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Choking in the clutch; Hungarian xenophobes; booze and bedlam at the ball game

The Art of Healing

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

Marry Him!

The case for settling for Mr. Good Enough

Born Again

America’s evangelicals are growing more moderate—and more powerful.

Clogged Arteries

America’s aging and congested road, rail, and air networks are threatening its economic health.

After the Boom

Megan McArdle, Clive Crook, and Philip Longman debate the repercussions of looming Baby Boomer retirements

The American Idea

Our readers’ view

No Country for Young Men

What non-Boomers have to fear

First, Kill All the School Boards

A modest proposal to fix the schools

The Truth About Jena

Why the media got it wrong

Primary Sources

Dental windfalls; management secrets of the KKK; the radical engineer

There Goes the Neighborhood

In exurbs and fringe cities, the mortgage crisis is having a domino effect

Housebound

Why homeownership may be bad for America

Overdose

The health-care crisis no candidate is addressing? Too many doctors

The Future of the American Idea

As The Atlantic celebrates its 150th anniversary, scholars, novelists, politicians, artists, and others look ahead to the future of the American idea

The Autumn of the Multitaskers

Neuroscience is confirming what we all suspect: Multitasking is dumbing us down and driving us crazy. One man’s odyssey through the nightmare of infinite connectivity

I Sing of Fizzy Fluid Retention

The decline of spinsters? Smoke-free living? Drawing on a vast new statistical compendium, our commentator unearths, examines, and extrapolates the hidden challenges to America.

In Twain’s Wake

Mint juleps and Magic Fingers on the Mississippi [Web only: Video: Mississippi Melodies]

Everybody Loves Reinhold

Paul Elie, author of "A Man for All Reasons," discusses the contested legacy of Reinhold Niebuhr, whose mantle everyone, regardless of political orientation, wants to wear

Philanthropy

Articles by Jane Addams, George Soros, and others on the art of giving.

Ideas and Consequences

Dispatches from the Aspen Ideas Festival

Primary Sources

The pirate polity; AK-47 alert; points for posture; the religiosity gender gap

Primary Sources

Blinded by zeros; prostitutes and their johns; a user's guide to nuclear devastation

Primary Sources

The great bison massacre; the lies kids tell; What, me narcissistic?

Crises of Faith

America is becoming more secular; Europe is becoming more religious. Both trends could mean trouble.

Video

Miami: The Next Big Start-Up City?

How the city became a center for innovation

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A Brief History of Romantic Comedies

From The Atlantic's Chris Orr

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Life in 'the New Arctic'

A moving portrait of a fading landscape

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The Rise of New York City

A fascinating look at Manhattan in the 1940s

Video

What Is Methane Hydrate?

"Flaming ice" is a vast natural energy source

Video

NASA's Time-Lapse of the Sun

Now with epic dubstep music

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Shaken Not Tuned: Cocktail Experiments

Can a tuning fork improve a cocktail?

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Is He Cheating? A 1950s Guide

'That little blonde secretary from the office?’

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New Yorkers: Vintage Vacuum-Tube Amps

Risking electric shock to restore old amplifiers

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The DIY Piano-Bicycle

Everybody needs a hobby

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