Most magazines have peak moments. They live on, they do just okay, or they die. 'The New Yorker' has had a very different kind of existence.

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  I left Gorbachev's office thinking that everything about him was outsized: his achievements, his mi

• David Remnick:

  Capitalism in Russia has spawned far more Al Capones than Henry Fords.

• David Remnick:

  Not all political prisoners are innocents.

• David Remnick:

  Clearly independent journalists - domestic journalists - run a high risk if they dare to take on se

• David Remnick:

  I actually have great hopes for the future.

• David Remnick:

  You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as

• David Remnick:

  I have to always remember, writing is really hard.

• David Remnick:

  I'm a journalist - I'm not Robert Caro. I have a day job, and a pretty consuming one - a joyfully c