“...there is only one thing that a philosopher can be relied on to do...Well, a philosopher can always contradict other philosophers.”— William James, theatlantic.com
“Trump’s political career began in advocacy of birtherism. But long before that, he had made his worldview clear.”— Ta-Nehisi Coates, theatlantic.com
“Barack Obama delivered to black people the hoary message that if they work twice as hard as white people, anything is possible. But Trump’s counter is persuasive: Work half as hard as black people, and even more is possible”— Ta-Nehisi Coates, theatlantic.com
“It's always a nice feeling, having people think that you feel things much deeper than you're allowed to say, but this isn't true. If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough.”— Shel Silverstein, theatlantic.com
“Certainly not every Trump voter is a white supremacist, just as not every white person in the Jim Crow South was a white supremacist. But every Trump voter felt it acceptable to hand the fate of the country over to one.”— Ta-Nehisi Coates, theatlantic.com
“Asserting that Trump’s rise was primarily powered by cultural resentment and economic reversal has become de rigueur among white pundits and thought leaders. But evidence for this is, at best, mixed.”— Ta-Nehisi Coates, theatlantic.com
“White Americans elected an orcish reality-TV star who insists on taking his intelligence briefings in picture-book form.”— Ta-Nehisi Coates, theatlantic.com
“For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me.”— Anne Fadiman, theatlantic.com
“Floods cause greater property damage and more deaths than tornadoes or hurricanes.”— Ian Bogost, theatlantic.com
“Whatever its merits, the European position is rooted in its experiences that the free market of ideas can fail—disastrously.”— Mila Versteeg, theatlantic.com
“It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another — but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.”— John Steinbeck, theatlantic.com
“I’ve observed my toddler, barely old enough to walk, confidently swiping her way through an iPad.”— Jean M. Twenge, theatlantic.com
“The more time teens spend looking at screens, the more likely they are to report symptoms of depression.”— Jean M. Twenge, theatlantic.com