The Atlantic's Jeff Goldberg opens his delightful piece on his trip to a Bruce Springsteen concert with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie by noting that Christie "would marry [Springsteen] if he were gay and if gay people were allowed to marry in the state he governs," but the rest of the piece indicates they'd have a pretty rocky union.
The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg posted the first part of his sit-down with former Israeli President Shimon Peres, and got him to expound a bit on Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, or as Goldberg irreverently describes him, "the person who may be [Peres's] favorite Jew in the world."
In a letter to The Atlantic, novelist Philip Roth explains what happened when he had an adverse reaction to sleeping pills he was prescribed in the late 1980s.
The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg posted an interview Thursday with Matt Damon about the actor's NGO, Water.org, but as with a few other Goldberg interviews we can think of, things get slightly out of hand—in the best way possible.
We humbly beg to differ with Newsweek's Paul Begala whose column in this week's issue begins, "You heard it here first: Mitt Romney is going to select Rob Portman, the junior senator from Ohio, to be his running mate." Maybe so, but we've heard it before.
Sorry, Kanye. The president would like you better if you weren't a jackass.
Federal Agents raided Oaksterdam University, a for-profit institution that teaches marijuana growing techniques in Oakland, California and advocates for the medical marijuana movement
Though he didn't consider it a "great literary moment in my life," that isn't stopping folks today from remembering James Q. Wilson for his seminal 1982 analysis of urban crime for The Atlantic.
In The Atlantic, Kate Bolick examines "the strange state of affairs" of modern marriage
The new site explores the most innovative ideas and pressing issues facing an increasingly urban world
In The Atlantic, Taylor Branch explains why a major overhaul of the NCAA is necessary
The case for seeing the 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' as a beacon of light
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