The Atlantic Gift Guide
The Atlantic has chosen 65 gifts for bringing more merriment, adventure, and wonder to the ones you love.
My Home Is a Horror of Unfinished Tasks
Why can’t I get anything done?
The AI War Was Never Just About AI
Tech giants such as Google and Meta need something more than compelling chatbots to win.
Taylor Swift Is a Perfect Example of How Publishing Is Changing
Swift is a symptom, not a cause, of the weakening bonds between celebrities and publishing houses.
Donald Trump Gets Away With It
Jack Smith is dropping the charges against the president-elect for his assault on the fundamentals of American democracy.
Understanding Desire in the Age of Ozempic
Many people who take GLP-1 drugs find that their cravings disappear. I went to a Buddhist monastery to try to understand why that doesn’t feel like enlightenment.
What Kind of Man Was Anthony Bourdain?
He was so damaged, and yet he showed us so much of the world.
All Airlines Are Now the Same
Southwest’s open-seating policy will be sorely missed.
The Age of Social Media Is Ending
It never should have begun.
Put Down the Vacuum
Americans need to get off the tidiness treadmill.
Three Ways to Become a Deeper Thinker
You don’t have to become a Buddhist monk to realize the value of contemplating hard questions without clear answers.
The Trump Marathon
If Americans want to hold Trump accountable in a second term, they must keep their heads when he uses chaos as a strategy.
A Ridiculous, Perfect Way to Make Friends
Group fitness classes aren’t just about exercise.
Is Wokeness One Big Power Grab?
Behind much social-justice discourse is a self-interested struggle for power.
The Sense That Most Defines a Culture
Yáng Shuāng-zǐ’s Taiwan Travelogue shows how colonization shapes a country’s culinary landscape.
Trump’s Most Misunderstood Policy Proposal
Economists aren’t telling the whole truth about tariffs.
The Supreme Court Has Itself to Blame for Texas Defying Its Orders
Greg Abbott is taking a stand to protect his state’s right to let children die in the Rio Grande, and four justices of the Supreme Court are encouraging him to do so.
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
Tulsi Gabbard’s Nomination Is a National-Security Risk
The Senate can stop her.
A Good Country’s Bad Choice
And what I got wrong about the 2024 election
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