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When Iranian Missiles Interrupt Shabbat Dinner
As missiles rain down on Tel Aviv, every invitation issued to Shabbat dinner and every Frisbee thrown on the beach has become an act of defiance.
June 21, 2025
Polina Fradkin
I Was a Bad Dad. Then My Son Gave Me a Second Chance.
In my 30s, I wasn’t there for my three older kids. Then I had a fourth the year I turned 59, and he was my redemption staring me in the face.
June 15, 2025
Joe Nocera
Suzy Weiss: How Disney Girls Grow Up
Plus: How much sex is too much sex? Bob Dylan does something very weird. And a new memoir about celibacy.
June 14, 2025
Suzy Weiss
Stop Striving and Have a Baby
Growing up rich in Manhattan, I was taught that becoming a parent meant your life was over. My baby daughter has taught me something else.
June 14, 2025
Nicholas Clairmont
Suzy Weiss: My Afternoon with the Vibe Coders
Plus: Tech feuds, Jesse Armstrong’s new movie, Taylor Swift’s grudges. And more!
June 7, 2025
Suzy Weiss
How Much Plastic Surgery Does a Woman Really Need?
Here’s the thing about being an older woman: You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. So you might as well please yourself.
June 1, 2025
Mimi Swartz
Suzy Weiss: Can Men Make Friends?
Plus: We made the straight men of The Free Press review ‘Sex and the City.’
May 31, 2025
Suzy Weiss
Lionel Shriver: I Lost Control of My Body
What happens when a freakish bout of medical misfortune stops a writer from writing?
May 31, 2025
Lionel Shriver
Ambition Will Only Get You So Far
Sitting at my mother’s bedside, getting a glimpse of the abyss, I had my revelation: Professional zeal is a finite resource.
May 25, 2025
Emily Yoffe
Suzy Weiss: It’s Over for Anthony Bourdain’s Fanboys
This week, our culture czar stumbled into a dinosaur bodega and read ‘Heartburn’ for the first time. Also, she has another show about middle-aged…
May 24, 2025
Suzy Weiss
Goodbye Oakland A’s. Hello Oakland Ballers.
Oakland has lost three major sports teams in the wake of rising crime and homelessness. But a new independent league baseball club aims to give the town…
May 24, 2025
Leighton Woodhouse
Suzy Weiss: I Stand with America’s First Granddaughter
I called up Greg Gutfeld to talk late night, watched a new Gen X divorce show and all of Kai Trump's TikTok, then went to a right-wing gallery opening…
May 17, 2025
Suzy Weiss
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