It’s that time of year again – rutting season – when the deer that have feasted all year on your garden and flower beds seem even more likely to be leaping in front of your vehicle. They are beautiful to watch, and they are a nuisance. Humans and these large animals have shared the ...

When Patrick Radden Keefe was in high school in the early 1990s, he had a singular ambition – to write for The New Yorker. When he revealed to an English teacher that he wanted to join the staff of what could very well be America’s most prestigious magazine, it was met with a little bit of ...