Ideas Rising inventory is one of several signs that we may have reached peak ludicrousness. May 28, 2021 Derek Thompson Staff writer at The Atlantic The Atlantic / Getty H ow wild is the U.S. housing
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As I believe I have said before, I spent the month of February 2020 intensely focused on covering the seemingly imminent victory of Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Party's presidential primary. I ded
During the final weeks of the Trump Administration, a senior official on the National Security Council sat at his desk in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, across from the West Wing, on the Wh
Photos of at least 80 female students at a Florida school had been digitally edited. The school superintendent said there was no "intent to embarrass or shame" them for the clothes they wore. Riley O'
For a century, the automobile was a system of interoperating mechanics: engine, transmission, drive shaft, brakes, etc. As those mechanics evolved, electronic sensors and processors were brought in to
This week, we're sharing stories from Nathan Thrall, H. Claire Brown, Alexander Chee, Jean Garnett, and Erica Lenti. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. 1. A Day in the Life
Health The pandemic's mental wounds are still wide open. Ed Yong May 20, 2021 Getty / The Atlantic This time last year, the United States seemed stuck on a COVID-19 plateau. Although 1,300 Americans w
The return of vibrant hardware color options to the iMac lineup immediately brings to mind the G3 iMacs that Apple sold from 1998 to 2003. 20 years is a long time, but I'll go back further, to the ori
May 2021 Most people think of nerds as quiet, diffident people. In ordinarysocial situations they are — as quiet and diffident as the starquarterback would be if he found himself in the middle of a ph
For the last decade, Richard Montañez has been telling the story of how he invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos. The world has been eating it up. It goes like this: He was working as a janitor at Frito-Lay's
Created as a cryptocurrency parody in 2013, Dogecoin languished for years. Then, in 2021, it went absolutely wild. What have its holders learned? The price of Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency created in 201
The problem with reality is that it is very irritating. In our imaginations, we might dream of a satellite internet system that delivers lightning-fast broadband speeds from space, freeing us from the
John Mulaney hosting SNL in 2020, just before he returned to rehab. Photo: Kyle Dubiel/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images John Mulaney walked onto the stage at City Winery in New York wearing a long
In the mythology of private banking, Banque Pictet & Cie SA stands apart. Over the course of more than two centuries, the Swiss institution has discreetly tended to the assets of the very rich, led by
Paul Spella This article was published online on May 10, 2021. M ost of the people who come to Blandford Cemetery, in Petersburg, Virginia, come for the windows—masterpieces of Tiffany glass in the ce
Doug Mastriano, a Republican state senator from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and parts of neighboring counties, was a little-known figure in state politics before the coronavirus pandemic. But, in the pa
The operator, Colonial Pipeline, said it had halted systems for its 5,500 miles of pipeline after being hit by a ransomware attack. A Colonial Pipeline facility in Pelham, Ala. The company said it had
exclusive Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos via Getty Melinda Gates met with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein alongside her husband, Bill, in New York City and soon after said she w
May 2021 There's one kind of opinion I'd be very afraid to express publicly.If someone I knew to be both a domain expert and a reasonable personproposed an idea that sounded preposterous, I'd be very
"Raise your hand if you think you've had a harder week than I've had." It was Feb. 14, 2019, in the early afternoon, and for perhaps the first time in the 25-year history of Amazon.com Inc. , Jeff Bez
I. At 8AM PT on Friday, a bleary-eyed Basecamp CEO Jason Fried gathered his remote workforce together on Zoom to apologize. Four days earlier, he had thrown the company into turmoil by announcing that
Ideas Feelings about the vaccine are intertwined with feelings about the pandemic. May 3, 2021 Derek Thompson Staff writer at The Atlantic Adam Maida / The Atlantic Updated at 10:07 a.m. ET on May 4,
It's been nearly twenty years since the reclusive, mysterious, almost mythical comedy writer John Swartzwelder left "The Simpsons," and yet, to this day, one of the biggest compliments a "Simpsons" wr
Maureen Dowd The Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden Show May 1, 2021 Credit... Office of Senator Joseph Biden, via Associated Press By Ms. Dowd is an Opinion Columnist WASHINGTON — Joe Biden has respect for h
