EditorialSix landline phones that are owned by Chanell Karr, including an orange corded model and phones designed to look like lips and a cheeseburger, in Covington, Ky., on March 16, 2022. (Jessica Ebelhar/The New York Times)
EditorialA functioning landline telephone atop Jér?me Callais’ bookstall in Paris on Oct. 23, 2020. Beneath it, he had taped a handwritten sign: “Reading Does Serious Damage to Stupidity.” (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)