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'There is no statistical record of any other period in U.S. history when people have spent more time on their own,' Derek Thompson writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
You can now find a staggering range of products claiming to support digestive health, including cookies, soda, and chocolate. But 'probiotic' chocolate is still chocolate, writes Yasmin Tayag. theatlantic.com/health/archive…
'The very notions that reasonable people can disagree on important matters, that one’s point of view reflects individual thought rather than identity or tribe,and that physical intimidation has no place in civilized politics are all at risk.'-Eliot A Cohen
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Why is the Venezuelan government making a saint out of a dead rapper who so publicly criticized it?
My latest for The Atlantic:
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'We are taught that discussing the weather is the epitome of meaningless drivel and the mark of a poor conversationalist,' Gilad Edelman writes. 'But this stigma is based on a simple analytical error.' theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Online retailers have spent years refining their systems to get you to press the “Buy” button as swiftly as possible. It would probably be better for everyone if we reintroduced some friction into the process, writes Amanda Mull. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…
The mismatch between school and workday, a relic of a bygone era and outdated family norms, has left parents and school districts scrambling to find a solution, Kara Voght wrote in 2018: theatln.tc/66XxzwZ3
Is Venezuela fixed? No, it's just preoccupied. Gisela Salim-Peyer reports on a rapper, a true-crime story, and the politics of distraction: theatlantic.com/international/…
Do airlines allow more carry-on bags than could ever fit inside their overhead compartments? Ian Bogost investigates a national crisis of overstuffed luggage bins. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…
We were warned. My latest in The Atlantic CSIS Johns Hopkins SAIS. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Living well is the best revenge, they say. But in the age of social media, an even better revenge is publicizing how well we’re living, Isle McElroy writes.
Enter the post-breakup 'thrive post': theatlantic.com/family/archive…
Jennifer Lopez's wacky new musical film is the star's latest attempt to be taken seriously, Spencer Kornhaber writes. Can it work? theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…
Texas’s social-media law is dangerous. Striking it down in the name of corporate free speech could be even worse, Zephyr Teachout argues: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
'At the root of the West’s troubles, Solzhenitsyn believed, was the view that man is the measure of all things ... that evil is not embedded in human nature, and that the ultimate purpose of life is happiness,' writes Eliot A Cohen: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
'We are taught that discussing the weather is the epitome of meaningless drivel and the mark of a poor conversationalist,' Gilad Edelman writes. 'But this stigma is based on a simple analytical error.' theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…