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1,084
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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Eliot A. Cohen

    Pete Hegseth’s Magic Marker (opens the original)

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    The supersize black Sharpie is what gives it away. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s order to stop awarding tenure to civilian professors at the military academies ends with a huge, jagged signature—an homage, perhaps, to that of the president—the size of two of the paragraphs above. With the same instrument, he also underlined, word by word, two key sentences that are as blunt as the message they are intended to deliver and the mind that conceived them.In appearance and tone, the document re…

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Helen Lewis

    Eric Schmitt’s Very Bad Day at Work (opens the original)

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    “What was your most embarrassing day at work?” is a staple question of internet forums, and the answers tend to converge around the accidental reply-all, the mortifying shared-bathroom incident, or congratulating a colleague on their pregnancy, only to discover the bump was instead the result of a large lunch.Luckily for Senator Eric Schmitt, though, he operates in a political environment that has selected for blowhards with bulletproof confidence and slavish devotion to Donald Trump. So the Mis…

  3. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · David Frum

    How Trump Could Threaten the 2026 Election (opens the original)

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    Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeIn this week’s episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with his thoughts about the recent state visit by the Chinese president Xi Jinping to the United States. David discusses President Trump’s embarrassing behavior at the dinner and how he has isolated the United Sta…

  4. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Alan Taylor

    Wushu, Teqball, and More: The 2026 Asian Games (opens the original)

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    Toru Hanai / GettySorrasak Thaosiri and Jirati Chanliang of Thailand compete against Ahmad Kassem Arabi and Mohamad Hafez of Lebanon at the teqball men’s doubles final on day one of the 20th Asian Games at Nagoya City Higashiyama Sports Center on September 20…

  5. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Sophia Nguyen

    Literature Is Becoming More Like a Video Game (opens the original)

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    You couldn’t move without bumping into one of them: some man, woman, toddler, or puppet, dressed in a zippered vest and white, heart-patterned boxers. They stood out even among the 75,000 attendees of Dragon Con, the pop-culture convention described as the “Burning Man of nerds,” which each Labor Day weekend turns downtown Atlanta into a sea of spandex and body paint. The uniform had many variations: pink Crocs, rubber foot covers, black bandannas, spiked knee pads. I saw one person accessorized…

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