Moneyball Broke Baseball
But now the whiz kids who nearly ruined the national pastime have returned to save it.
July/August 2023
In This Issue
The new baseball, luxury-wedding confessions, Judd Apatow interviews Mel Brooks, and a road trip across America. Plus a new crossword, Paul McCartney’s photos, AI humanism, too much parking, Lorrie Moore, Diablo IV, and more.
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The Immortal Mel Brooks
The 2,000-year-old man turns 97 this summer. I talked with him about fighting in World War II, his life in comedy, and the secret to happiness.
A Star Reporter’s Break With Reality
Lara Logan was once a respected 60 Minutes correspondent. Now she trades in conspiracy theories that even far-right media disavow. What happened?
The Fake Poor Bride
Confessions of a wedding planner
My God, This Is a Magical Country
A road trip across my adopted America
Editor's Note
The Atlantic A Prize, a Puzzle, and an Ode
On recent happenings at The Atlantic
Dispatches
Illustration by Danielle Del Plato Colorado’s Ingenious Idea for Solving the Housing Crisis
And why local governments hate it
Illustration by Jo Imperio The Coming Humanist Renaissance
We need a cultural and philosophical movement to meet the rise of artificial superintelligence.
Paul McCartney I Saw You Standing There
Reflections on my 1964 trip to New York City—and what Beatlemania felt like to me and my bandmates
Culture & Critics
John Provencher ‘Hell Welcomes All’
Can hard-core gamers learn to play well with others?
Musubu Hagi What’s So Funny About Dying?
Death is everywhere in Lorrie Moore’s strange new novel, and so is the author’s trademark jokiness.
Illustration by Todd St. John How Parking Ruined Everything
America has paid a steep price for devoting too much space to storing cars.
Illustration by Lucas Burtin Inside Frank Bascombe’s Head, Again
Richard Ford’s hero is back.
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The Atlantic The Commons: ‘To Live With a Serious Mental Illness Is to Be in a Constant Fight for Your Agency’
Readers respond to our May 2023 cover story and more.
The Atlantic Caleb's Inferno
A devilish new crossword
Poetry
Illustration by Gabriela Pesqueira / The Atlantic. Sources: George C. Beresford / Stringer / Getty; Igor Golovniov / Getty.
