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George Gurley 1987-1989 The Observer is born. I was still in college. In the summer I interned at CV (Career Vision) magazine, which was started by my then-stepfather, Shelby Bryan, and Marian Salzman, the editor in chief. I fact-checked and interviewed...

There comes a moment in the life of many a great economist when he (it is usually a he, often French) becomes famous due to a trashy tabloid scandal. It happened when IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested, later cleared, for assaulting a hotel...

The Atlantic’s editors and writers share their favorite titles—new, classic, or somewhere in between—from a year of reading. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North Harry August, the narrator and protagonist of Claire North’s 2014 novel...

The Empire State Building is a 103-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet (381 meters), and with its antenna spire included...

CALTRANS’ BYPASS DECEIT To the editor: I agree with those who call for civility. We should listen and treat each other with respect, even when we disagree. At the same time, I need to acknowledge my strong emotions about this bypass — the...