Adrienne LaFrance
@AdrienneLaF
Executive Editor, The Atlantic
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27-04-2007 09:18:00
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'This time around, it’s not about logic or persuasion—it’s about personality.'
Elaine Godfrey on Trump's VP shortlist:
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Out today: Anne Applebaum's excellent cover story about how propaganda is changing.
'Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world.'
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. Albert Brooks was so funny in 'Broadcast News,' the movie that inspired me to be a journalist when I was a kid. Here's him singing to Francis Cabrel! youtu.be/2GMnvNxZTXg?si…
Absolutely riveting and disturbing piece by Amanda Knox, in which she develops second thoughts (for good reason) about a convicted murderer whose innocence she'd championed. Self-searingly honest and exceptionally crafted. Well worth your time.
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Hey, look at that, Alex Edelman just won a Special Tony. Here's my interview with him from last year theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…
This is a really compelling argument from Tyler Austin Harper about the hypocrisy of elite universities theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Just published: A fascinating, thoughtful feature by Amanda Knox.
'I argued that Jens Söring was wrongfully convicted of a double murder, and in 2019, he was released on parole after three decades in prison. Then I started having doubts about the case.'
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Here's Michael Powell's latest dispatch from Columbia:
'In this style of activism, the anger often comes with an air of presumption—an implication that one cannot challenge, much less debate, the protesters’ writ.'
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'Every now and then, you should listen to your heart and not the lawyers.'
An important essay from David Hume Kennerly: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
It’s hard to tell if Albert Brooks is the most interesting man in the world, or if he merely appears so in Adrienne LaFrance’s hands. Either way, this is the most absorbing profile I’ve read in ages: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
Is it possible to simultaneously over- and under-react? Yes, Katherine J. Wu, Ph.D. reports. On bird flu: theatlantic.com/health/archive…