Was it a face-off with insurgents or the murder of four innocent brothers? We investigate what happened in the final house the Marines entered that day.
Blitt’s Kvetchbook
Sometimes Bobby, Jr., Gets the Bear
Sometimes the bear gets Bobby, Jr.
By Barry Blitt
The Sporting Scene
High-Pressure Hope at the Paris Olympics
Cheers, howls, and the occasional boo have brought joyous cacophony to the City of Light.
By Anthony Lane
Personal History
Under the Bridge of Sighs
On watching—and rewatching—“A Little Romance,” George Roy Hill’s late-seventies classic teen-age love story.
By David Gilbert
The Lede
The Story That “Hillbilly Elegy” Doesn’t Tell
Like many memoirs, J. D. Vance’s book misses a few details, some of which complicate the story upon which he has based much of his politics.
By Jessica Winter