~best-of-the-atlanti | Bookmarks (1099)
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What Tucker Carlson’s Spin on World War II Really Says
Forget the villains of history. The true enemies, in his world, are the culture warriors of...
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Seven Books That Demystify Human Behavior
Other people can be baffling; these titles attempt to unravel a bit of their mystery.
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The Atlantic announces five staff and contributing writers ahead of health-coverage expansion
Joining The Atlantic are staff writers Kristen V. Brown, Nicholas Florko, and Shayla Love; and Roxanne...
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When the Bitcoin Scammers Came for Me
Lonely Americans are thirsty for companionship and hungry for money.
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The Neck Fans Are Coming
Wearable tech doesn’t have to be expensive to be revolutionary.
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How to Be Manifestly Happier
Some people attribute mystical powers to positive thinking, but you can harness a practical version to...
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The Brash New Sound of Hedonism
The Dare’s music is a blast, and a challenge to the psychological hang-ups of modern partygoers.
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The Democrats’ Patriotic Vanguard
A small group of lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds prefigured Harris’s overtly patriotic campaign.
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It Matters If It’s COVID
Now is the perfect time to test whether your “cold” is something else.
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Trump’s Red-Pill Podcast Tour
Is this an election campaign or an extended ad for energy drinks?
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Para-athlete Diego Meneses Readies His Javelin
A medal-winning performance in Paris
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How to Know What’s Really Propaganda
The history of propaganda helps us understand our current reality.
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The Democrat Who’s Not That Worried About Trump
Is this the most important election ever? Representative Jared Golden doesn’t think so.
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AI Is Coming for Amateur Novelists. That’s Fine.
An annual speed-writing contest lets in the robot overlords, and I, for one, welcome them.
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'Slow Horses' and the Dark Psychology of an Unwinnable Game
The show’s masterful fourth outing unpacks the steep cost of a trade in which people are...
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The Friendship Paradox
We all want more time with our friends, but we’re spending more time alone.
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New releases from Atlantic Editions: On Heroism, by Jeffrey Goldberg, and On the Housing Crisis, by Jerusalem Demsas
Essay collections are the latest paperbacks in the Atlantic Editions imprint, from The Atlantic and Zando
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Bipartisan Criminal-Justice Reform Is Still Very Much Alive
Yes, the pace of progress has slowed, but it certainly continues.
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The Nearly Impossible Task of Describing Pain
Garth Greenwell’s latest novel finds the language to capture the ineffable human experience of serious illness.
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Why It’s So Hard to Know What to Do With Your Baby
There simply isn’t good evidence—as in large, randomized, controlled, blinded trials—for many pediatric practices.
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America’s New Climate Delusion
The U.S. could sink billions into curbing emissions without altering the fate of the places climate...
