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The DSM Magazine

Disappointing lack of a ‘B’ there.

The Ascent of Mediocrity

Regular readers of Brownstone Journal have been graced with insight provided by many authors of diverse backgrounds and experiences. As a physician, I have found those authored by...

Less glossy

WHEN The Devil Wears Prada came out in 2006, it was the peak of a silver age of magazine publishing. The busy, bridge-burning life cushioned by freebies and proximity to power wasn...

SALON MAGAZINE: SUMMER 2026

From the Publisher: Critical Condition

Injection / Enormous Smallness

Issue No. 115

Does the New York Times Need a Magazine?

The departure of Hanya Yanagihara and a redesign of the Sunday magazine have put a spotlight on the paper’s stand-alone publications.

One Difficult Choice, One Honest Essay, Five Publications, and Thirty Years

By Jodi Sh. Doff I had one essay, published five times over a span of thirty years. A friend started BUST, the feminist magazine for women with something to get off their chests, i...

Inside the Monthly’s Spring 2026 Issue

Gavin Newsom’s tragic mistake, the new era of Trumpian DEI, Amazon’s AI pricing algorithms, and Alan Dershowitz’s case for a third term. Plus, the mystery of Judy Blume, one town’s...

Slant — Well seasoned

• The latest issue of local grassroots media The Dissonant Times is out with a story on lessons from arrests at the Federal Building, an … Continue reading →

Realistic High-School-Yearbook Inscriptions

“You will read this once this afternoon and not again until you’re in your fifties, but, by that time, I will have already died, alone in my apartment, totally nude, except for my...

Making the news

Former news editor Bill Lueders on living up to his charge to make sure that ‘news-minded people find the paper worth reading.’

Campus newspapers and what remains of journalism

Scott Lemieux juxtaposes the hard-hitting journalism being done by the Harvard Crimson on the Jeffrey Epstein case (although so far they seem to be focused on former university pre...

Was My Elite Education Worth It?

Decades ago, a reporter described my graduating class at Horace Mann as mediocre. Were we?

‘The backbone of Isthmus’

It might not win awards but Isthmus’ guide is the go-to events calendar in town.

The Morning Report 5/28

The return of cargo shorts, pocketable cameras and the brand reinventing the cruise experience.

Word Wrangler: April 27, 2026

Titles from past magazine covers, hot off the press.

Everything but the…

A dispatch from the Art Editor

The Morning Report 5/29

The stylish legacy of 'The Talented Mr. Ripley', creatine 'loading' and the five glasses defining cocktail bars right now.

Is It Good Enough? Or Is It Fear Wearing a White Coat?

How ‘good enough’ is actually a liability and why we need to stop defending mediocrity.

Archives: May 2026

Excerpts from Reason's vaults

April 2026 Editor’s Letter

Our annual Interiors issue mixes it up—embracing minimalism and maximalism.

Your Idea Starts Here / Goatman

Issue No. 117

The Morning Report 5/21

What happened to taste? A stylish art-filled apartment and the fruit you shouldn't chill.