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May 2009
Across the Universe
Finding intelligent life in the cosmos requires leaving the solar system. One group of scientists may have found a way. READ MORE
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FOR THE RECORD
I’m not enjoying this particular ride. I no longer expect to get rich. It makes me happy to realize this. It also makes it easier to give more money to charity.
Jeffrey Goldberg
From “Why I Fired My Broker,” May 2009
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We Won a Webby
TheAtlantic.com won the Webby Award for Magazine Site of the Year, along with the People’s Voice Award in the same category. The Webbys, presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, are “the Internet’s highest honor,” according to The New York Times. READ MORE
Atlantic Politics
5 May 2009
Souter Unshackled
As he looks ahead to retirement, the Supreme Court justice takes a jab at originalists and dreams of a good hike. (Image credit: Flickr user NCinDC) READ MORE
Atlantic Business
5 May 2009
Five Reasons You Should Worry About Tax Havens
“Whatever you think of the corporate tax in general—and in a tax fantasy world, we might want to scrap it in exchange for other things—it’s clear that the current system for taxing international business income is screwy.” READ MORE
James Fallows
5 May 2009
…And Then They Came for the Canadians
“A group of students from Canada has been placed in quarantine in China strictly because of their nationality. This is as arbitrary as the more widespread quarantining of Mexican passport holders — and more obviously nutty. Canadians? Is it because they come from someplace close to Mexico?” (Image credit: Flickr user Ian Muttoo) READ MORE
