The Atlantic on HotAir

“The left, while it currently seems ascendant in our houses of culture and art, has in fact entered its decadent late phase, and it is deeply vulnerable.”

Jul 2018

The Atlantic columnist to Trump critics: “It’s time to get a grip”

Ed Morrissey Jul 18, 2018 10:41 AM

“Dreadful, even disgraceful—but it wasn’t treason.”

May 2018

New York magazine: We don’t need conservatives, let’s have far-left ideological diversity instead

John Sexton May 07, 2018 3:01 PM

“Is the U.S. Constitution bad?”

What the Atlantic said behind closed doors about firing Kevin Williamson

John Sexton May 04, 2018 1:21 PM

“Could we have a debate in The Atlantic on abortion rights?”

Apr 2018

Kevin Williamson on his very brief stint at the Atlantic

John Sexton Apr 20, 2018 3:21 PM

“…ask which ideas get you sponsorships from Google and Pepsi and which get you fired.”

S.E. Cupp: Stop defending Williamson, conservatives

Ed Morrissey Apr 06, 2018 6:01 PM

Epistemic closure.

Feb 2018

What it’s like to be a conservative talking to progressives

John Sexton Feb 06, 2018 9:21 PM

“So you’re saying…”

Nov 2017

Progressives need to stop abusing their cultural power

John Sexton Nov 07, 2017 5:01 PM

“every single conservative respondent raised the issue of being called racist.”

Oct 2017

Third Way researchers head to Middle America, discover partisanship

John Sexton Oct 23, 2017 7:21 PM

“It was very us-and-them.”

Survey: Most minorities not offended by ‘microaggressions’

John Sexton Oct 18, 2017 5:01 PM

“huge majorities of African Americans and Latinos say…those very same statements are ‘not offensive.'”

Sep 2017

Brandeis professor: ‘We appear to be in a new era of groupthink’

John Sexton Sep 15, 2017 5:21 PM

“…ill-defined terms—racism and sexism, most notably—are the stigmata of choice.”

A powerful response to Ta-Nehisi Coates latest essay

John Sexton Sep 15, 2017 3:21 PM

“I’ll ask him to stop thinking he can see into my soul and find the true source of my ideas in my white privilege.”

Campus sexual assault and race, the unexamined question

John Sexton Sep 11, 2017 9:21 PM

“Since there are no national statistics on how many young men of any given race are the subject of campus-sexual-assault complaints, we are left with anecdotes…”

Bad science plays a role in campus administrators’ response to sexual assault

John Sexton Sep 08, 2017 7:21 PM

“Neuroscience research does not support [the] claim that high levels of stress hormones impair memory for traumatic experience.”

Campus sexual assault policies need to be reconsidered

John Sexton Sep 06, 2017 7:21 PM

“the letter and subsequent directives triggered the creation of a parallel justice system for sexual assault”

Aug 2017

The Atlantic’s partial defense of Antifa (Updated)

John Sexton Aug 31, 2017 3:30 PM

“If they…refrained from initiating the use of force…I would have nothing but praise for them.”

May 2017

Some quick thoughts on ‘Why can’t the left win?’

John Sexton May 04, 2017 8:01 PM

“you can’t grow a mass party when the daily operation of your movement involves finding more and more heretics to ostracize”

Apr 2017

Reporters on Dems’ thin bench: ‘Democrats are kind of screwed’

John Sexton Apr 10, 2017 7:21 PM

“It’s hard to underestimate how screwed the Democrats are.”

Jan 2017

Correction of the year? The Atlantic regrets …. Update: And regrets …

Ed Morrissey Jan 27, 2017 2:41 PM

“That piece was eligible for FEMA funding.”

Why Trump’s Twitter feed should have an extra layer of security

John Sexton Jan 19, 2017 8:01 PM

“…any verified account belonging to the sitting president should lose the ability to post anything instantaneously to the Internet.”

Jan 2013

Atlantic: Sorry about that Scientology ad

Ed Morrissey Jan 15, 2013 2:31 PM

“We’ve made a mistake, possibly several mistakes.”

A parent describes how identity politics took over New York’s schools

Bernie’s Democratic Socialism speech obscured as much as it revealed

Atlantic: Late-night comedy isn’t funny anymore (it doesn’t even try)

There was a lot of ugly racism at the Lincoln Memorial last Friday, but the media missed it

Atlantic: Why the recent Antifa protests are crossing the line

FBI asked to investigate scheme to have women accuse Mueller of sexual harassment (Update: No evidence the whistle-blower exists?)

The response to the ‘Sokal Squared’ hoax has been mixed

Atlantic: Why the left fears Jordan Peterson