轻的纽约人考虑搬离这座城市。
Cheeks
A young New Yorker considers moving away.
维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆两度扩张
这家伦敦机构的两处新分馆，在AI粗制滥造的时代为手工工艺做出了生动的辩护。
The Victoria & Albert Museum Expands, Twice
Two new outposts of the London institution make a vibrant case for handmade craft in an age of A.I. slop.
一位替代医学大师是否意外害死了病人？
在瑞士，托马斯·劳提供的疗法会让许多传统医生质疑。如今他被指控因疏忽导致病人死亡。
Did an Alternative-Medicine Guru Accidentally Kill Patients?
In Switzerland, Thomas Rau offers treatments that many conventional doctors would question. Now he’s accused of lethally negligent care.
百老汇音乐剧为何拒绝消亡
百老汇曾因音乐传统的碰撞而繁荣。如今，在点唱机音乐剧与好莱坞改编作品的包围下，它还能重拾创作的胆识吗？
Why the Broadway Musical Refuses to Die
Broadway once thrived on the collision of musical traditions. Now, amid jukebox shows and Hollywood adaptations, can it recover its creative daring?
吉姆·莫里森如何走出悲剧、滑雪下珠峰
这位登山家与搭档希拉里·尼尔森曾计划完成史上首次滑雪下撤。她去世后，他继续前行。
How Jim Morrison Surmounted Tragedy and Skied Down Everest
The mountaineer and his partner, Hilaree Nelson, planned a first-ever descent. After her death, he pushed on.
淘金热与现代美国的形成
畅销书作家纳撒尼尔·菲尔布里克看到了十九世纪五十年代的加利福尼亚与当下人工智能热潮之间的联系。那段跌宕起伏的淘金热历史究竟能告诉我们什么？
The Gold Rush and the Making of Modern America
The best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick sees links between eighteen-fifties California and the current A.I. boom. What can the history of the action-packed gold rush actually tell us?
扒手眼中的纽约
为了在新片中饰演一个小偷，约翰·特图罗向阿波罗·罗宾斯学习了各种手法——包括“摸踢”在内——并观察到偷窃与表演竟有如此多的共通之处。
A Pickpocket’s Guide to New York
Preparing to play a petty thief in a new movie, John Turturro learned the moves—“reefing the kick” among them—from Apollo Robbins, and observed how much stealing has in common with acting.
丹尼尔·哈姆的家居美学
Eleven Madison Park 的主厨与为其新餐厅装点的艺术家拉希德·约翰逊和弗朗切斯科·克莱门特一同巡视了这座位于西村的温馨新店。
Daniel Humm’s Home Décor
The Eleven Madison Park chef surveys his cozy new restaurant in the West Village with the artists who decked it out, Rashid Johnson and Francesco Clemente.
《波浪与绳索》，阿尔弗雷德·科恩作
“心灵：一种细绳，一卷由千百个心灵抽出的光纤搓成的绳索。”
“Waves, Cords,” by Alfred Corn
“The psyche: a kind of twine, a cordage spun / Of optic fibre drawn from a thousand minds.”
共和党人糟糕透顶的中期选举竞选
甚至在维韦克·拉马斯瓦米推出年度最冒犯性广告之前，局势就已经很不妙了。
The Republicans’ Remarkably Bad Midterm Campaigns
Things were going poorly even before Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign ran the most offensive ad of the year.
《ABCMIAMI》，阿德里安·拉斐尔作
“我回来收回从前的自己／而每一天我都带着一个新的自己离开。”
“ABCMIAMI,” by Adrienne Raphel
“I return to collect my former self / And every day I leave with a new one.”
捍卫中期选举、对抗总统的州级官员
唐纳德·特朗普试图在全美范围内清洗选民名册。犹他州共和党副州长迪德丽·亨德森便是挡在他面前的主要选举官员之一。
The State Officials Defending the Midterms from the President
Donald Trump has tried to purge voter rolls nationwide. Deidre Henderson, the Republican lieutenant governor of Utah, is among the chief election officers standing in his way.
鲍勃·艾格：这就是人生
这位昔日的伊萨卡气象播报员后来成为迪士尼的首席执行官。如今他和所有人一样——退休了，并通过凯莉·克劳斯的关系，与乔什·库什纳共同拥有洛杉矶湖人队。
For Bob Iger, That’s the Way It Is
The former Ithaca weatherman became Disney’s C.E.O. Now he’s just like everyone else—retired and co-owning the Los Angeles Lakers with Josh Kushner, by way of Karlie Kloss.
《别处沙漠之城》与《名为白昼的明亮房间》中的政治交锋
乔恩·罗宾·贝茨与托尼·库什纳剧作的重演。
Political Skirmishes in “Other Desert Cities” and “A Bright Room Called Day”
Revivals of plays by Jon Robin Baitz and Tony Kushner.
《可能的爱》中脆弱的联结
在李沧东这部表演精湛的影片中，一个社区的毁灭通过纪录片式的镜头呈现——也通过两对截然不同的伴侣的故事展开。
The Fragile Unions of “Possible Love”
In Lee Chang-dong’s brilliantly acted film, a community’s devastation plays out through a documentary lens—and through a tale of two very different couples.
当上帝成为另一种瘾
一部引人注目的回忆录讲述了一位作家与酒精和宗教信仰的斗争，以及两者如何以令人不安的方式相互滋养了她对彼此的渴望。
When God Is Another Addiction
A remarkable memoir recounts a writer’s struggles with alcoholism and religious faith—and the unsettling ways in which each has fed her longing for the other.
电脑芯片是人类有史以来最伟大的造物
它们驱动着我们的手机、汽车、洗碗机——以及支撑经济的AI系统。它们也处于激烈地缘政治竞争的核心。
Computer Chips Are the Most Magnificent Things Humanity Has Ever Made
They power our phones, cars, dishwashers—and the A.I. systems that prop up the economy. They’re also at the heart of fierce geopolitical rivalry.
乔什·萨夫迪的纽约电影十佳（左右）
这位导演来到Two Palms工作室，为他最喜爱的纽约电影榜单的版画签名——《出租车司机》《为所应为》，还有一些你意想不到的作品。
Josh Safdie’s Top Ten (or So) N.Y.C. Films
The director stops by the Two Palms studio to sign prints of a list of his favorite New York movies—“Taxi Driver,” “Do the Right Thing,” and some you wouldn’t expect.
《波希米亚人》中毛茸茸的 prima donna
驴子万达经常在大都会歌剧院最受欢迎的剧目中抢尽风头。以下是她的创作过程内幕。
The Furry Prima Donna of “La Bohème”
Wanda the Donkey regularly steals the show at the Met’s most popular production. Here’s an inside look at her creative process.
简评书评
《Blockers》《Exhibit G》《Passengers》和《Few and Far Between》。
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“Blockers,” “Exhibit G,” “Passengers,” and “Few and Far Between.”