Conor Friedersdorf

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.

The Rise of the Chicken Little Conservatives

The Rise of the Chicken Little Conservatives

The economy is bad. They're rioting in London. Terrorists want to kill us. But that doesn't mean the sky is falling. More »

Watch Stephen Colbert's Campaign Message to Iowans

Watch Stephen Colbert's Campaign Message to Iowans

The political satirist urges Iowans to write-in "Rick Parry" during the Ames Straw Poll More »

What America Looks Like: Aboard A Coast Guard Cutter

What America Looks Like: Aboard A Coast Guard Cutter

The United States as seen by its residents More »

The Least Pivotal Time in American History

The Least Pivotal Time in American History

A strong case can be made that we've been living through it More »

Let Teachers and Students Be Facebook Friends

Let Teachers and Students Be Facebook Friends

A new Missouri law prohibits certain online relationships in a bid to stop child predators. But wouldn't pedophiles on social networking sites be most likely to get caught? More »

Portraits of Rick Perry, Muse of the Political Press

Portraits of Rick Perry, Muse of the Political Press

In states red and blue, the governor of Texas is unsurpassed at inspiring ink-stained wretches to churn out their most purple prose More »

What America Looks Like: The Streets of Portland NE

What America Looks Like: The Streets of Portland NE

The United States as seen by its residents More »

The Economy Shouldn't Decide Election 2012

The Economy Shouldn't Decide Election 2012

Presidents have more power over foreign policy and civil liberties matters than the economy. To ignore that is morally bankrupt. More »

Gov. Christie's Righteous Defense of a Muslim Judge

Gov. Christie's Righteous Defense of a Muslim Judge

His remarks to reporters are a clinic in how to push back against Islamophobic scaremongers More »

Fox News Employees Acknowledge Their Sarah Palin Problem

Fox News Employees Acknowledge Their Sarah Palin Problem

Most news organizations show extra deference to colleagues, but few employ so many prominent subjects of coverage More »

The Thorny Issue of Illegal Immigration and the Rule of Law

The Thorny Issue of Illegal Immigration and the Rule of Law

The case for exempting certain kinds of illegal immigrants from being deported More »

Gov. Perry Sets Forth His Criteria for Federalizing an Issue

Gov. Perry Sets Forth His Criteria for Federalizing an Issue

He says he'll go against the states if something is "important," part of "the fabric of our nation" or essential to "the soul of this country" More »

George Will Flirts With Denim Clad Libertarians

George Will Flirts With Denim Clad Libertarians

"Government and the sectors it dominates have made themselves ludicrous," he writes. But can he pursuade anyone? More »

What America Looks Like: Peaks Island, Maine

What America Looks Like: Peaks Island, Maine

The United States as seen by its residents More »

Security Risks May Change Airbnb, But Won't Destroy It

Security Risks May Change Airbnb, But Won't Destroy It

In the future, the shared economy will rely less on trusting complete strangers and more on extended social networks and digital trails More »

A Fascinating Look at the Political Views of Muslim Americans

A Fascinating Look at the Political Views of Muslim Americans

A new Gallup survey shows that they are more likely to object to the targeting and killing of civilians than Christians or Jews More »

Can Independent Voters Fix Our Broken Political System?

Can Independent Voters Fix Our Broken Political System?

Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie argue yes in their new book, The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America. More »

Gov. Perry Favors a Constitutional Amendment on Abortion

Gov. Perry Favors a Constitutional Amendment on Abortion

First gay marriage. Now this. The former champion of local control is reversing himself on issue after issue. More »

Why Defense Cuts Are Nothing to Fear

Why Defense Cuts Are Nothing to Fear

Recent budget trends and the behavior of other countries suggests we're giving the Pentagon too much money More »

The Legislation That Could Kill Internet Privacy for Good

The Legislation That Could Kill Internet Privacy for Good

An overzealous bill that claims to be about stopping child pornography turns every Web user into a person to monitor More »

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Finland in World War II

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