The New Yorker - USA (2020-04-20)

THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 59 to look like other kids once the doctors finally allowed him to walk. He emerged unimpaired, ot ...

60 THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 infringement of his ability to pay for po- litical communication, and thus a viola- tion of his ...

THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 61 TOAD CIRCUS The day after my toad circus the toads were all dead, crunchy and silent in their w ...

“Guys, this isn’t what I thought swimming with dolphins would be like.” local official to defeat Huddleston, but in the final we ...

THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 63 groups, including the Senate Leadership Fund, One Nation, American Cross- roads, and Crossroads ...

64 THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 of his career. And, if you want to con- trol Congress, the best way is to con- trol the money.” ...

the only thing that mattered was if the nominee was professionally qualified. In 2016, though, he said it made no differ- ence h ...

66 THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 “He’s always, like, ‘Oh, really? I went to school in Canis Major—well, not in Canis Major, but ...

THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 67 election security entirely to non-federal officials. The final statement was so mud- dled that ...

68 THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN GALL FICTION ...

THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 69 W alking at dusk through the long meadow, recording this prose poem on my phone, that’s my job, ...

70 THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 POP MUSIC CRISIS ROCK The Strokes demonstrate their knack for good music in bad times. BYAMANDA ...

THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 71 The Strokes’ music makes everything feel less high-stakes. This might be why it sounds excellen ...

72 THE NEWYORKER, APRIL 20, 2020 different sorts of songs. “Human Sad- ness,” a meandering, eleven-minute freak-out from the ...

THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 73 Unlike drugs, medical implants are not required to be tested in clinical trials. BOOKS THE CUTT ...

74 THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 • • joints, especially shoulders, and, in the later chapters of the book, he shifts his gaze to ...

THE NEWYORKER, APRIL 20, 2020 75 lent” to the existing device. Thirty years after the 1976 legislation was passed, the F.D.A. ha ...

76 THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 death. In 2012, studies of stent implan- tation in more than seven thousand patients found no b ...

THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 77 “A Girl ’s Story” is a reconstruction of events and a deconstruction of feelings. BOOKS LIVING ...

78 THENEWYORKER,APRIL20, 2020 be inside....To be there at that very in- stant, without spilling over into the be- fore or aft ...