atlantic wire: heather horn

4 Reasons to Stay Calm About the Debt

U.S. can handle flood of red ink

politics: marc ambinder

The Politics of Skin Color

In a study, people who say Obama shares their values chose a lightened photo of him as most accurate

business: megan mcardle

Our Incoherent Senate

The talking points on health care are so screwed up they’re almost funny

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article photo history December 2009

How Einstein Split America’s Jews

By Walter Isaacson

The physicist’s first U.S. trip put him at the center of contentious debates over Zionism READ MORE

FOR THE RECORD

Currently between homes (my earthly belongings reside in a 10-by-10-foot windowless U-Haul storage unit whilst I alternately house-sit, pool-sit, and cat-sit), I furtively park at the curb of my former home for an extra few minutes after dropping my kids off and, with my laptop, I steal wireless.       

Sandra Tsing Loh

From “On Being a Bad Mother”, December 2009

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How Hip-Hop Made Me Into a Writer

My first lessons on how to be powerful and concise with words came from music (mrhayata/flickr) READ MORE

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Can Militias Save Afghanistan?

Beating the Taliban with indigenous forces could also destabilize the country (jayanth vincent/flickr) READ MORE

correspondents: christina davidson 23 november 2009 article photo

After the Store Goes Empty

A Vermont city keeps shuttered buildings open by letting artists move in (Christina Davidson) READ MORE

business: derek thompson 23 november 2009 article photo

Is ‘Sold Out’ a Scam?

Barnes & Noble’s e-reader is already out of stock, but that doesn’t mean it is popular (Courtesy of Barnes & Noble) READ MORE

voices: ta-nehisi coates 23 november 2009 article photo

No Escape From the War on Terror

The fall of White House counsel Greg Craig shows national security policy hasn’t changed enough (Pool/Getty Images) READ MORE

atlantic wire: carl franzen 23 november 2009 article photo

Twitter Grows Up

Six changes to the microblogging site that will make the company money (keiyac/flickr) READ MORE

food: Lisa M. Hamilton 23 november 2009 article photo

Slideshow: Back to the Turkey Farm

A 4-H club tries to raise poultry outside of mass-production factories (Lisa M. Hamilton) READ MORE

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Don’t Cheer Yet, Dems

Why passing a health care bill is going to get even harder now (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) READ MORE

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The Fall of Mexico

A report from the front lines of a civil war that began as a drug fight (Julian Cardona) READ MORE

 
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