The Godfather of American Comedy
The funniest people on the planet think there’s no funnier person than Albert Brooks.
The funniest people on the planet think there’s no funnier person than Albert Brooks.
It all goes back to one man in the 1950s: a military-intelligence expert in psychological warfare.
The Rabbit R1 is a device defined by empty promises.
A secret-service overlord’s delusional outlook becomes the party line in Russia—with global implications.
Donald Trump is not a rational choice for conservative Republicans.
It's full of minerals that could speed along the green-energy transition.
PEN America has now canceled its annual World Voices festival, after calling off its literary-awards ceremony last week. Can it survive?
As Israel’s war in Gaza bogs down, some leaders are urging a major assault on Hezbollah. That would be disastrous.
The enduring necessity (and importance) of a nearly 200-year-old technology
Some tactical suggestions for managing volatile, sometimes nonsensical negotiation partners (From 2019)
“Let me, in conclusion, assure the distraught hostess that some of my best friends are writers, and adjure her, for God’s sake, not to bring them and me together at a party at her house.” (From 1959)
At a fraught moment, he urged his fellow Angelenos to think of the common good. (From 2022)
“Television is poised to absorb and emasculate the movies, all in the name of home entertainment.” (From 1980)
Twenty decks, seven swimming pools, and one novelist wearing a meatball T-shirt
A new season of the How To series from The Atlantic