“Fending” and Other Terms for Fridge-Foraging Dinners

“Getcheroni,” “eek,” “having weirds,” “going Darwin,” “OYO” (on your own), and “farrapo velho”—Portuguese for “old rag.”

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The Cryptic Crossword: No. 47

A free, online cryptic crossword puzzle from the New Yorker’s archive, with answers and clues that exhibit the wit and intelligence of the magazine.

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Cocaine Hippos and Mafia Parrots: How Drug Lords Saved the Planet

A flock of tough-ass birds discovered in the Traiano area of Naples were trained to answer the phone with “I’m gonna kill you.”

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Biden Inherits F.D.R.’s Supreme Court Problem

Roosevelt tried to pack the Court to protect his ambitious agenda from conservatives. Biden, facing a similar threat, has appointed a commission to study options.

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Sunday Reading: Children’s Literature

From the magazine’s archive: a selection of pieces that offer insight into a vibrant and remarkable genre.

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Liz Phair’s Songs of Experience

The singer-songwriter talks about getting older, reaching into the past for her new record, and her home town of Chicago.

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My Grandfather Fled the Nazis. I Moved to His Old Neighborhood

I was raised to believe that America was a haven for Jews, but that vision of safety seems illusory now.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls for the Development of Anglo-Saxon Space Lasers

“Anglo-Saxons have for too long ceded space-laser superiority to the airborne laser beams of foreign banking élites,” she said. “This shall not stand on my watch.”

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The Low-Key Carter-Era Pleasures of “The Muppet Show”

On the original show, which is now streaming for the first time on Disney+, bits of fabric and glue and yarn become complexly real.

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More Haikus from My Parents’ House, One Year In

Here’s my dough starter. / That’s my dough ender. I am / Pointing at your dad.

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