The Seinfeld Principle of COVID Fiction
“We’re living in a society!” the Seinfeld character George Costanza sputters when strangers wrong him. It’s a justly famous line....
Trump Is Kicking the Economy While It’s Down
Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts For the past year or so, economists...
Israel Is Missing Its Big Chance in Lebanon
Suddenly, Israel has a remarkable opportunity for a diplomatic breakthrough in Lebanon. You’d be forgiven for not knowing about this,...
Trump Is Betraying Iran’s Pro-Democracy Protesters
In January, Donald Trump uttered the most idealistic words of his presidency. As protesters filled Iran’s streets, he told them,...
The Lesson of Tulsi Gabbard’s Flip-Flop
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day,...
The Iran War’s Next Threat Is to Food and Water
Rulers of the nations along the Arabian Peninsula bet decades ago that they could use oil sales to build thriving...
Who’s In Charge of Vaccines Now?
On Monday, a federal judge issued a preliminary ruling with a harsh reprimand for the Trump administration: You’ve done this...
Why Does Cory Booker Think This Time Will Be Different?
Read more about the Democrats who might run for president in 2028 here. A touch of annoyance flashes across Cory...
The Same War, on a Loop
In Israel these days, unless your apartment has a blast-resistant room, it’s best to go to bed in something that...
Trump May Not Be Able to End This War
President Trump appears to careen between two opposing visions for victory in Iran: He has demanded Tehran’s “unconditional surrender” and...
How ‘America First’ Became ‘America Alone’
After a decade of trashing American allies as freeloaders, President Trump is begging for their help in opening the Strait...
The Horseshoe Theory of Polyamory
Lindy West’s new memoir, Adult Braces, ends with a portrait of unconventional domestic bliss. She has moved to a cabin...
The Dangerous Logic of the Joe Kent Letter
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day,...
The First Big Administration Defection Over Iran
Joe Kent, the U.S. government’s top counterterrorism official and a self-identified “America First” Republican, is not the only Donald Trump...
Who Will Apologize for D.C.’s Tornado Bust?
Tornadoes did not hit the nation’s capital on Monday, and many meteorologists on the internet are extremely sorry. “What a...
