The President and the Pope
Panelists joined to discuss Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV for his comments about the war in Iran.
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Washington Week With The Atlantic
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The Iran War Is Putting Pressure on Europe
Panelists joined to discuss the effects of the conflict on America’s allies, and more.
What Trump’s Address to the Nation Revealed
Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the president’s first national address since the war with Iran began.
Trump’s Mixed Messages About Iran
Panelists joined to discuss the president’s shifting answers to how the conflict could end.
The David Frum Show
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On the Brink of Global Recession
The economist Adam Posen on the effect of the war in Iran on the world’s economy and the darkening economic outlook for the United States. Plus: A shifting partisan balance of power and Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed, by Maureen Callahan.
Is Anybody Actually Winning Trump’s Iran War?
Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger on the U.S.-Iran cease-fire, Trump’s Hormuz blockade, and China’s reaction to the Iran war. Plus: A seismic election in Hungary, and Labyrinths, by Jorge Luis Borges.
What It Means to Be American
Fareed Zakaria and David Frum on whether they regret becoming American citizens. Plus: how 18 years of economic turmoil ushered in a new populist era, and a discussion of Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.
Watching War From the Strait of Hormuz
Graeme Wood on what he saw at the Strait of Hormuz and the lockdown of oil in the Persian Gulf. Plus: Trump’s war-information blackout and Thomas Paine’s Common Sense at 250 years old.
The Adrenaline Rush of Herding Reindeer in the North Pole
In Finnish Lapland, the Sami practice an ancient tradition.
Is Santa Based on a Psychedelic Shaman?
Some academics and mycologists offer an alternative Christmas origin story—one of a mushroom-toting healer from the Arctic.
Will the Christmas Goat Meet a Fiery Death Like It Usually Does?
An annual conflict between Christians and mischevious pagans in Sweden usually ends with arson.
Inside a Historic Win on Election Day 2018
On November 6, Malcolm Kenyatta became the first openly LGBT candidate of color elected to state office in Pennsylvania.
Americans Should Be ‘Screaming Mad’ About Amazon’s Free Money
America has an absurd—and dangerous—obsession with corporate subsidies, such as those given to Jeff Bezos’s trillion-dollar company.
A Scary Hollywood Rip-Off
A horror filmmaker describes how his film was allegedly a blueprint for Scream.
A Visitor’s Guide to America’s Great Big Border Wall
For 40 years, Mike Davidson has been ferrying tourists across the Rio Grande in his rowboat.
Tiny ‘Zombies’ Rising from the Tundra
It’s illegal to be buried in Longyearbyen, where a melting permafrost threatens to revive ancient diseases.
‘Toxic Masculinity Has Deformed and Destroyed Our Men’
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a social program hopes to redefine what it means to be a man.
Trump and His Supporters Thrive on Cruelty
The president and his backers revel in the suffering of those they hate and fear.