The sense of history in the making was palpable this past week in Philadelphia. When I learned that I was going to the Democratic National Convention, I immediately felt a sense of responsibility: How do I document the importance of the four days, let alone take it all in on a personal level? Many of us in attendance were thinking of our mothers and grandmothers, and I was no exception. My radar was on full strength, trying to sense shared emotions about the import of this week. Much of what I saw, I drew. But much of what I felt, I could not actually draw. My hope is that the drawings here express the giddy gravitas of the moment.
Liza Donnelly is an award-winning cartoonist and the author of “Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Greatest Women Cartoonists and Their Cartoons.”
Goings On
What we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week, online, in N.Y.C., and beyond. Paid subscribers also receive book picks.
Dept. of Medicine
How to Die in Good Health
The average American celebrates just one healthy birthday after the age of sixty-five. Peter Attia argues that it doesn’t have to be this way.
By Dhruv Khullar
Infinite Scroll
The Internet’s New Favorite Philosopher
Byung-Chul Han, in treatises such as “The Burnout Society” and his latest, “The Crisis of Narration,” diagnoses the frenetic aimlessness of the digital age.
By Kyle Chayka