The Lesson Watergate Was Supposed to Teach
admin Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. thought Nixon’s downfall would restrain presidents for generations. Instead, Watergate helped write the script for the…
Time-Travel Thursdays
The White-Collar Myth
Since the 19th century, office jobs have represented a path to comfort and prestige. The AI era is testing whether…
How Office Work Became Part of the American Dream
In the 19th century, “artisans of the brain” flooded to white-collar jobs to prove themselves, but found it wasn’t that…
What Ancient Greek Is Good For
The point of a classical education is to learn something about being human.
New York Is Not an Exception to the American Story
The late historian Mike Wallace showed how the city explains America.
The Veneer of Authoritarian Art
Its propaganda seems like a hollow imitation of reality.
The Black Soldiers who Changed the Meaning of the Civil War
These troops helped transform a conflict fought initially to preserve the Union into one that destroyed slavery as well.
Welcome to the Golden Age of Gerrymandering
And all the mutually assured destruction that it bears
A ‘Promising Democracy’ That Can’t Stop Fighting Itself
In 1950, <em>The Atlantic</em> had a warning for Colombia. Now, ahead of its election, that same warning is relevant once…