Reflecting on the merger of P.G.A.-LIV, David Von Drehle commented on the golf career of Greg Norman, who was always on the verge of disaster even with a four-stroke lead. He observed that golf, once played by the wealthy who never talked about money openly, has changed. Kurt Streeter’s article in The Times reevaluated the PGA’s image of rectitude in light of the merger. Ezra Klein marveled at Republicans’ failure to extract much from the debt-ceiling standoff. In The New Yorker, Amanda Petrusich analyzed Paul Simon’s latest album, “Seven Psalms,” which raises deep spiritual questions. An Economist article examined DeSantis’s delayed opposition to Trump.
