This issue included the first story I remember seeing about the conflict in Syria. Given the horrific state of affairs there now, and how little I understand about the reasons why we and the UN are not in there extracting the corrupt regime like a bad tooth, I am glad to have this first, rather cursory article and hope to read more over the coming months so that I can learn more about the parties involved in what is going on over there. The article about Rin-Tin-Tin was informative and heartwarming, and I greatly enjoyed reading about Dickens Camp and learning more about the life of Dickens. When I am caught up on my New Yorkers I think I will read some Dickens. I haven't read enough to form my own opinion of him, but most things I read say that he was a master, perhaps on a level with Shakespeare. Worth a deeper read, for sure.
Just in case I'm creating the impression that I love everything that I read in the New Yorker, I'll state for the record that I found the fiction story really annoying and boring. Twice as long as it needed to be. Also, I skipped over the Clarence Thomas thing - don't really have much interest in him.
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