Andrew Ferguson
Andrew Ferguson is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of Fools’ Names, Fools’ Faces; Land of Lincoln; and Crazy U: One Dad’s Crash Course on Getting His Kid into College.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Tyranny of the 70-Somethings
The Democratic Party’s gerontocracy is holding back the political causes it claims to want to advance.
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Marty Lederhandler / AP The Tragedy of Edmund Morris
The biographer went looking for the inner life of Ronald Reagan. He didn’t find it.
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Jeenah Moon / Reuters Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Self-Limiting Revolution
Knock Down the House set out to show an inspiring political movement—but instead revealed its boundaries.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Abraham Lincoln’s $6 Million Hat
It’s a relic of a beloved president. But did he ever wear it?
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters A Republic Too Fractured to Be Funny
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner suggests that stand-up joke telling is an art form whose moment has passed.
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M. Dykstra / Shutterstock / The Atlantic There’s No Substitute for Print
Some joys can’t be digitized.
