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![The Immortal Mel Brooks](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1344536/HwaQhL_dC1687175953276/THE-IMMORTAL-MEL-BROOKS.jpg)
The Immortal Mel Brooks
The 2,000-year-old man turns 97 this summer. I talked with him about fighting in World War II, his life in comedy, and the secret to happiness.
![IN DEFENSE OF HUMANITY](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1344536/COLHTTtdj1687174243102/IN-DEFENSE-OF-HUMANITY.jpg)
IN DEFENSE OF HUMANITY
We need a cultural and philosophical movement to meet the rise of artificial superintelligence.
![The Canadian Way of Death](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1309794/HQ9tySRmT1684581760952/THE-CANADIAN-WAY-OF-DEATH.jpg)
The Canadian Way of Death
The nation legalized assisted suicide-and exposed the limits of liberalism
![Writing in the Ruins](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1309794/14_fpQ9s_1684581533061/WRITING-IN-THE-RUINS.jpg)
Writing in the Ruins
The German writer Jenny Erpenbeck cuts through dogma, fractures time, and preserves rubble
![Surrender to Steely Dan](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1309794/MZZUDaCxP1684581312223/SURRENDER-TO-STEELY-DAN.jpg)
Surrender to Steely Dan
How the insufferably perfectionist duo captured the hearts of a new generation of listeners
![Call of the Wild](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1309794/KTyFToIpB1684580775639/CALL-OF-THE-WILD.jpg)
Call of the Wild
The enduring appeal of watching human beings attempt to master the Alaskan backcountry
![Night at the Vatican](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1309794/Gd2ZFB7jI1684579067830/NIGHT-AT-THE-VATICAN.jpg)
Night at the Vatican
After the tourists go home, a museum's collection tells its own story
![THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1309794/RvJZ70RWQ1684571382128/THE-COUNTEROFFENSIVE.jpg)
THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE
The future of the democratic world will be determined by whether the Ukrainian military can break a stalemate with Russia and drive the country backward-sperhaps even out of Crimea for good
![American Madness](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1280115/YtpflairU1681704854830/crp_Michael-Laudor-Mental-Health-Schizophrenia-Forensic-psychiatry.jpg)
American Madness
Thousands of people with severe mental illness have been failed by a dysfunctional system. My friend Michael was one of them. Twenty-five years ago, he killed the person he loved most.
![The New Anarchy](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1245839/84uM6Nioq1678689256167/crp_THE-NEW-ANARCHY.jpg)
The New Anarchy
America faces a type of extremist violence it does not know how to stop.
![The Age in Your Head](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1245839/DJVbNJ3C41678687901552/crp_Subjective-age-Gerontology-Aging-Chronological-age-Internal-age-Breaking-the-Age-Code.jpg)
The Age in Your Head
I'm 53 years old. I feel 36.
![How to Look at a Vermeer](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1280115/2GS44FJof1681716741857/HOW-TO-LOOK-AT-A-VERMEER.jpg)
How to Look at a Vermeer
The artist left behind few clues about his life or intentions, but the paintings themselves teach the viewer new ways to see.
![The Poet Facing Down the End of the World](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1280115/PBmMMfDOz1681715592311/THE-POET-FACING-DOWN-THE-END-OF-THE-WORLD.jpg)
The Poet Facing Down the End of the World
Jorie Graham has a message for us
![The Pornography Paradox](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1280115/CpJElTqTe1681715416505/THE-PORNOGRAPHY-PARADOX.jpg)
The Pornography Paradox
Reformers fear that ever more outré sites are warping users' desires. But transgression has always been part of the appeal.
![How Taylor Swift Infiltrated Dude Rock](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1280115/DHH8_V4IL1681715234820/HOW-TAYLOR-SWIFT-INFILTRATED-DUDE-ROCK.jpg)
How Taylor Swift Infiltrated Dude Rock
On the unlikeliest, most fruitful collaboration in contemporary music
![The MAGIC KINGDOM of RON DESANTIS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1280115/aFcNmsy381681713649136/THE-MAGIC-KINGDOM OF-RON-DESANTIS.jpg)
The MAGIC KINGDOM of RON DESANTIS
My very British romp through America's weirdest state
![IS HOLOCAUST EDUCATION MAKING ANTI-SEMITISM WORSE?](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1280115/fF_xhSN-c1681712502358/IS-HOLOCAUST-EDUCATION-MAKING-ANTISEMITISM-WORSE.jpg)
IS HOLOCAUST EDUCATION MAKING ANTI-SEMITISM WORSE?
Using dead Jews as symbols isn't helping living ones.
![The Ice-Cream Conspiracy](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1280115/G-7LacDyB1681711847655/THE-ICECREAM-CONSPIRACY.jpg)
The Ice-Cream Conspiracy
STUDIES SHOW A MYSTERIOUS HEALTH BENEFIT TO ICE CREAM. SCIENTISTS DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
![America's Future is at Sea](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1245839/Ckqy6IGUT1678693114548/crp_Law-of-the-Sea-Walmart-American-shipbuilding-industry-US-Navy-Defense-Production-Act-Arctic-Ocean-Black-Sea.jpg)
America's Future is at Sea
The nation is ceding the seas to its enemies. It's not too late to avoid catastrophe.
!["Two of Every Race"](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1245839/Ppgntb_AX1678701459815/crp_Nicole-Chung-Transracial-adoption-Adoption-industry-International-adoption-Orphans-Adoptees-DNA-technology.jpg)
"Two of Every Race"
A family's impossible quest to erase prejudice through transracial adoption
!["We Belong Here"](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1245839/xodwoaQ191678688631034/crp_Wesaam-Al-Badry-Photography-Saudi-Arabia-Pentax-K1000-Cultural-clash.jpg)
"We Belong Here"
In 1991, the family landed at a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia. There, Al-Badry got his first camera, a Pentax K1000.
![We're Already in the Metaverse](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1218810/lu6d_Vice1678335361226/crp_Meta-Platforms-Inc-Metaverse-Mark-Zuckerberg-TikTok-Virtual-reality-Augmented-reality-ByteDance.jpg)
We're Already in the Metaverse
Reality is blurred. Boredom is intolerable. And everything is entertainment.
![A New Way to Read Gatsby](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1218810/qCGoVq0EK1678340891957/crp_The-Great-Gatsby-F-Scott-Fitzgerald.jpg)
A New Way to Read Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald never explicitly states Jay Gatsby's race.
![Second Life](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1245839/MZ9iObMpO1678702047274/SECOND-LIFE.jpg)
Second Life
During Donnie's first week in the mixed unit (drugs and crazy), a girl threw a TV set out the window because she thought it was criticizing her. Donnie walked to the window to look. \"Probably was,\" he mumbled.
![Love Annihilated](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1245839/fEjTaZAof1678698219423/LOVE-ANNIHILATED.jpg)
Love Annihilated
The Irish writer Sebastian Barry's great subject
![The Scandalous, Clueless, Irresistible Oscars](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1245839/mf9O1FJly1678697950228/THE-SCANDALOUS-CLUELESS-IRRESISTIBLE-OSCARS.jpg)
The Scandalous, Clueless, Irresistible Oscars
How the Academy holds on to its prestige despite a history of embarrassment
![We're All Invited to the Lighthouse](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1245839/DIt-YSyNN1678697495420/WERE-ALL-INVITED-TO-THE-LIGHTHOUSE.jpg)
We're All Invited to the Lighthouse
On the Isle of Skye with Virginia Woolf and my mom
![In Their Feelings](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1245839/86QETi5og1678697374524/IN-THEIR-FEELINGS.jpg)
In Their Feelings
The indelible, indomitable voices of Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey
![Judy Blume Goes All the Way](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1245839/EvveCacJ_1678696457970/JUDY-BLUME-GOES-ALL-THE-WAY.jpg)
Judy Blume Goes All the Way
A new generation discovers the poet laureate of puberty.
![Arnold's Last Act](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/4302/1245839/Y82nIGmbr1678690741600/ARNOLDS-LAST-ACT.jpg)
Arnold's Last Act
What happens when the Terminator turns 75