Graeme Wood
Staff writer, @TheAtlantic. Lecturer, @Yale. Once upon a time: @perryworldhouse, @CFR_org, @newrepublic, @DeutschePostDHL.
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Awesome: Home Depot Is Now Selling An Incredibly Weak Pepper Spray You Can Use On People Who Are Annoying But Not Dangerous
You never know when you’re going to find yourself in an unpleasant situation that you need help getting away from, and those instances are all the more terrifying when there’s no one around to give you a hand. Thankfully, there’s an awesome new...
Graeme Wood
What George Kennan called "measure short of war"
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'It Gets To You.' Extremism Researchers Confront The Unseen Toll Of Their Work
Day after day, researchers are immersed in the propaganda of ISIS and neo-Nazi factions. But there's almost no discussion of the mental toll of examining the world's most dangerous extremists.
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Graeme Wood
When terrorism videos haunt your dreams: n.pr/2V8WJ3x (@HannahAllam, with comments from @charliewinter, @SeamusHughes, @AmarAmarasingam, and @ChloeColliver2)
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Bolton unloads on Trump’s foreign policy behind closed doors
The recently fired national security made little secret of his disagreements with the president.
A Professor’s Killing Sends a Chill Through a Campus in Pakistan
A student said he killed Prof. Khalid Hameed, a well-liked teacher, because he insulted Islam. Now his colleagues are being very careful about what they say.
UC Davis scholar pleads not guilty to vandalism after George Zimmerman verdict
UC Davis scholar pleads not guilty to vandalism after George Zimmerman verdict
Graeme Wood
Is it possible these two vandals mistook George Zimmer, founder of Men's Wearhouse, for George Zimmerman, who killed Trayvon Martin?
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The Michael Bennet Problem
What does it say about American politics that the Colorado senator hasn’t managed to stand out in the presidential race?
Finally! This Realistic Barbie Doll Comes With A Cabinet Full Of Plastic Bags
If you’re a progressive parent, you’re probably sick and tired of having to buy dolls for your kid that teach them to worship insanely unrealistic beauty standards. Thankfully, one creative designer has made doll shopping a whole lot less...
One Year
If I’d been given advance knowledge of how this would go–all the medical stuff, the sick nights, the background hum of destruction–when we were asked to take her, I honestly don’t know …
Graeme Wood
Moving across the country for work, a foster family is denied permission to bring their foster kid along, and must say goodbye. "The gavel bangs, and everyone is off to the next disaster."
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‘I Think You Need to Rewrite It’: Ruth Reichl on What Makes an Editor Great
The Gourmet editor remembers Susan Kamil, who died this week.
John Bolton Will Hold This Grudge
His dismissal by tweet came after an unusually long prelude of disrespect, both by President Trump and by favored allies.
Woman 'who shouted shame on you' at Pride charged with hate crime
A woman who allegedly shouted “shame on you” at people taking part in Pride has been charged with a homophobic hate crime. Jamila Choudhury, 38, from Walthamstow, east London, is accused of haranguing participants as they passed her during the march...
Graeme Wood
Screeching at gays on the street is a crime in Britain. Would her victims have been charged under the same "hate crime" laws, if they yelled back at her, ridiculing her religious beliefs?
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Quadroon? Moor? Virginia Sued for Making Those Who Wed Say What They Are
A state law in Virginia requiring applicants for marriage licenses to specify their race is useless, offensive and unconstitutional, a federal lawsuit says.
Graeme Wood
The list of Race Codes is currently being challenged. God forbid a Teuton marry an Octaroon, or a Cosmopolitan (!) marry a Hamite (!!), without the government's knowledge
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*Never Enough: the neuroscience and experience of addiction*
That is the new and fascinating book by Judith Grisel, unlike most neuroscientists on these topics she has been addicted to many of the drugs she writes about, or at least has tried them “for real,” furthermore her book integrates her personal and...
Graeme Wood
"Primates given ecstasy twice a day for four days show reduction in the number of serotonergic neurons seven years later"
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Why I Quit the Writers’ Room
The worst thing you can do to citizens of a democracy is silence them.
Graeme Wood
"if someone has that flag in their mind, I’d prefer to see it on their front porch too."
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The Buddy Holly Story Trailer 1978
The Buddy Holly Story Trailer 1978 Director: Steve Rash Starring: Bill Jordan, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis, Don Stroud, Gary Busey, Maria Richwine Off...
Robert Mugabe Died Too Late
His rule began brutally and ended in pathetic squalor.
Graeme Wood
"Dillons of Bloomsbury might have had the newest titles, but I once bought a hardback novel in Harare for three-quarters of one cent.”
On the death of Robert Mugabe
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"Wittgenstein proposed that they take a holiday together. He gave three options — Andorra, the Azores, or Bergen in Norway"
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