Pursuits & Retreats

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Transparency

By Istvan Banyai.

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Migration

By Erika Larsen.

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Man's Fate

By Stephen Doyle.

Music

Management Secrets of the Grateful Dead

Why business professors, ethnomusicologists, sociologists, and (of all things) management theorists are suddenly taking the Grateful Dead very seriously. By Joshua Green.

Sport

The Boys from Brazil

Why American rodeos are taking on a Latin flair. By Bill Donahue.

The Great Grocery Smackdown

Will Walmart, not Whole Foods, save the small farm and make America healthy? By Corby Kummer.

Advice

What’s Your Problem?

Don't praise tyrants at dinner, and other advice. By Jeffrey Goldberg.

Featured Archive Content

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Flashbacks: Elvis One More Time

In the years since his death, two Atlantic contributors have looked back at Elvis and his music, offering insight into who he was, and what Americans saw in him.

The Call of the Slopes

Atlantic articles from the '30s through the '50s comment on the development and appeal of skiing as a sport

Chimpanzee Trouble

In the days when he would make himself a nightcap and sit down to watch TV with his keepers, a chimpanzee named Oliver was hailed as the missing link. Today he lives alone. By James Shreeve (October 2003)

How to Beat a Drug Test

As drug tests have become more sophisticated over the years, entrepreneurs have developed increasingly inventive ways of beating them. (May 2005)

Laws Concerning Food and Drink; Household Principles; Lamentations of the Father

lamentations"Of the beasts of the field, and of the fishes of the sea, and of all foods that are acceptable in my sight you may eat, but not in the living room. Of the hoofed animals, broiled or ground into burgers, you may eat, but not in the living room. ... (February 1997)

The Lonely Passion

A Sex and the City writer looks for love. By Caitlin Flanagan (December 2003)

An Atlantic Scandal

A tale of one of the most notorious journalistic forgeries of the twentieth century.

What Happened to the Girl Scouts?

A look at the surprisingly incendiary politics of the Girl Scout Handbook. By Ben H. Bagdikian (May 1955)

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Digital Artiste

By Marcellus Hall.

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Crossroads

By Michael Bierut.

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Confusion

By Gary Taxali.

Profile

The Listener

George Noory, America’s most popular late- night radio host, chronicles our national anxieties, from Vampires and shadow people to the Bilderbergs. By Timothy Lavin.

Travel

Paris Under Glass

Exploring the city’s historic, and seductive, shopping arcades. By Lynn Yaeger.

Technology

The DIY Chip

New sensor tech is democratizing art and invention. By William Gurstelle.

Bugs

Beetle Mania

A scientist, a pool hustler, and an avant-garde composer fight a fearsome insect invasion. By Jim Giles.

Bugs

Beetle Mania

A scientist, a pool hustler, and an avant-garde composer fight a fearsome insect invasion. By Jim Giles.

Drink

Supersized Cocktails

The drinking man’s case for smaller servings. By Wayne Curtis.

Moving Pictures

The Clock is Ticking for Jack Bauer

Fox’s 24 is exquisite nonsense. But can its limerick logic survive in the post-Cheney era? By James Parker.

Advice

What’s Your Problem?

Postmortem email, and other advice. By Jeffrey Goldberg.

Borders

The Tijuana of the Caspian

At the border between Azerbaijan and Iran, everything’s for sale: sex, booze, tattoos—and maybe some revolutionary fervor. By Peter Savodnik.

Animal Husbandry

The Great Guinea Hen Massacre

Good intentions collide with dumb birds on a small farm in Pennsylvania. By Mark Bowden.

Travel

A Winter’s Tale

Squaw Valley celebrates its Olympics, 50 years later. By Eddy Ancinas.

Moving Pictures

Double-X Films

Not just chick flicks, the movies of Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers defy categorization and provide a sentimental education for everyone. By James Parker.

 

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Dispatch

Dante Alighieri: Epic Poet, Ass Kicker

Will the new video-game version of Dante's Inferno prove the perfect model for introducing readers to difficult classics? By Benjamin Poppper.

Sidebar

A Brief Guide to Dead Scholarship

The author's brief guide to Grateful Dead scholarship.

Sage, Ink

Time Out: Washington

By Sage Stossel.

Dispatch

Pro-Life Takes on Pop Culture

What the Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad says about the state of the abortion debate—and what it doesn’t. By Latoya Peterson.

Dispatch

When Autism Stars

HBO's new Temple Grandin biopic breaks the Rain Man mold—finally demonstrating that an autistic lead character doesn't have to be a mere collection of tics. By Alyssa Rosenberg.

Dispatch

New Sound, Old Strategy

The band Salem plays a 21st-century blend of rap, techno, rock, and metal. But don’t look for their music on iTunes—they release only albums on vinyl. By Jacob Brown.

Dispatch

Jersey Shore Joins the Canon

From Pride and Prejudice to Archie to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Jersey Shore is following in a longstanding artistic tradition of humiliation and bad decisions at the beach. By Alyssa Rosenberg.

Sage, Ink

On the Ground in Boston

By Sage Stossel.

Dispatch

Making Sense of the Golden Globes

Movie producer Lynda Obst reports on this year's A-list Golden Globe parties, and offers the inside track on what the main event's latest trends portend for the future of the industry. By Lynda Obst.

Dispatch

Can Sports Bring World Peace?

Last week's deadly attack on Togo's soccer team is just the latest evidence that—heartwarming Olympic stories and movies like Invictus aside—athletics are no panacea. By Adam Hofstetter.

Dispatch

Coaches Gone Wild

The BCS football championship game is this week. But all the action is off the field. By Gary Andrew Poole.

Slideshow

Gulliver's Cocktails

Wayne Curtis narrates images of gargantuan and Lilliputian beverages.

Sage, Ink

Security Check

By Sage Stossel.

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A Capitol Christmas...

By Sage Stossel.