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CalendarLetters to the Editor  COMMENT After the Fall What will happen to the losing party after the election? by Chuck Todd SOCIETY The Media and the Military American reporters would shudder to think that they harbor class prejudice—but they do by Robert D. Kaplan BRIEF LIVES The Faisal Factor A talk-show host on al-Jazeera targets those he believes are the worst enemies the Arabs have: themselves by Jeffrey Tayler AT LARGE Foreign Leaders and Kerry Do they really like him? Here's what they—or, anyway, people—tell me by P. J. O'Rourke INTELLIGENCE Follow the Mullahs With theologians at the center of terrorist strategy, "forensic theology" is rapidly becoming a valuable intelligence tool by Stephen Grey THE LIST Presidential Gifts Gifts George W. Bush couldn't turn down VERBATIM Rebranding America Promoting "Brand America" by Ross Douthat THE LAW Supreme Irony As elections near, partisans always invoke a threat to the "balance" of the Court. But the real peril isn't ideology—it's blandness by Benjamin Wittes PHENOMENON Down Year for Dynasties Down days for political scions. by Mark Murray EDUCATION Now, for Tonight's Assignment ... There's a way to raise student achievement that's sensible, cheap, and ridiculously straightforward. It'll probably go nowhere by Jonathan Rauch THE ART OF POLICY A $2.4 Trillion Figure of Speech The federal budget—an explanation by P. J. O'Rourke Primary Sources Why married men earn more money; Why "Dave" is sexier than "Paul"; the coming real-estate crash; does the Times best-seller list matter?  Welcome to the Green Zone Our fortified bubble in Baghdad is a microcosm of America—and of what has gone wrong in Iraq by William Langewiesche Crayola Nation Teal and periwinkle America by Ben Birnbaum Karl Rove in a Corner Karl Rove is at his most formidable when running close races, and his skills would be notable even if he used no extreme methods. But use them he does by Joshua Green THE BOARDROOM American Everyman Warren Buffett's billions are the least interesting thing about him. It's Buffett the symbol that matters now by Walter Kirn THE BOARDROOM Books About Schnooks They are the very models of the modern chief executive by Alex Beam THE BOARDROOM The Queen of Tween Last spring Anne Sweeney took charge of a "mess" of a network—ABC—that was buried in the ratings. Can a woman whose background is children's cable programming save a broadcast network with a history of management problems? To do so, she may just have to reinvent the television business by Sridhar Pappu THE BOARDROOM It's Lonely at the Top "Hello, my name is Joe. I am a CEO, and I am learning to listen and validate those around me." How executive coaching, philanthropic advising, and other specialized services help the modern—and newly self-examining—CEO get through the day by Rachel Donadio Touch & Go A poetry anthology A Snap Quiz in Body Language Lipstick Sinners WelcomeSHORT STORY Between Here and the Yellow Sea Coach and I are driving to Los Angeles to kidnap his daughter by Nicolas Pizzolatto  EDITOR'S CHOICE The South in Black and White The Rural Face of White Supremacy by Mark Schultz; Israel on the Appomatox by Melvin Patrick Ely; Picturing Faith by Colleen McDannell; Conjectures of Order by Michael O'Brien by Benjamin Schwarz The Honorable Schoolboy P. G. Wodehouse was a very advanced case of arrested development. Lucky for us by Christopher Hitchens Fatherland Philip Roth has conjured up an alternative America—but fantasy is the wrong form for a writer uncannily able to find real life fantastic by Clive James READING LIST You Oughtta Be in Pictures Great novels improved (in some specific way) by their screen versions by Lorrie Moore The Prime of Ms. Muriel Spark Her latest novel isn't her best work, but it illuminates the novels that are by James Wood  INNOCENT BYSTANDER Let Someone Else Do It The impulse behind everything by Cullen Murphy A LOOK BACK 60 Years Ago in The Atlantic "What to Do With German Prisoners: The American Muddle" ART The Thieves of Baghdad Everyone knows about the looting of Iraq's museums during last year's war. What almost no one knows is that most of the museums' holdings had been stolen and sold years before—and not by mobs of Iraqis off the street by Lauren Sandler THE PUZZLER Leapfrog by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon Word Court by Barbara Wallraff POST MORTEM Tastemaker With a Sweet Tooth William A. Mitchell (1911-2004) by Mark Steyn Who's Who A selective index to this month's issue by Benjamin Healy |
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