Autism's First Child
John Donvan and Caren Zucker tell the story behind their article on Donald Gray Triplett
John Donvan and Caren Zucker tell the story behind their article on Donald Gray Triplett
In his new novel "Freedom," the author's juvenile prose creates a world in which nothing important can happen
Atlantic columnist James Parker on how the soap opera fell victim to its own bastard child, reality TV
With the rise of more sophisticated writing and darker themes, what can we expect from the genre?
In 2003, Congress voted for temporary cuts. Now with the deficit at $1.3 trillion, we want to make them permanent?
Number 1: They're not characters. They're archetypes. Get over it.
Forget Obama's approval rating or the unemployment rate and focus on conservative turnout
Obama is letting Elizabeth Warren shape how a large part of the economy will be regulated without confirmation by Congress. How financial reform lets the president do it.
Boomers haven't shown the leadership that's needed to demand sacrifice from the country to save our finances, like raising taxes. They should get out of the way.
When critics of the Recovery Act say it didn't work, they don't explain what the job even is: filling a crater left by the recession
Truly understanding the Civil War requires you imagining life as a slaveholder—especially if you are black
It turns out that reform won't curb medical inflation according to government actuaries. How the new law is failing.
Jack DeCoster's farming practices ran wild over 40 years. Exclusive details on his long history of health violations.
A television producer identifies the five themes that have been used on TV from 2000's "Survivor" to today's "Jersey Shore"
What sense does the embargo make when we deal with China and the EU wants to help Havana move beyond communism?
What the Boomers owe America, a Doonesbury retrospective, autism's first child, Joe Biden's unexpected career, and more