How an Old Shipping Law Raises Consumer Prices

Donald Trump is the most protectionist president America has seen in more than a century. So it’s odd that a consequence of his war on Iran has been the waiving…

The AI Bubble Is No Ordinary Bubble

The American stock market is booming, thanks to artificial intelligence. Tech giants are borrowing billions to acquire AI talent, purchase chips and hardware, and construct data centers. And market watchers…

The Heaviest Credit Card Money Can Buy

Physical credit cards should be a thing of the past. Over the past few years, touchless services such as Apple Pay have driven a boom in the digital-payment industry: Digital…

The DSA Is Only Using the Democratic Party

Source: YouTube Summary Even after a string of recent victories in congressional primaries by members of the Democratic Socialists of America, national Democrats appear slow to recognize that ideologues on…

Trump Is Caught in the Trap He Set

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…

The ‘Outsider Trading’ Problem

There are worse things you could do than drive to a Parisian airport and mess around with a temperature sensor on the airfield—for only a few minutes! But why do…

Photos: 50 Years Since Viking 1 Landed on Mars

NASA Viking 1’s meteorology instrument stands aloft, on an extended boom, seen against the rocky and sandy surface of Mars on Sol 730. Small trenches visible in the foreground are…

The Subject Too Big for Fiction

Is there any subject that fiction cannot address? From its beginnings as a form, the novel has dealt with love and hate, war and peace, courage and cowardice, boredom and…

The World Cup Could Not Be Americanized

Source: YouTube Summary A World Cup on North American soil ended with the most thoroughly imported, overseas-style final match possible. The foreign tourists who tried to smuggle ranch dressing through…

’Turning Up the Heat on the Streets’

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts Friday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was asked at a press conference about his previous…