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    • The Atlantic

    Immigrants in Canada, and the secrets some of us keep

    What The Atlantic’s story ‘My Family’s Slave’ reflects for many of Canada’s immigrants, and their complicated relationships to their new homes

    The myth of the ‘skills mismatch’

    Is it workers, jobs or employers that aren’t good enough?

    Read this and you’ll never watch football on TV the same way again

    In The Atlantic this month, Mark Bowden delivers a terrific bit of sports writing without even leaving the parking lot at Giants’ Stadium. Bowden, best known for writing Black Hawk Down, introduces us to a CBS production crew working the Cincinnati Bengal-New York Giant clash. The Giant’s Eli Manning led his team to a thrilling comeback victory that Sunday in late September but Bowden’s star is Bob ‘Fish’ Fishman, a “sinewy” 59-year-old director with 11 Emmy Awards and a striking resemblance to Larry David. Bowden perfectly captures the technical complexity and frantic pace involved with bringing the pro game to life for the millions watching at home. Here’s a sample: