
August 13, 2026 : Issue #119
For these Dog Days of Summer, two canine friends: the sublimely winning Cocodoodle and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
Lawrence Weschler's Fortnightly Compendium of the Miscellaneous Diverse.
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For these Dog Days of Summer, two canine friends: the sublimely winning Cocodoodle and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

A Miloszian glance at a pair of erotic gems in London (Velásquez and Zurbaran) and the Giant at the Prado Redux.

Benjamin Franklin, Dwight Eisenhower, Coup 53, and an anti-ICE skirmish in Chicago.

Comparing he relative densities of the Milky Way and a stretch of the human arm.

When Kienholz forced Ren to contrive a simian detective movie. Plus Schroeder's "Koko."

For the 250th, a consideration of the Colonial and Revolutionary era taproots of our nation’s ongoing racial agon.

Further thoughts on Hockney, his iPhone drawings, and his and Bob Irwin's decades-long contest for Ren's soul.

Recalling David Hockney, one of the greatest artists of our time (and longtime friend of our Cabinet), who just died in London, age 88.

Jeremy Xido (and Frantz Fanon) engage Claude on Anthropic's IPO, as Dali and Doctor Phoxotic channel Hitler.

A reprise of a trill from way back, on the development of theories of mind.