Pursuits & Retreats

Word Fugitives

Marking exes' spots; living in excess. By Barbara Wallraff.

Food

Beyond the McIntosh

One man’s mission to save abandoned (and glorious) apples by helping people plant for the future. By Corby Kummer.

Content

Only Connect

The digital age demands that political candidates be authentic and accessible. But please—hold the carrots. By Michael Hirschorn.

Travels

Weni, Widi, Wiki

Our correspondent visits Seattle with only the hive mind of the Internet as his guide. By Wayne Curtis.

Featured Archive Content

Ira Glass

Quirked Around

The unbearable lightness of Ira Glass, Wes Anderson, and other paragons of indie sensibility. By Michael Hirschorn (September 2007)

The Truth About Dogs

"If we had roommates who behaved like this, we'd be calling a lawyer, or the police." (July 1999)

Caitlin Flanagan at the National Magazine Awards

Three of Flanagan's Atlantic pieces won the top prize for criticism at the recent National Magazine Awards ceremony. Seven others were nominated in previous years. A complete list.

Oh, Well

"Several thousand time capsules are ceremoniously squirreled away and forgotten for every one that successfully conveys its cargo into the hands of a future generation." A look at the surprisingly common phenomenon of forgetting about time capsules. (July 1987)

Throwing Like a Girl

James Fallows asks the age-old question, "Why, exactly, do so many women throw 'like a girl'?" (August 1996)

A Successful Bachelor

"More interest should be taken in bachelors. Their condition is really deplorable." A contributor lamented the role of the single man in a society of married couples. (June 1898)

Tree Surfing and Other Lofty Pleasures

A look at the strange new sport of climbing trees. (March 1998)

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Travels

Paradise Regained?

Kashmir tries to reclaim its once-celebrated tranquility. [Web only: Slideshow: "'Only Kashmir'"] By Joshua Hammer.

The Travel Advisory

Where to stay, where to eat, and what to do in Kashmir. By Joshua Hammer.

Word Court

Cut to the chase; dictionary dilemmas. By Barbara Wallraff.

Culture And Commerce

The Art of Healing

How better aesthetics in hospitals can make for happier—and healthier—patients [Web only: Slideshow: "Wellness by Design"] By Virginia Postrel.

Food

A Papaya Grows in Holyoke

A crime-plagued mill town in Massachusetts has discovered the roots of urban renewal. By Corby Kummer.

Word Fugitives

Baby making; turn off the phone! By Barbara Wallraff.

Travels

The Caudillo’s Cloister

Searching for tranquility in the monastery Franco built [Web only: Slideshow: "An Unquiet Grave"] By Francis X. Rocca.

Travels

The Caudillo’s Cloister

Searching for tranquility in the monastery Franco built [Web only: Slideshow: "An Unquiet Grave"] By Francis X. Rocca.

Food

Simple Pleasures

Three Tuscan recipes to welcome spring. By Corby Kummer.

Content

The Revolution Will Be Televised

TV can avoid the music industry’s fate and survive the digital age, but only by beating the Internet at its own game. By Michael Hirschorn.

Calendar

Playing for all the marbles; the color of money; a slushier Iditarod; China's torch song. By Matthew Quirk.

The Puzzler

Togetherness

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon.

Word Court

Rules of thump; settling the score. By Barbara Wallraff.

Culture And Commerce

Playing to Type

The practical (and tacky) fruits of a revolution in typeface design. [Web only: Video: "Fine Print"] By Virginia Postrel.

Travels

Munich’s Malibu

Surfing, schnitzel, and accordion tunes in Bavaria's landlocked capital [Web only: Slideshow: "Surfing in Munich"] By Michael Scott Moore.

The Atlantic Unbound

Sage, Ink

Better Than the Prius

By Sage Stossel.

Sage, Ink

Before Miley Cyrus

By Sage Stossel.

The Puzzler

Def Jam

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon.

Sage, Ink

Overdue

By Sage Stossel.

Sage, Ink

Homecoming

By Sage Stossel.

The Puzzler

Cryptic Crossword

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon.

Sage, Ink

After Eliot Spitzer...

By Sage Stossel.

Slideshow

The Celebrity Hunters

David Samuels interviews Brandy and François-Regis Navarre of X17, Hollywood's biggest paparazzi agency, about a selection of recent celebrity photographs taken by X17's photographers on the streets of Los Angeles. By David Samuels.

The Puzzler

Self-Explanatory

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon.

Sage, Ink

The Night Shift

By Sage Stossel.

Sage, Ink

Musharraf Moves On

By Sage Stossel.

The Puzzler

Crossers

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon.

Dispatch

'Roid Rage

What the professional sports world doesn't get about Washington. By Joshua Green.

Interviews

The All-American Kitchen

Steven Gdula, the author of The Warmest Room in the House, talks about home cooking, how we eat, and the evolution of the American kitchen. By Katie Bacon.