why, in the end, i kind of love the new yorker

The brilliant Hendrik Herzberg is a senior editor. After all.

And they would never call themselves a "family" publication of any kind. With a straight face. (Jeffrey Toobin is a regular contributor.)

I was just looking at the most recent TOC and I read only very short pieces by Hilton Als, Joan Acocella and Schjeldahl. I must be busy. Or shallow.