The Atlantic5 hours agoThe Spanish ExceptionThe Atlantic - By Rogé KarmaThe country’s leaders avoided a populist backlash by engineering an economic boom. Now the boom is creating problems of its own. As recently as five years ago, Spain was no one’s idea of an economic success story. Southern European countries have long been notorious for lagging behind their …
The Atlantic2 days agoAmerica Has a Pangram ProblemThe Atlantic - By Matteo WongAI-detection tools are getting better. But they still aren’t good enough. Basically every recent, high-profile accusation of someone passing off AI-generated writing as their own has started in the same way: with a tool called Pangram. In March, when a horror novel from a major publishing house was …
The Atlantic1 day agoTrump’s 250th Celebration Is a FiascoThe Atlantic - By David FrumThe president has turned a solemn occasion into a Day of Trump. “You talk too damn much, and it’s too damn much about you.” That quote from Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye is a good summary of the fiasco that Donald Trump has made of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. You …
The Atlantic4 hours agoHope, Change, TrollThe Atlantic - By Louis StaplesSpencer Pratt, the reality star people love to hate-watch, is running for office—and betting that infamy can be political currency. In the spring of 2006, when The Hills—a reality-TV show about the lives of privileged young adults living in Los Angeles—premiered on MTV, Spencer Pratt wasn’t part of …
The Atlantic6 hours agoD.C. Progressives’ Great Socialist HopeThe Atlantic - By Idrees KahloonThe bitter contest for Washington’s mayor has replicated the Democrats’ central ideological struggle. These days, the best thing about being mayor of Washington, D.C., is the nice title. The overwhelmingly Democratic city is in an economic contraction, triggered by the Trump administration’s purges …
The Atlantic4 hours agoThe White House Is the New Green ZoneThe Atlantic - By Matt ViserFortifications are growing in tandem with the threat of political violence. Across from the White House sits a museum called The People’s House: A White House Experience. Inside is a replica of the Oval Office, and interactive exhibits on what it’s like to attend a State Dinner or sit in on a …
