In the New Yorker...

[Front-Ranger]

I think the woman in the Tiffany ad (    ) on the reverse of the front cover of the May 11 & 18 issue could be Natalie Portman.

So, that is the 250th issue. I'm curious what you thought about the Lepore article on the Declaration and Immerwahr article on the wider war of which the American Revolution was only a part.

[Jeff Wrangler]

So, that is the 250th issue. I'm curious what you thought about the Lepore article on the Declaration and Immerwahr article on the wider war of which the American Revolution was only a part.

I opened that issue to look at the TOC; that's how I thought I recognized Natalie Portman. I was going to put May 4 in the recycling bag, but I glanced it its TOC to make sure I'd read everything that needed to be read. I noticed I hadn't crossed off (therefore hadn't read) the Elizabeth Kolbert article. The TOC makes it look depressing, but it also makes it look like a "duty" article that should be read. I always read her articles anyway.

But speaking of Jill Lepore, some weeks ago she did "The Last Minute" of the TV show "Sixty Minutes." In a nutshell her position is that the Supreme Court is essentially rewriting the U.S. Constitution. She concluded by asking, "Do we want that?" She didn't offer any suggestions as to how we might prevent it.

[serious crayons]

I believe there are ways to search for a particular image of somebody, but that's beyond my technical knowledge.

I don't have the New Yorker in front of me so I searched on Google for "Natalie Portman Tiffany New Yorker." That brought up several photos of her, and I don't know which one was in the ad. But what you can do is right-click on the photo, then click "Search this image with Google lens," which brought up a few, including:

[Jeff Wrangler]

I don't have the New Yorker in front of me so I searched on Google for "Natalie Portman Tiffany New Yorker." That brought up several photos of her, and I don't know which one was in the ad. But what you can do is right-click on the photo, then click "Search this image with Google lens," which brought up a few, including:

I hadn't thought to include the word "Tiffany" in my search.

[Jeff Wrangler]

In the latest issue, I've already read "In Plain Sight" about a Ghanian girl who was enslaved for 16 years. As usual, the neighbors said, "We had no idea" or "What could we do?"

Either I missed that and put the issue out with the recycling, or else I haven't got to it yet.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I opened that issue to look at the TOC; that's how I thought I recognized Natalie Portman. I was going to put May 4 in the recycling bag, but I glanced it its TOC to make sure I'd read everything that needed to be read. I noticed I hadn't crossed off (therefore hadn't read) the Elizabeth Kolbert article. The TOC makes it look depressing, but it also makes it look like a "duty" article that should be read. I always read her articles anyway.

But speaking of Jill Lepore, some weeks ago she did "The Last Minute" of the TV show "Sixty Minutes." In a nutshell her position is that the Supreme Court is essentially rewriting the U.S. Constitution. She concluded by asking, "Do we want that?" She didn't offer any suggestions as to how we might prevent it.

The Kolbert article was depressing, but on the other hand, she did go into some of the history of the E.P.A., and I found that interesting.'

[Jeff Wrangler]

I'm up to Jill Lepore's article. At this point I'm appalled at how lacking in self-awareness John Dickinson was when he wrote about people owning other people.

The quotation marks around the description of John Adams as "obnoxious" made me smile because it reminded of the song in "1776" where William Daniels, as Adams, sings that he's "obnoxious and disliked, you know that's true," to which Ken Howard, as Thomas Jefferson, replies, "I hadn't heard."

I suppose it may be a little late for me to find a copy of that movie to watch for the 250th. I might re-read David McCullough's biography of Adams. I've always felt an affinity for John Adams.

[serious crayons]

I suppose it may be a little late for me to find a copy of that movie to watch for the 250th. I might re-read David McCullough's biography of Adams. I've always felt an affinity for John Adams.

According to Google, 1776 is available for free on YouTube and for $3.99 several other places, including Amazon Prime.