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Scott Stossel

Scott Stossel

Scott Stossel is the editor of The Atlantic magazine and the author of the award-winning Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver.
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<p icap="on"><img src="http://www.theatlantic.com/about/people/images/scottstossel.jpg" alt="Scott Stossel" width="140" align="right" border="0" height="190">Scott Stossel has been associated with the magazine since 1992 when, shortly after graduating from Harvard, he joined the staff and helped to launch <i>The Atlantic Online</i>. In 1996, he moved to <i>The American Prospect</i> where, over the course of seven years, he served as associate editor, executive editor, and culture editor. He rejoined the <i>Atlantic</i> staff in 2002.</p> <p>His articles have appeared in a wide array of publications, including <i>The New Yorker</i>, <i>The New Republic</i>, <i> The New York Times</i>, <i>The Washington Post</i>, and <i>The Boston Globe</i>. His 2004 book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1588341275/theatlanticmonthA/" target="outlink">Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver</a>, inspired <i>The Boston Globe</i> to write, "Scott Stossel's superb new biography is an extraordinary achievement," while <i>Publisher's Weekly</i> declared, "This is a superbly researched, immensely readable political biography."</p> <p>Within the <i>Atlantic</i> offices, Scott will be forever remembered as the managing editor who oversaw the magazine's 2005 move to Washington from Boston, where it had been based since its founding in 1857. Under Scott's supervision, the magazine shifted all of its operations from Boston's North End to the Watergate building, all the while producing issues that were later nominated for National Magazine Awards.</p> <p>Along with writing and editing, Scott has taught courses in the American Studies Department at Trinity College. He currently divides his time between Washington and Boston, where he lives with his family in Washington, D.C.</p>
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Issue July 2005

North Korea: The War Game

Magazine July 2005

Dealing with North Korea could make Iraq look like child's play—and the longer we wait, the harder it will get. That's the message of a Pentagon-style war game involving some of this country's most prominent foreign-policy strategists… More »

Issue May 2004

“Knifed”

Magazine May 2004

In 1968 the Kennedy family essentially blackballed a brother-in-law, Sargent Shriver, who was very close to being chosen as Hubert Humphrey's running mate. In doing so, they may have accidentally thrown the election to Richard Nixon… More »

As American as Women’s Soccer?

Magazine June 2001

Everything about the new professional women's soccer league is unorthodox—which is why it may succeed… More »

The Next Left

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Richard Rorty, the eminent philosopher and author of Achieving Our Country, argues that the American Left, if it is to recapture its relevance, must take pride in its past.… More »

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