Hasta la Vista, 2016!

[Homepage] [Hasta la Vista, 2016!] Good morning! Dear reader, let us be honest with ourselves: 2016 has been a remarkable garbage fire of a year. The normally sensible and even-tempered polity of Britain, a quaint island nation in the North Atlantic, voted to secede from the European experiment in an unprecedented form of economic euthanasia. The American electorate (with a [gentle boost from the Kremlin]) subsequently voted into office an orange-tinted reality star and aggrieved food and beverage executive. And all of this was heaped upon a miasma of horror perpetrated by the Zika virus, the shooting in Orlando, the Chinese economy, and innumerable other tragic events. Some are asking, [in all seriousness], if this is the worst it’s gotten since the outbreak of the Black Plague, or the fall of Constantinople, or the most dreadful moments during the Great War or World War II. But who wants to talk about last year’s news, anyway? As we bid adieu to 2016, we offer a brief anthology of some of our most enjoyable and popular journalism during the year. (Though, there is certainly more than we could include in this newsletter, such as [this] tremendous piece; or [this]; or [this!] [Or this!]) We hope that this helps assuage the pangs of a brutal year and offers a glimmer of hope for what lies ahead. (In spite of virtually all evidence, we remain optimistic!) We also hope, as ever, that you continue to enjoy what you are reading and watching in 2017. Have a very happy New Year. [How Theranos Came Tumbling Down] byNick Bilton An “only in Silicon Valley” story. [Read more] [Share with Facebook]  [Share with Twitter] [Roger, Over and Out] bySarah Ellison Inside Roger Ailes’s final days at Fox News. [Read more] [The Arianna Chronicles] byWilliam D. Cohan The Huffington Post, post-Huffington. A two-part investigation. [Read more] [Trump Grill(e) and the Future of Mankind] byTina Nguyen The restaurant review tweeted around the world. [Read more] [Ivanka and Jared’s Endgame] byEmily Jane Fox Does it feature a House of Cards twist? [Read more] [Follow Vanity Fair on Facebook] [Follow Vanity Fair on Twitter] [Follow Vanity Fair on YouTube] [Follow Vanity Fair on Flipboard] [VIEW FULL EMAIL] To ensure you receive Vanity Fair emails, please add vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com to your address book. If you received this email from a friend, you can [subscribe here]. [Unsubscribe]. View our [Privacy Policy]. Vanity Fair, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 [Unsubscribe]