The Atlanticflipped into CultureTaylor Swift Taylor Swift Could Use an Editor verified_publisherThe Atlantic - Spencer KornhaberTaylor Swift’s new album, Evermore, is shaky from its first verse. “Willow” opens with a gently plucked guitar riff creating a seesawing sensation, and Swift compares herself to water and her lover to...
The Atlanticflipped into IdeasAngela Paxton How Texas’s Attorney General Won by Losing Big verified_publisherThe Atlantic - Carlos SanchezLast week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a brilliantly cynical lawsuit seeking to overturn the presidential election in four swing states—Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The used...
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesFacebook Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine verified_publisherThe Atlantic - Adrienne LaFranceThe architecture of the modern web poses grave threats to humanity. It’s not too late to save ourselves. The Doomsday Machine was never supposed to exist. It was meant to be a thought experiment that like...
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesSouth China Sea The World’s Most Important Body of Water verified_publisherThe Atlantic - Daniel YerginMore than most, four men shaped the oft-cited “strategic tensions” over the South China Sea. The South China Sea is the most important body of water for the world economy—through it passes at least one-third...
The Atlanticflipped into FamilyPandemics The Year We Lost verified_publisherThe Atlantic - Joe PinskerWhen we look back on 2020, will we see past all the things that didn’t happen? Photographs by Yen Duong The year 2020 has given more to the authors of history textbooks than it has to the writers of diaries....
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesCredit Cards Are the New ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Services Legit? verified_publisherThe Atlantic - Amanda MullThis article was published online on December 15, 2020. Everyone is born a mark, and you have to hope you wise up from there. Getting purposefully and repeatedly fooled is one of the fundamental experiences...