The Art Basel Circus Comes to Town

The tropical bacchanal of art fairs, private dinners and A-list parties known as Art Basel Miami Beach has returned with a vengeance. Here are some highlights from Tuesday night. Sashimi and Watches Sadly, the guest of honor at the Tag Heuer party wasn’t able to make it. The basketball star Jimmy Butler, who plays for…

Getting Better at Uncertainty

Welcome. It was midway through Thanksgiving dinner when my phone buzzed with The Times’s push alert about the new variant. I contemplated not sharing the news with the table — better to let them enjoy the meal in peace — but I remembered that these were the very people from whom the virus had kept…