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Thomas McGuane Is the Last of His Kind
What will we lose when we lose the “literary outdoorsman”?
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Radio Atlantic
Each week, a new idea. Hosted by Hanna Rosin.
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No Politics Is Local
State and city elections are now heavily intertwined with what happens in Washington.
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
What’s a Scandal When Everything Is Outrageous
Trump’s ballroom blitz is blatantly corrupt. The fact that no one seems to care shows just how low the standards of behavior have fallen in Washington.
The Solution to the Third-Term Threat
Republican leaders need to speak up now, loudly and clearly, against any schemes to put Donald Trump back into the White House yet again.
The Stubborn Myth of the Literary Genius
What two new books on the English Renaissance reveal about the appeal of speculative history
The Lonely New Vices of American Life
Booze is down and weed is up, and that’s doing something to us as a country.
The High-Stakes SNL Sketch About … Domestic Chores
The show pitched the next big true-crime hit: what happens when men are left to fend for themselves.
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Jon Lovette / Getty When Helicopter Parents Touch Down—At College
Hovering moms and dads are following their kids all the way to campus.
Illustration by The Atlantic White House Architecture Was an Honor System. Trump Noticed.
For 125 years, informal norms constrained what a president could do to one of the nation’s most famous landmarks.
Mark Peterson / Redux The Firewall Against Nick Fuentes Is Crumbling
The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Diana Walker / Getty. Why a Reagan Ad Provoked Trump
Canada’s anti-tariff ad was an incursion in the trade war, but there’s another reason it may have bothered Trump.
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Illustration by Anna Ruch / The Atlantic. Sources: Hulton Archive / Print Collector / Bettmann / Getty. The Stubborn Myth of the Literary Genius
What two new books on the English Renaissance reveal about the appeal of speculative history
Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic The Lonely New Vices of American Life
Booze is down and weed is up, and that’s doing something to us as a country.
Illustration by Ben Kothe* The Best Postseason in Baseball History?
This year’s playoffs and World Series showed that the game can still deliver the unexpected.
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic. Source: Hiroko Masuike / The New York Times / Bloomberg / Getty. Mamdani Has a Point About Rent Control
In an interview, the candidate argued that the policy is essential to get voters on board with pro-housing reforms.
