Food For Thought September 4, 2026 IT’S TERRIBLE, BUT IT’S NOT GENOCIDE Anymore, I think these authors would argue, than was our dropping atom bombs on Japan until they surrendered, years after their devastating surprise attack. I found this to be a most thoughtful essay. A FORMER MAGAN APOLOGIZES TO A MAGA VICTIM Don Lemon Interviews Rich Logis I know and admire them both. It is a compelling 27 minutes (at 1.5X speed): two smart people trying to make sense of the cult. (But what sense do cults ever make? They are cults.) GLORIA STEINEM’S FINAL ESSAY I don’t think we ever spoke, but the third floor of 207 East 32nd Street that housed Clay Felker’s NEW YORK Magazine back then was not large, and we surely were within feet of each other from time to time. Looking back, even that was a privilege. I remember well the week Ms. Magazine was first launched as an insert in NEW YORK, and Clay’s commitment to the endeavor. What a wonderful, consequential life: Gloria Steinem’s Final Essay | The New Yorker