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The Truth About Tamiflu

theatlantic.com | Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Bmj, The Atlantic, Pneumonia, Flu Resistance, Health, Swine Flu, Flu, Tamiflu, Health Care, Medicine, H1n1, Wellness, Bronchitus, Living News

This week, the British medical journal BMJ published a multi-part investigation that confirms that the scientific evidence just isn't there to show th...

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H1N1 Flu Shot: A Needle in the Universal Healthcare Haystack?

Susan Sawyers | Posted 11.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Swine Flu, H1N1 Vaccine, Healthy Kids, Emergency, nyc.gov, Medical Reserve Corps, Parenting, NYC Department of Health, The Atlantic, Shannon Brownlee, Jeanne Lenzer, Health Care Reform, Erin Brady, New York News
Susan Sawyers

If last weekend's experience getting the H1N1 shot was any indication of what we can expect, a government plan shouldn't be dismissed out of hand.

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HuffPost Game Changers: Who Is The Ultimate Game Changer In Media?

Huffington Post | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Media Game Changers, HuffPost Game Changers, Henry Louis Gates, Game Changers, Katie Couric, The Atlantic, Slidepoll, Media News

(VOTING IS NOW CLOSED) HuffPost's Game Changers celebrates 100 innovators, visionaries, and leaders in 10 categories who are harnessing the power o...

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Gore Vidal Knocks Obama, Says "Anti-Semitism" Got "Poor Polanski"

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.28.2009 | Books

Read More: John F. Kennedy, The Atlantic, Barack Obama, John Meroney, Roman Polanski, Bill Clinton, Gore Vidal, Jfk, The Atlantic Monthly, Polanski, Hillary Clinton, Books News

To mark the recent publication of Gore Vidal's memoir, Snapshots in History's Glare, The Atlantic's John Meroney interviewed the American literary and...

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The Atlantic's James Bennet Named Ad Age's Magazine Editor Of The Year

Ad Age | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

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It wasn't hard picking this year's Editor of the Year. Remembering his name -- now that was difficult. In an age in which media people are often ob...

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Student Loans The "New Indentured Servitude": The Atlantic

The Atlantic Business Channel | Mike Konczal | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: College Students, Job Market, Dissent Magazine, The Atlantic, Indentured Servitude, Fafsa, Student Loans, Recession, Business News

The Wall Street Journal ran a post over the weekend about a new credit crunch among low income borrowers, noting it is now 'payback time.' What they d...

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Who Duped Rolling Stone Gonzo Reporter Matt Taibbi?

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, The Atlantic, Matt Taibbi, Naked Short Selling, Fraud Files Blog, Business Insider, Rolling Stone, Economic Policy Journal, Diane Tucker, Short Sellers, Clusterstock, Penson Financial Services, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Don Imus, Obama Wall Street Bonuses, Banks, Economy, Regulation, Merrill Lynch, Ceos, Magazines, Taibbi Victim of Hoax, Short Selling Hoax, Investment News, Dan Jamieson, John Carney, Megan McArdle, Gary Weiss, William K Wolfrum, Robert Wenzel, Penson's Letter to SEC, Tracy Coenen, Kid Dynamite, sequenceinc.com, Citigroup Stock, Citigroup, Naked Short Sellers, Matt Taibbi Teaches Short Selling, Bear Stearns Collapse, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Bear Stearns, Youtube, Business News
Diane Tucker

Taibbi, Rolling Stone magazine's teen heartthrob, became a sensation last month after calling Goldman Sachs "a giant vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity."

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Content Is Not King

Charles Warner | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Sumner Redstone, Stephen King, Bruce Greenwald, Jonathan Knee, The Atlantic, Ava Seave, Media News
Charles Warner

The explosive growth of the Internet has led to such a proliferation of content out in the long tail that it is now virtually infinite.

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Andrew Sullivan's Appeal Boosts The Atlantic Subscriptions

New York Times | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media

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Within two days after last Monday's post, Mr. Sullivan's appeal pulled in 75 percent of the subscriptions that the Web site draws in a typical month, ...

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Atlantic Launches AtlanticWire, Atlantic 50

The Atlantic Wire | the Editors on | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

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Think of The Atlantic 50 as our all-star team. These are the most influential commentators in the nation, the columnists and bloggers and broadcast pu...

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Why Can't the Boomers Just Shut Up About Woodstock?

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: 1960s, Bill Clinton, Barry Lewis, Civil Rights Movement, Baby Boomers, Ronald Reagan, Andrew Sullivan, George W. Bush, Led Zeppelin, Generation X, Iraq, Cadillac, Wall Street Journal, Woodstock Museum, Janis Joplin, Gay Rights, Times Herald-Record, The Atlantic, Jimmy Carter, Woodstock, Exurbs, Jimi Hendrix, Bethel, Women's Liberation, Milennials, Taking Woodstock, Living News
Nathan Hegedus

Unless you were backing up Janis Joplin in a secret jam session, or at least at, you know, actually at Woodstock, please, shut up.

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Geoengineering: Two Worlds for the Price of One

Giles Slade | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Geoengineering, Solidarity With Future Generations, Mars Mission, The Atlantic, Green News
Giles Slade

Are we going to play God again in areas where we should tread very lightly?

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On Embracing Digital Skeletons

Adriana Dunn | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media

Read More: New Media, Conor Clarke, Daily Dish, Blogging, The Atlantic, Andrew Sullivan, Media News
Adriana Dunn

How does a blogger embrace the others who will pivot you toward relative truth?

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Your Message Here: Salons, Sponsors, Pay-to-Play & Journalism

Rory O'Connor | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Politico, The Atlantic, Payperpost, Marcus Brauchli, Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post, The Newyorker, Andrew Alexander, Washington Post Salons, Media News
Rory O'Connor

When the Washington Post recently unveiled its plan to sell sponsorships of off-the-record "salons," the move was widely pilloried in the press and elsewhere.

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Kindling

Mark Sarvas | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Sven Birkerts, Boston Globe, Kindle, Amazon, The Atlantic, Media News
Mark Sarvas

I need no convincing about the beauty and value of the book. But authors screaming about the Kindle - well that's just plain stupid. There's no other word for it.

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My Pro-Israel Friends Need Pro-Zac

Larry Gellman | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, War on Terror, Jeffrey Goldberg, Obama Muslim, Haaretz, Terrorism, Middle East Politics, President Obama, Obama, Barack Obama, Aipac, Middle East, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Jewish, Obama AIPAC, The Atlantic, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel-Bonds, Muslim, Israel, United-Jewish-Appeal, Israel Gaza Operation, Max Blumenthal, World News
Larry Gellman

What was once a proud, smart, intelligent, nuanced, and diverse movement has devolved into a combination cult-booster club.

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Searching for Answers in the Shadow of George Tiller's Murder

Susan J. Demas | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michigan Liberal, Abortion, Abortion Murder, George Tiller Killed, Late-Term Abortion, Andrew Sullivan, Abortion Rights, Scott Roeder, Anti-Abortion, George Tiller Murder, Scott Hagerstrom, Pro-Life, Dr. George Tiller, George Tiller, Operation Rescue, Moral Absolutes, Moral Absolutism, Americans for Prosperity, The Atlantic, George Tiller Killing, Partial-Birth Abortion, Pro-Choice, Off the Record, William Butler Yeats, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

Some people know he did the right thing. What I'm not sure of is where that line is, between utter certitude in your beliefs and the willingness to kill for them. On Sunday, it got a lot blurrier.

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NY Times Writer and His Mortgage Woes

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 07.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Subprime Crisis, Mortgage, Subprime Mortgages, Megan McArdle, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Oprah, Financial Crisis, Financial Journalism, Edmund Andrews, Media, Foreclosure, Foreclosure News, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

It does make you wonder: What would this story read like if his wife wrote it? And I'm not convinced that Andrews' airing of his dirty laundry is such an act of bravery.

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David Bradley's Dinners: Atlantic Owner Hosting Off The Record A-List Dinners

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media

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For more than a year, David Bradley, the Atlantic's soft-spoken owner, has hosted these off-the-record dinners at a specially built table in his glass...

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Joshua Cooper Ramo: Surprise! Global Financial Crisis Could Turn China Into A Superpower

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.11.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Cabinet, China Tibet Crackdown, China Products, World Economy, Henry Kissinger, Time Magazine, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, President Obama, 9/11, Banking Crisis, University of Michigan, Bill Browder, Richard Nisbett, Diane Tucker, Hermitage Fund, China Economy, China Human Rights, Joshua Cooper Ramo, Global Financial Crisis, China, The Atlantic, Age of the Unthinkable, Chinese Financial Crisis, American Superpower, Superpower, Investment Banks, Leveraged Buyout, Subprime Mortgage Market, Stock Market, Free Market, New York/New York, Books, World News
Diane Tucker

The Chinese banking system has been through so much stress during the last few decades, they are in a much better position than the U.S. to deal with the global financial crisis, says Joshua Cooper Ramo.

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The Atlantic March 2009 Issue Gets Four Covers

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 03.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Atlantic March 2009 Covers, Richard Florida, Atlantic March 2009, Atlantic Covers, Magazines, The Atlantic, Media News

The Atlantic is no stranger to experimentation of late: it recently unveiled a major redesign, of both its magazine and its website, and in the fall i...

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Newspaper Editors To Generation Y: Drop Dead

Diane Tucker | Posted 03.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Tim Luckhurst, Myspace, Chris Freiberg, Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish, The Guardian, Msn, The New Republic, Recession, Forbes Magazine, Death of Newspapers, William Howard Russell, National Buy a Newspaper Day, Diane Tucker, Facebook, George Steer, Newspaper Industry, Silicon Alley Insider, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Peter Kafka, The Atlantic, Watergate, Huffington Post, Old Media vs. New Media, Old Media, Old Media Death Watch, Media News
Diane Tucker

Doesn't the best online journalism still depend on old media outlets? What happens when we lose all those print reporters, the ones who file history's first draft?

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Hamas Is Responsible for the Civilian Casualties in Gaza

Mitchell Bard | Posted 02.05.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Meet the Press, West Bank, Jeffrey Goldberg, Gaza, This Week, Israeli Offensive, David Gregory, Civilian Casualties, Hamas, Nizar Rayan, Shimon Peres, Hamas Rockets Israel, The Atlantic, New York Times, 1967 War, Israel, Al Jazeera, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel Ground Invasion, Israel Defense Forces, Fatah, Ehud Barak, Gaza City, Right of Return, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, Palestinian Territories, Israeli Airstrikes, Idf, Israel Airstrikes, World News
Mitchell Bard

By choosing tactical advantages over the safety of its citizens, the terrorist organization chose its military goals over the safety of its fellow Palestinians in Gaza.

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The Day the Music Died

Larry Gellman | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Liberal Media, Right Wing Media, Rush Limbaugh, Jeffrey Goldberg, George W. Bush, Obama, Mccain, Airport Security, Democrats, Barack Obama, Stephen Colbert, Election Reaction, Sean Hannity, The Atlantic, Sarah Palin, Conservative Talk Radio, Republicans, Colbert Report, Fox News Channel, The Colbert Report, Politics News
Larry Gellman

For eight years, our president, his team, and his vocal fan club on Fox and the radio have been singing the same sick and dissonant song. They tried to divide the country by spreading fear.

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This Week in Magazines: What's at Stake in the Election, Atlantic's Redesign and The New Yorker's Brainiacs

James Warren | Posted 12.03.2008 | Media

Read More: David Bromwich, This Week in Magazines, New Yorker, The Atlantic, National Journal, New York Review of Books, The Economist, Businessweek, Media News
James Warren

What's really at stake in Tuesday's election? Many usual suspects are opining in the cable universe, so for a cerebral alternative there's "A Fateful Election" in the Nov. 6 New York Review of Books.

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