About a decade ago, I went through a Charles Bukowski binge. I read all of his books and poems. After that I read some of his letters. I was shocked to learn that he had submitted poetry to The Atlantic. Bukowski was desperate to be published. He celebrated finally having his material in the magazine.

Apparently, in a previous life, The Atlantic had a somewhat serious literary element. I've only known it as a political publication. Views range from military interventionism to economic interventionism.

Looking over the recent submissions, I see a common editorial theme: "The current administration is bad, bad, bad - and the only thing worse than the man we hate is the impending doom caused by not having big enough government bureaus."