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“A belief in using American power for good ran through Lindsey Graham’s veins,” @RHFontaine writes. “Washington will be a little less energetic and creative after his sudden loss”: theatln.tc/Yrsy2K98

“We can all teach ourselves to do some very specific things at any age to make our last decades much, much happier,” @arthurbrooks wrote in 2022: theatlantic.com/family/archive…

You don’t have to change your habits or reinvent yourself to live a richer life. @ibogost’s eight-week Ordinary Extraordinary newsletter course teaches you how to find joy in the experiences you’re already having. Sign up: theatlantic.com/newsletters/si…

Genetic testing saves lives—but knowing too much about your genes can introduce another kind of crisis, @ebruenig reports: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/…

Only children are much more common than they've been in the past—but people still seem to believe they'd be better off with siblings, @chiaradellojoio wrote in 2022. She explores what the stereotype gets wrong: theatlantic.com/family/archive…

“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” the classic teen comedy, just turned 40—and still feels eerily fresh, Megan Garber argues. theatlantic.com/culture/2026/0…

AI models have clung to one particular cliché when writing text—and no one seems to know why chatbots are so enamored with it, @WillOremus reports: theatln.tc/vW7cUHsN

Senator Lindsey Graham made the last foreign trip of his life to a nation he never gave up on, @shustry writes. theatlantic.com/national-secur…

The Democratic manly man is back, @russellberman reports, with the party embracing masculinity as a campaign strategy theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

The Democratic manly man is back, @russellberman reports, with the party embracing masculinity as a campaign strategy theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

“It should go without saying, though maybe it needs to be said, that it would be meaningless to have free-speech organizations if they defended only speech they agreed with.” theatlantic.com/books/2026/07/…

We recently published a remarkable piece from @rosehorowitch on The End of Reading. It's about what's happened to literacy in this country and where we're heading—and includes some bonkers studies. Obviously, you should read the whole thing! But here are a few anecdotes that stand out. 1/ theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/…

Washington has never lacked Republicans eager to advocate a more muscular approach to foreign affairs—but Lindsey Graham distinguished himself with his ability to convince Donald Trump, @vmsalama argues: theatlantic.com/national-secur…

Punctuation doesn’t just fit parts of a sentence together—we rely on it to help convey meaning while speaking, @JudithShulevitz writes. But now the rules of punctuation are changing faster than ever: theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/…

Across multiple cases, the Roberts Court has demonstrated its determination to “ignore, rationalize, or misrepresent the explicit animus of government officials” toward targeted groups, @AdamSerwer argues: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/…

“Americans today enjoy material abundance. That is the reaped reward of scientific prowess, high-skilled immigration, the rule of law, free trade, and stable monetary policy—all of which Trump is jeopardizing in his current term,” @imkahloon argues: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/…

Years of campaign-finance reforms curbed the power that the Republican and Democratic Parties have in elections, which has undermined the quality of candidates. A Supreme Court ruling on party spending offers new hope, @DavidFrum argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/…

Washington has never lacked Republicans eager to advocate a more muscular approach to foreign affairs—but Lindsey Graham distinguished himself with his ability to convince Donald Trump, @vmsalama argues: theatlantic.com/national-secur…

Years of campaign-finance reforms curbed the power that the Republican and Democratic Parties have in elections, which has undermined the quality of candidates. A Supreme Court ruling on party spending offers new hope, @DavidFrum argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/…

“Toy Story 5” introduces a character that should send a chill down the spine of every parent watching—and in doing so, the film provides a sense of modernity that has sometimes felt absent from the movies’ sweetly old-fashioned world, David Sims writes: theatlantic.com/culture/2026/0…