Sunday Morning

Jim Gaffigan on surviving the holidays reality TV

Well, I made it. I survived the holidays! With my family – my families. All those weirdos that I’m somehow related to. Let’s just say if God is the producer of the holiday season, he tends to lean into drama. I am truly grateful that I can spend time with …

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Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi on her father Paul Pelosi’s recovery: “The emotional scars, I don’t know if those ever heal”

Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, the youngest daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has a new documentary about her mother, “Pelosi in the House,” premiering on HBO next week. Not in the film, however, is the brutal hammer attack on her father by an intruder in their San Francisco home on October …

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“Where is the economy going?” This is what experts are saying about America’s uncertain economic future

You’ve heard all about it: Inflation, recession, an economic future that’s uncertain, at best. To look into the economic fog from different angles, CBS News’ chief political analyst and senior national correspondent John Dickerson turned to the pros. “I would say for sure the economy has overheated,” said Lloyd Blankfein, …

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The revelatory art of Joseph Yoakum

Joseph Yoakum’s drawings in ballpoint pen and colored pencil or pastels are intricate and imaginative. And though they bear handwritten titles of places (from “The Baltic Sea Near Stockholm,” to “Leverest” – thought to mean Mount Everest in the Himalayas), there is little resemblance to those locations. “Some of these …

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At 73, Billy Crystal is just warming up

This is only part of how Billy Crystal takes care of himself these days: a workout with a speeding ball that’s a lot harder to catch than it looks. Correspondent Tracy Smith asked, “How often do you do this?” “I try to do it every day, at least five, six …

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Book excerpt: “A Burning” by Megha Majumdar

In her debut novel, “A Burning” (Knopf), Megha Majumdar writes of characters in contemporary India who collide over issues of class, social media, politics and corruption. In the excerpt below, we are introduced to a girl, Jivan, whose flippant comment on a Facebook post leads to an accusation of terrorism. …

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