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Choking in the clutch; Hungarian xenophobes; booze and bedlam at the ball game
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Choking in the clutch; Hungarian xenophobes; booze and bedlam at the ball game
How better aesthetics in hospitals can make for happier—and healthier—patients [Web only: Slideshow: "Wellness by Design"]
The case for settling for Mr. Good Enough
America’s evangelicals are growing more moderate—and more powerful.
America’s aging and congested road, rail, and air networks are threatening its economic health.
Megan McArdle, Clive Crook, and Philip Longman debate the repercussions of looming Baby Boomer retirements
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What non-Boomers have to fear
A modest proposal to fix the schools
Why the media got it wrong
Dental windfalls; management secrets of the KKK; the radical engineer
In exurbs and fringe cities, the mortgage crisis is having a domino effect
Why homeownership may be bad for America
The health-care crisis no candidate is addressing? Too many doctors
As The Atlantic celebrates its 150th anniversary, scholars, novelists, politicians, artists, and others look ahead to the future of the American idea
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
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.
Mint juleps and Magic Fingers on the Mississippi [Web only: Video: Mississippi Melodies]
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
Articles by Jane Addams, George Soros, and others on the art of giving.
Dispatches from the Aspen Ideas Festival
The pirate polity; AK-47 alert; points for posture; the religiosity gender gap
Blinded by zeros; prostitutes and their johns; a user's guide to nuclear devastation
The great bison massacre; the lies kids tell; What, me narcissistic?
America is becoming more secular; Europe is becoming more religious. Both trends could mean trouble.
Astronauts Snag Dramatic Photographs of Alaska's Erupting Volcano
Is Reporting on State Secrets Like Stealing Justin Bieber's Diary?
These Artists Are Mapping the Earth ... With Facial Recognition Software
Just 27% of BA's Have Jobs Related to Their Major? Don't Believe the Fed's New Stat
Time's Up: Colorado's Governor Needs to Pick a Death-Penalty Position
Daft Punk's Random Access Memories Is a Lovely Sounding Retirement Record
If a Senate Candidate Chops a Watermelon with an Ax in the Woods, Does It Make a Sound?
This Is the Biggest Mistake 60-Year Old Men Make About the Economy
The Amazing David Beckham Goal That Sent England to the 2002 World Cup
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