A Turning Point in AI Writing

There was a time—a more innocent age—when you could read an op-ed in a major newspaper and confidently say that a human had written it. Hold on to the memory…

Everything Is Called America Now

“If you think about it, we have a gulf, and we have a lake. Now all we need is an ocean.” — President Trump, declaring Lake Ontario “Lake America” via…

Pennsylvania’s Public-Health Officials May Be Wrong About a Measles Death

Source: YouTube Summary Measles outbreaks around the country are already a disaster, but more bad news arrived on Tuesday. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro announced that two measles-associated deaths had occurred…

The Supreme Court Isn’t Interested in Facts

The Roberts Court is abdicating one of its most important roles, that of truth-teller. This much was apparent on Monday in Trump v. California, when the Supreme Court’s Republican appointees…

The Wrath of MAGA

Source: YouTube Summary MAGA world is angry. Again. The target this time is Jon Ossoff, the Democratic senator from Georgia. At a reelection rally in Atlanta on August 16, Ossoff…

The Generational Difference in Southern Manners

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. It is a truth universally acknowledged that the southerner is…

A ‘Boring’ Democrat the Party Wants to Emulate

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in…

Why I Am Right About AI

Editor’s note: This article was generated by Claude AI in the style of Paul Gigot, the Wall Street Journal opinion-page editor. Gigot recently published an AI-generated essay using the investor…

Why Did John Ratcliffe Go to Moscow?

CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s brief trip to Moscow yesterday was unannounced but hard to miss: He flew in a C-17A, a large heavy-transport plane, that open-source analysts quickly identified and…

How to Lose $12 Billion and Still Win

Source: YouTube Summary Meta avoided the worst today by settling a massive lawsuit over alleged damages “to the mental and physical wellbeing of America’s youth.” The case, brought by the…