Imagined Histories of Artists and Their Parents
Daily Humor
The Daily Cartoon, Shouts, and other funny stuff from our Dept. of Hoopla.
Shouts & Murmurs
How to Make Yourself Useful to Our Future Robot Overlords
Taste-testing, grovelling, pulling rickshaws, and other services that may persuade the empowered automatons to keep us around.
By Nic Koller
Shouts & Murmurs
The Benefits of Being Between Jobs
A list of the many advantages of being out of work, including free dinners from sympathetic people and an imperviousness to economic recessions.
By Nic Koller
Video
How to Write a New Yorker Cartoon Caption: Bert Kreischer Edition
The comedian Bert Kreischer tries his hand at The New Yorker's Cartoon Caption Contest.
Our Columnists
Will Historic Job Growth Bring an End to the “Vibecession”?
The Labor Department’s March employment report shows the U.S. economy continuing to power ahead. Yet many voters’ perceptions remain stubbornly negative.
By John Cassidy