The Atlantic’s crossword puzzle gets a little more challenging every day, with the biggest puzzle on Sunday.
Too many Americans are blithely dismissing threats that could prove cataclysmic.
Mitt RomneyHundreds of thousands of deaths, from either tobacco or the pandemic, could be prevented with a single behavioral change.
Benjamin MazerNewer, better UV-blocking agents have been in use in other countries for years. Why can’t we have them here?
Amanda MullThe seductions of Top Gun, a movie about a bunch of killing machines vrooming around
Caitlin FlanaganThe U.S. seems to suffer from chronic Nothing Works Syndrome.
Derek ThompsonThe great “convergence” of the mid-20th century may have been an anomaly.
Ronald BrownsteinThe great paradox in the world today is that the “dumb simplicity” of America’s self-perception is both obviously bogus and fundamentally true.
Tom McTagueThe deep-blue city seems to have grown weary of the more radical elements of the new racial-justice movement.
Gary KamiyaSongs like “Running Up That Hill” stay in rotation not because of nostalgia but because they’re timeless.
Spencer Kornhaber