'Anti-Judaism should not be understood as some archaic or irrational closet in the vast edifices of Western thought. It was rather one of the basic tools with which that edifice was constructed.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

While you then…have to go home and say you did *not* support a Republican speaker, a Christian conservative…?

It’s hard to tell if Albert Brooks is the most interesting man in the world, or if he merely appears so in Adrienne LaFrance’s hands. Either way, this is the most absorbing profile I’ve read in ages: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

The photos from JFK campaigning for the West Virginia primary are some of my favourite political photos of all time

So thrilled to be in The Atlantic this morning with an excerpt of my new book, coming May 14th: bookshop.org/p/books/strugg…

After Ukraine Aid Vote, Republicans Braced for Backlash Find Little

w/Robert Jimison

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In this week's The New Yorker, I have what seemed to me an urgent piece. It's about attention (why we're losing it, how to get it back). But it's also about coming together, a secret international order, and what happens between a person and a work of art. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Elaina Plott Calabro Elaina Plott Calabro spent 10 weeks working on this story about Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who feels “I’m supposed to do” what can seem to be an impossible job. The Atlantic theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Here's this paragraph by Charles Homans in yesterday's NYT Magazine. tinyurl.com/yc7ms7t7

WHCD ✨💫

I wasn't sure it was possible to top his previous 'Sphere and Loathing in Las Vegas,' but Charlie Warzel gives it a game try with, 'Sphere Is the Mind Killer.' theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

'It made me realize how anti-Semitism is not taken as seriously as other kinds of prejudice.'

This has been the lesson of the past few weeks.

Erwin Chemerinsky in The Atlantic

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'McGill gushed about her student in our interview. But when I asked what she thought of [Gaetz] now, she didn’t have much to offer on the record. 'He certainly commands the stage still,' she said. 'How about that?'' Gem after gem by Elaine Godfrey theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

The Atlantic: What if Mike Johnson is actually good at this? on.msnbc.com/3wauSHe

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...Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, John Heilemann, Neal Katyal, Elaina Plott Calabro, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ken Dilanian, Joyce Vance, Ari Melber, Dave Aronberg

Must-read George Packer:

'Elite colleges are now reaping the consequences of promoting a pedagogy that trashed the postwar ideal of the liberal university.'

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I’ll be on Morning Joe soon to discuss Mike Johnson et al! ✨

Call Your Mother could blunt the unchallenged rise of Tatte if it allocates enough of its GDP to defense spending

Mike Johnson’s first five months as speaker of the House were defined by Republican infighting. Now he seems to have won an unlikely victory, Elaina Plott Calabro Calabro writes. What if he’s actually good at this? theatln.tc/uOOufYDF