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In my years of government service, I saw again and again how they make agencies more accountable, efficient, and honest.

August 26, 2024, 12:56 PM ET The Atlantic has hired Shane Harris as a staff writer to cover national security and intelligence, editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg announced today. Shane has been at The Washington Post since 2018, and will join The Atlantic in October.Below is the staff announcement from Jeffrey Goldbe...

They’re more depressed, more anxious, and lonelier than any other age group in America—but their distress has gone widely unnoticed.

Why Kash Patel is exactly the kind of person who would serve in a second Trump administration

On a small boat in Thailand, a young Korean tourist showed me the word High tattooed on his torso. “It’s because I like to get high,” he said.

Today’s college students will have ample time to figure out their careers. Before that, encourage them to take risks.

It’s a cliché to say that food is about much more than eating—it’s about connection, family, experience—but our busy lives make it easy to forget that.

It is no small part of a liberal education to show students the broad range of meaningful lives they might aspire to lead.