Here is the turkey edition of AJ highlights: First, ever wondered what it takes to wrangle a giant balloon down Broadway on turkey day? Slate MSN floats a revealing, windblown dispatch from inside the Macy’s Parade (Slate MSN). Politics and the arts intersect, as ARTnews previews Mayor-elect Mamdani’s star-studded committee imagining a new direction for New York City’s cultural policy (ARTnews), and Texas Monthly investigates a literal rewrite of Alamo history (Texas Monthly).
On the creative front, The Spectator swoons for the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra’s peerless sound (The Spectator), while Mother Jones asks: are AI-written children’s books a blessing or a literary blunder? (Mother Jones). Finally, if you can put down your phone long enough, Washington Post presents a new study on how constant device-checking saps our minds (Washington Post).
The rest of today’s stories below.
