Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

April 7, 2020

The Art of the Pitch in the Midst of a Pandemic

LOS ANGELES — Millions of people had started to shelter in place. The global economy was cratering. Coronavirus-panicked shoppers were clawing at each other over toilet […]
April 6, 2020

I Think We’re Alone Now. Welcome.

I spend a lot of time thinking about what it means to be alone. I’m a writer in my mid-40s who is neither partnered nor has […]
April 6, 2020

Men Are Dressing for Zoom

If, for Ryan Dichter, Week 1 of his coronavirus isolation was a time for dandling his infant daughter, Teddy, slouching around in sweatpants and waiting for […]
April 6, 2020

Suddenly, I See Myself Everywhere

I spend a lot of time thinking about what it means to be alone. I’m a writer in my mid-40s who is neither partnered nor has […]
April 5, 2020

Should I Start Wearing a Mask?

To mask or not to mask? For the past few months, public health officials have been unyielding in their stance that healthy people should not wear […]
April 4, 2020

Larry David, Master of His Quarantine

Our lives now depend on staying home and doing nothing. We are cooped up with no end in sight, getting increasingly irascible. So I thought I […]
April 4, 2020

Larry David, Master of His Quarantine

Our lives now depend on staying home and doing nothing. We are cooped up with no end in sight, getting increasingly irascible. So I thought I […]
April 3, 2020

Relationships Move Fast on a Slow Cargo Ship

Liz and I were on a cargo ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with the sun setting and a light wind. The scene resembled […]
April 3, 2020

Children Are Hunting Teddy Bears During the Coronavirus Outbreak

With her school closed, her city quiet and her country under lockdown, Stevie-Lee Tiller, 13, is stuck at home with her parents and three siblings. Stevie-Lee, […]
April 3, 2020

How O.C.D. and Hand-Washing and Coronavirus Collide

The coronavirus outbreak has turned many of us into nervous germophobes, seeking to protect ourselves from infection by washing our hands methodically and frequently, avoiding unnecessary […]