The 1619 Project: Historians v Historians With Strongly Worded Letter
Over at The Atlantic, Adam Serwer wades into the debate, and pushback, regarding The New York Times Magazine’s “1619 Project” issue. What say you?
Tagged: The Atlantic
The Myth of a Man
In Linky Friday #29, Will highlights a recent column in The Atlantic by Hugo Scwhyzer that asked, “What If Men Stopped Chasing Much-Younger Women?” His argument, that the Old Man/Young Woman relationship dynamic intrinsically harms...
Snowden is an Idiot and Possibly a Traitor
Time permitting, I’ll try to comment on Charlie Rose’s interview with President Obama. Meanwhile, here’s a post up at The Atlantic by Matt Schiavenza. Both what he has to say, and the comment section below...
Everything Amitai Etzioni Gets Wrong about Liberals, Libertarians, and Drones
There I was, enjoying some left-over pasta and a diet Canadian Dry on my lunch break. “Time to read something,” I thought. So I browsed my favorites tab in search of something meaty to...
Noah Smith Trolls Working Class
Noah Smith has a plan for closing the “wealth gap.” The solution? Thrift!
“The biz ain’t what it used to be.”
(The above is a screenshot of the Atlantic’s homepage taken March 10th around 11:30PM. A recap of SNL skits sits next to an article about nuclear war and above a photo series depiciting international...
Are Rubio and Ryan Serious About Inequality?
David Graham of The Atlantic has a good piece wondering whether we should take seriously the recent murmurs of GOP rebranding emanating from the Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio camps. The basis for the speculation is a Politico...
Yes, Killing Innocent People Is Kind of Frowned Upon, But What’s the Alternative?
I picked on the Atlantic yesterday for publishing some hack promotionalism by Scott Gerber. Today, in passing, I just want to draw attention to another bizarre editorial choice by that outlet. See to my...
I’m Guest Blogging at The Atlantic
I’m guest-blogging for Megan McArdle at The Atlantic for the next two weeks. Worth noting: Erik gave Tony Comstock a guest spot last year, and shortly thereafter James Fallows asked him to to guest-blog....
The Meaning Of Santorum
The Atlantic‘s David A. Graham thinks there are three major ways in which the now-suspended Santorum campaign diminished Mitt Romney’s chances of besting the President: 1. He has pulled Romney to the right on key...
Forget Citizens United, the real corporate money is Big Media and the revolving door
That’s the basic premise of my latest piece in The Atlantic: In a 5-4 decision in January of 2010, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional campaign finance regulations which restricted corporations and unions from using...
My first piece in ‘The Atlantic’
Hey everyone…big shameless self-promotion for yours truly. I’ve published my first-ever piece in The Atlantic. It’s about fantasy literature and film. I ask whether we’re in a ‘fantasy bubble’. Take a gander, if you’re...
Otters, dogs, & liberaltarians
For those of you who haven’t been paying attention, Megan McArdle and Peter Suderman are off to get hitched. Congratulations to them both! The good news doesn’t end there, however. Guest-blogging at McArdle’s digs...
On Blogging
Reading both Andrew’s comments on the Atlantic’s site re-design and Ta-Nehisi Coates, I am reminded again of the importance of creating something personal with new media, that blogging is not journalism exactly, and that...
Overcompensation or necessary correction?
Megan McArdle has a fascinating article on anti-debt evangelist David Ramsey, whose advice on personal finance sounds pretty darn sensible.
“The Nine Nations of China”
Here’s a fascinating breakdown of China’s ethnic and cultural divisions.
Mad Men
This excellent Atlantic article on the show echoes a few criticisms first aired in an equally excellent Culture11 review last year. Unfortunately, the original article is lost to the Internets, but I found a...
I hear tweet tracking is a growth industry
Memo to The Atlantic: I am totally available if you need more people to transcribe twitter feuds.
Selling Out
The Atlantic is a great mag, and I know they’ve got to make money somehow, but the optics of this corporate-underwritten “First Draft of History” event really bug me. Does anyone else feel me...
