How to Protest the Major Parties Without Throwing Away Your Vote
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are counting on disaffected voters to stay home this election day. There's a better way to signal dissatisfaction. More »
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Conor Friedersdorf is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he focuses on politics and national affairs. He lives in Venice, California, and is the founding editor of The Best of Journalism, a newsletter devoted to exceptional nonfiction.
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are counting on disaffected voters to stay home this election day. There's a better way to signal dissatisfaction. More »
History shows that projecting a nation-state's trajectory nine decades into the future is folly. Our politicians better be preparing for anything as they pander. More »
The transgression occurred at the National Security Agency and involved illegal spying on Americans. The details? They're scandalously classified. More »
His new advertisement compares alcohol prohibition to the War on Drugs. Do enough Americans agree to give the issue resonance? More »
Comparing the story Anaheim police officers told about an unruly crowd to intense camera footage of their clash. More »
President Obama's rhetoric about the richest Americans is unfair to some and insufficiently harsh toward the subset he's most likely to know. More »
A suspect is in police custody, and officers are investigating whether there was a second shooter. After Columbine, police changed their protocol for responding to mass casualty attacks. More »
Intelligence and catastrophic policy positions are not mutually exclusive. The real question is whether he's wise enough to know better. More »
Sponsored by Reps. Ron Paul, Barney Frank, Dana Rohrabacher, and others, the bill would transform the drug war, but is unlikely to pass. More »
Secrets so shocking that his aversion to transparency would make perfect sense... More »
The media's go to source for kill figures is the New America Foundation. But its invaluable work is being cited in support of conclusions it doesn't support. More »
A federal investigation alleged Enrique Prado's involvement in seven murders, yet he was in charge when America outsourced covert killing to a private company. More »
The former president went on to explain that he felt a moral responsibility to fight AIDS in Africa. More »
They forsook the town club scene, commuted to the suburbs, summered in pink shorts, and made do with but one or two servants. More »
A leading conservative intellectual thoughtfully critiques Obama, but he's drowned out by the talker's egregious, laughable straw men. More »
Why is Lt. John Pike still on paid administrative leave eight months later? Excessive job protections negotiated by a public-employees union. More »
Media outlets send snippets of interviews to White House officials, who tweak them before publication or prohibit their use entirely. More »
His populist critique of free trade and outsourcing is a cynical pander. Just look at the economic leaders with whom he surrounds himself. More »
Vesting one man with the ability to initiate armed conflict is "the most oppressive of all kingly oppressions," he wrote. More »
Conventional wisdom holds that he'll press the Paul Ryan agenda. But the shape-shifting consultant would never stick with an unpopular strategy for long. More »
