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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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What Really Makes Us Happy And Healthy

Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living

Read More: The Atlantic Monthly, John F. Kennedy, Full Sweep of Human Life, Ben Bradlee, Keys to Happiness, Grant Study, Alex Benzer, Harvard Men's Study, Lifelong Study of Happiness, Joshua Wolf Shenk, Harvard Men, George Vaillant, Longitudinal Study of Happiness, Happiness Research, What Makes Us Happy, Happiness, The Inner Life, Living News

A few days ago I came across a fantastic article by Joshua Wolf Shenk in the Atlantic Monthly on the Grant Study, the longest longitudinal study of happiness ever conducted.

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Quitting Soda Cold Turkey

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 06.04.2009 | Living

Read More: The Atlantic Monthly, Coca-Cola, Nutrition, Soda, New York Times, Cancer, Diet Coke, Nutrasweet, Living News

This is my coming out party. I, um, drink soda. Specifically, Diet Coke. Sometimes I manage to quit, but then I always come a'crawlin' back.

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Why I Subscribed to My Local Print Newspaper (While Still Loving Online)

Sharon Glassman | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living

Read More: The Atlantic Monthly, Print Journalism, Humor, Newspaper Circulation, The New York Times, Audio, Alt-Country, Podcast, Newspapers, Newspaper Delivery, Local News, House-Sitting, Death of Newspapers, Local Newspaper, Living News

Within days, the local newspaper became my mini Facebook. The woman who booked our band to play at the cinema was the paper's movie critic. Writers were friends; friends became writers.

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This Week in Magazines -- Michelle Obama, Extreme Weather and The Grateful Dead

James Warren | Posted 02.18.2009 | Media

Read More: The Atlantic Monthly, Obamamania, Newsweek, Michelle Obama, Chicago Magazine, The Grateful Dead, This Week in Magazines, Media News

The 24-7 Obamamania is upon us and, you'd do well to check very different and generally sober looks at the sure-to-be-self-assured first lady, Michelle Obama.

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Campaign AdWatch: Under The Penumbra

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Atlantic Monthly, John McCain, Jill Greenberg, Barack Obama, Campaign Ads, Politics News

Here's John McCain's latest advertisement, "Foundation." There's nothing in the actual content of the ad that anyone will find original, relative to ...

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It's the Women, Stupid

Lisa Witter | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Atlantic Monthly, Hillary Clinton, Baby Boomers, Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton 2008, Women Voters, Young Women, Politics News

It's the women, stupid: Did mismanagement lose Senator Clinton's bid for the White House? Or was it Mark Penn's bad strategy to woo women? It's clear...

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The Clinton Saga & Why She Lost

Ari Melber | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Josh Green, War, The Atlantic Monthly, 2008 Election, The Atlantic, Politics News

The Atlantic's Josh Green does not come close to proving that nasty infighting caused Clinton's loss. The piece is so far into the weeds that it misses the big, substantive problems that felled Hillary.

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The Media's Problem Of "False Balance" Showing Itself In Electoral Map Analyses

Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

What is particularly noteworthy is where the media bias lies: it's a clear willingness to give John McCain (R) the benefit of the doubt, but not Barack Obama (D).

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The Information Age: Not Just Google

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 07.31.2008 | Media

Read More: Information Age, Web 2.0, The Atlantic Monthly, Google, Internet, Media News

Google isn't everything; we need to discontinue thinking of Google as the Internet age's umbrella -- its dominance is as much a product of the Internet as our own evolving neuroses.

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