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February 21, 2017
February 15, 2017
Read more from David Frum in the March 2017 cover story, “How to Build an Autocracy”
February 14, 2017
Like the Obamas, many of Trump’s critics have become rather skilled at speaking about him without ever saying his name. Read Elizabeth Limback on not saying his name.
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February 7, 2017
Donald Trump’s global friends, frenemies, and enemies: a cheat sheet.
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February 3, 2017
What will happen to undocumented doctors under President Trump? Watch The Atlantic’s video here.
February 3, 2017
Welcome to Putin’s world. From the March 2017 issue, read Frankin Foer’s story on how the Russian president became the ideological hero of nationalists everywhere.
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February 2, 2017
Read David Frum’s cover story from the March 2017 issue. In a cautionary report, Frum lays out how the preconditions already exist in the U.S. for a leader like Donald Trump to lead the country down a path toward illiberalism.
January 19, 2017
“Addiction memoirs tend to be stories of recovery, of battling demons and emerging stronger on the other side. But nicotine is different, and so is Nicotine,” Sophie Gilbert writes. “It’s a truth universally repeated that as a drug, nicotine is more addictive than heroin or cocaine, but it’s considerably less mind-altering.” For more on the addictive (and transcendent) properties of cigarettes, read Gilbert’s review On Writing, Smoking, and the Habit of Transcendence
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January 17, 2017
The president-elect’s choice of a long-time business partner to oversee his infrastructure program sets a dangerous precedent. For an extensive guide to Trump’s conflicts of interest, read our guide: Trump’s Interests vs. America’s.
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November 22, 2016
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