Since the film "Groundhog Day" came out, in 1993, it's been claimed by existentialists, Buddhists, political theorists, and comedy nerds alike. The story has become a modern parable: a mordant Pittsburgh weatherman gets caught in a mysterious time loop and must relive the same day, in Punxsutawney, until he reaches enlightenment. How many times have we heard congressional gridlock described as "Groundhog Day"? How ma…
SOURCE: The New Yorker at 11:00PM on March 2, 2017