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Colbert Nukes His Underwear to Protest the 'End of Men'

Kevin Spak — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:48:46 CDT

OK, we're not gonna pretend this one actually has much news value, but there's something to be said for watching Stephen Colbert shimmy and shake his way out of his boxers and toss them in the microwave. Colbert nuked the drawers as a symbolic "protest" over the "End of Men"...

'The Wasilla Whack-Job' Reads My Blog!

M. Morris — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:14:19 CST

Back in the day, public figures were cautioned not to pick fights with people who bought ink by the barrel—namely, newspaper publishers. In the age of the blogger, it's more important to guard against fueling your antagonists with the 21st-century version of ink: attention. Paging Sarah Palin: "The Wasilla...

Times Fills Kristol Slot: Ross Douthat of Atlantic

John Johnson — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:14:01 CDT

The New York Times has found its replacement for William Kristol’s column from the right—Ross Douthat of the Atlantic . Douthat, 29, will start mostly online next month but will eventually appear on Mondays opposite Paul Krugman, reports the Columbia Journalism Review , quoting a Times email. He’ll also blog for...

Allowing Children to Choose Gender Is Slippery Slope

Lev Weinstein — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:43:13 CDT

For parents raising boys who profess to be girls and vice versa, puberty blockers may seem a godsend, writes Hanna Rosin in a look at gender—and transgender children—in the Atlantic . Boys will emerge from their teens with no Adam's apple, girls will bypass menstruation, allowing them to live...

Top Ideas of Past Year

Harry Kimball — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:19:06 CDT

Which ideas informed the national discourse (or lack thereof) in the past year? Well, the Atlantic Monthly knows, and there are 11 … er, 11½. From the troop surge in Iraq to post-partisan politics to the provocatively titled “mass-market atheism,” a look at some of the most captivating concepts of...