Seeing as that island of sinners is deemed more worthy of a Monday magazine than the good people of Brooklyn, I'm coping as best I can with the help of the online edition, which features a bold graphic of a fed-up-looking lady decisively tossing out what must be the print edition. New online, in their words:

Q. & A.
What Would Jesus Teach?
This week in the magazine, Peter Boyer reports on how a lawsuit by a teacher who claimed he was discriminated against as a Christian caused an uproar in California. Here, with Matt Dellinger, Boyer discusses the gray area between church and state. [With a great Edward Sorel illustration!]

Q. & A.
Hollywood’s Hustlers
This week in the magazine, Tad Friend [greatest name ever] writes about Dave Wirtschafter, the president of the venerable William Morris Agency and an exemplar of a new breed of Hollywood agent. Here Friend talks to Ben Greenman about Wirtschafter, his agency, and how the role of the agent has evolved.

ONLINE ONLY
The Hard Drive
Past Q. & A.s, Cover Galleries, Web Sightings, and more. [Don't miss All-American Boy, an interview with Calvin Trillin about last week's gruff, heartbreaking story about Brian Slavenas, a 30-year-old lieutenant killed in the Iraq war.]

ONLINE ONLY
The Film File
A decade of New Yorker Film Notes, from Goings On About Town.

EVENTS
The New Yorker Near You
A list of readings and other magazine-related happenings.

If you've never checked out the Film File, it's low-commitment and lots of fun; it's just the short Notes, not the full-length reviews, so in theory you could consider renting a movie and...search for one. They should really sort by reviewer, though, as well as alphabetically. Speaking of mini-reviewers of yore, what happened to, say, Michael Sragow? I'm sure someone out there knows. And not job-hunting or anything, but it would be nice to see a woman's name back in tiny italics again around the Goings On golf course. I'm not sure why it goes back only ten years, but unfortunately—I won't say conveniently, because why would the magazine be so spiteful?—it misses the end of Pauline Kael's tenure with a few years to spare. Oh, well; there are her books for that, and truly, they're worth it.

Interpreting the Work of Sandy Skoglund: Food as an Art Medium [Getty ArtsEdNet]

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