Scott Stossel

National Editor, The Atlantic. Author of My Age of Anxiety and Sarge. Retweets mean "this is interesting," not necessarily "I agree with it."

[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

"When we asked about the prospect of riots if Trump tries to overturn the election results, Ticktin said he was not concerned. 'Believe me, our armed forces are a lot bigger than they are,' he said."

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[Adrienne LaFrance @AdrienneLaF]

@koosemar @TheAtlantic Happy to share a gift link, of course! Here you go: https://t.co/yNdJf8eyau

[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

Listen to Adrienne! 👇

[Adrienne LaFrance @AdrienneLaF]

One of the best stories I have ever ever read. Sharing it today because there must be someone out there who hasn't read it yet. Trust me on this one: https://t.co/m4YvCAYAW9

[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

"Trump’s true scourge is reality, not how the news is covering it."

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[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

"Most wars are long wars, and most wars tend to escalate in the ways that Carl von Clausewitz predicted, as fear, hatred, and the effort to overcome their opponents will drive combatants to hurt one another more"

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[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

JD Vance's friendship with Tucker Carlson "implies that Holocaust denial, claims of Jewish disloyalty to the United States, veneration of Putin, and a host of other poisonous ideas are welcome in the conservative movement"

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[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

"Was the Holocaust inevitable? Big question. Simple answer: no."

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[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

At The Atlantic Festival, the historian Timothy W. Ryback spoke with the Atlantic editor @SStossel about contemporary lessons of Hitler’s rise. #TAF26 https://t.co/RSCZnhQFD9

[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

"When I was 13, not long after my father had committed suicide, I asked my mother, 'What’s the Oedipus complex?'

'Why?' she replied at once. 'Are you afraid you’ve got it?'"

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[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

"For decades, we have told ourselves that our country represents democracy, freedom, and free trade... We thought we opposed dictators and kleptocrats, the leaders who steal from their own people. What happens when we realize that we no longer do?"

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[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

"These people do not talk about spreading democracy. They don’t care about America’s reputation. They are deploying the tools of American diplomacy & government to promote their own business interests or their own ideological goals"

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[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

"What are 'American priorities' if the American government is run by people who use its instruments not on behalf of its citizens, but on behalf of themselves?"

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[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

"The purpose of tennis was to develop attributes of peace rather than war: A 'steadfastness of aim and purpose, a better temper, and a kinder heart; here, through striving with your fellow man, you may learn to love him.'"

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[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

"Tennis offered another way to make men of strength and vigor while allowing them to remain gentlemen with their bodies intact. Its ample physical demands—the game is 'ardent, not phlegmatic'—were matched by an intellectual and psychological challenge."

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[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

"The 'no-self' teachings of Buddhism can be at odds with the goals of Westerners, who are generally aiming to be their best selves, not to disconnect from themselves."

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[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

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This is hard to watch. I feel for her, and admire her greatly

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Madison Keys with some heartbreaking quotes after losing to Qinwen Zheng from 5-0 match point up in the 3rd set at U.S. Open

“I feel like I got off to a really good lead and then I just got really scared. I felt like I couldn’t swing. Tennis just feels really hard right now. I feel like that kind of took over.” 💔

“I think my level dropped & she started to play better.”

“I just feel like I’ve kind of been struggling for a while now & I feel like I was able to play through it for a bit. I’m sure everyone could kind of see that I was struggling a bit. Inside it’s felt probably even bigger than that. Some weeks are easier than others. This week is obviously one of the harder ones just because you care so much. I’m gonna have to make some sort of changes.”

“I think it’s been something that’s been building for a while. I just kind of keep pushing it off and pushing it off because that’s how the tennis world works. It’s just to the point where I actually need to do something about it.”

[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

"Like late-summer humidity, Hasan Piker hangs heavy over the discourse."

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[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

"One day, someone came in from a meditation-retreat center in a state of florid psychosis. Three months later, another psychotic meditator came in, from the same retreat center. That’s weird, Britton thought. Do they know each other? They did not."

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[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

"Britton has found that about 1 in 10 people who have meditated, even once, had an adverse effect that lasted more than a month—a rate that would qualify as “very common” under the standard classification used for adverse drug reactions."

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