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America’s Gerontocracy Needs a Public Physician
3+ week, 1+ day ago (71+ words) The Atlantic Congress should create an office of physicians that report to the public on American leaders’ medical fitness for duty. The OMA, in other words, would not have the authority to remove anyone from office; it would be empowered…...
Now Everyone Knows Natalie Harp
3+ week, 2+ day ago (154+ words) The West Wing’s explosive response to a fleeting jab didn’t kill the story. It enabled days of coverage. You are reading this story only because the White House didn’t want you to. It was a pithy and well-structured attack, but…...
The Trump Administration Wanted Her Expertise, Just Not Her
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1538+ words) An interview with the transgender CIA analyst fired from Trump’s White House...
People Are Underestimating America’s Groyper Problem
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (101+ words) Is anti-Semitism in American political discourse actually just a carefully cultivated deception? Over the weekend, Elon Musk’s X revealed the location of every account on the site, and the results... Read: Elon Musk’s worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors The upshot…...
Trump’s Trigger Warnings
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (134+ words) The Atlantic The president is ordering new signs outside the Smithsonian to warn Americans about history. Trump is directing Interior Secretary Doug Burgum in this new order because he cannot officially direct Hartig, and neither can he direct Smithsonian Secretary…...
The Top Gun: Maverick Theory of Pete Hegseth
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (272+ words) Like Tom Cruise in the movie, the defense secretary appears stuck in his past. At 46 years old, Pete Hegseth is considerably younger than Maverick. Yet since he became Pentagon chief 18 months ago, I’ve repeatedly heard from military officials that Hegseth…...
The Canoe Guy vs. Trump’s Blue Pool
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (111+ words) An Olympian accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool has become the latest emblem of possible prosecutorial overreach. If last year’s emblem of prosecutorial overreach was the Sandwich Guy, this year’s has become the Canoe Guy. Read: The capital is a…...
Trump Has Only Terrible Choices With Iran
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (218+ words) Some involve accepting Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz. The rest call for escalation. Unfortunately, the United States has precious few options left for breaking the deadlock over the strait. And those it does have are neither appealing nor…...
How the Smithsonian Could Fall
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (208+ words) A president cracking down on museums is unusual—but so are the museums. Emily Sexton, a lawyer who specializes in the arts, told me that the Smithsonian and entities such as the Kennedy Center, where she used to work, “were…...
What Biden Changed About American Foreign Policy
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (297+ words) The most recent Democratic administration focused on adapting American power to a dangerous new world. Progressives are calling that vision into question. His post followed a stream of stories and social-media commentary calling for many of the Biden administration’s senior…...