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CalendarLetters to the Editor  COMMENT The Man Who Would Be King George W. Bush threatens creeping autocracy unless Congress and the courts act jointly—and forcefully—to stop him by Stuart Taylor Jr. PHOTO OP Then and Now Photograph by Igor Kostin FIRST PRINCIPLES Poison Pill Big, politically ugly changes to America's health-care system are unavoidable—consumer-driven health care may be the least-bad option by Clive Crook THE ODDS Bombing Iran by Terrence Henry WASHINGTON Jock Itch Lynn Swann's run for governor shows why political pros are big fans of star athletes by Joshua Green FOREIGN AFFAIRS Worse Than Iraq? Nigeria's president and onetime hope for a stable future is leading his country toward implosion—and possible U.S. military intervention by Jeffrey Tayler BRIEF LIVES Gingrich's Long Game The former speaker of the House is looking for a second act. Will he get it? by Ross Douthat POLL States of Insecurity Primary Sources Another problem for Pakistan; the teachers nobody wants; why you can't trust what you read; unhappier by the dozen?  Double Blind The untold story of how British intelligence infiltrated and undermined the Irish Republican Army by Matthew Teague Big Brother Is Listening The NSA has the ability to eavesdrop on your communications—landlines, cell phones, e-mails, BlackBerry messages, Internet searches, and more—with ease. What happens when the technology of espionage outstrips the law’s ability to protect ordinary citizens from it? by James Bamford The Coming Normalcy? Whatever else the American occupation of Iraq may be, it serves as a laboratory for ideas about how to wring stability out of chaos—the great foreign-policy challenge of the twenty-first century by Robert D. Kaplan The Drug Pushers As America turns its health-care system over to the market, pharmaceutical reps are wielding more and more influence—and the line between them and doctors is beginning to blur by Carl Elliott Markets and Morals Atlantic writings by Henry Demarest Lloyd, John Maynard Keynes, John Kenneth Galbraith, Peter Drucker, and others. POETRY Meditatio by Mary Karr How to Shampoo in French A reference guide by Con Chapman  EDITOR’S CHOICE Lee and Sherman Fever, by Peter Richmond; Upon the Altar of the Nation, by Harry S. Stout; Scars of War, Wounds of Peace, by Shlomo Ben-Ami; Barrier by Isabel Kershner by Benjamin Schwarz Bottoms Up Ian Fleming, the man behind James Bond, was a sadist, a narcissist, and a pervert. But he also saw past the confines of the Cold War by Christopher Hitchens New Fiction Abide With Me, by Elizabeth Strout by Joseph O’Neill ROUNDUP Touch of Evil A selective investigation of recent mysteries and thrillers by B. R. Myers Cry Wolfe In defense of the last writer in the world who needs defending by Mark Bowden NEW FICTION A Close Read High Lonesome: Stories 1966-2006, by Joyce Carol Oates by Christina Schwarz New Fiction Elements of Style, by Wendy Wasserstein by Elizabeth Judd Found in Translation? A new version of War and Peace seeks naturalism through slang by Mona Simpson READING LIST Cult Classics Edifying or entertaining sacred texts you’ve never read by Philip Jenkins Cover to Cover A guide to current releases by Benjamin Healy and Benjamin Schwarz  TRAVELS Empire's End A hike along Hadrian's Wall—and through the mists of time by Cullen Murphy FOOD Spring Chickens Heirloom poultry is poised to become “the other red meat”—if fears about avian flu don’t keep people away by Corby Kummer TECHNOLOGY A Thousand Words Cameras and telephones are coming together—and bringing people together—in ways that can shape society by James Fallows THE PUZZLER Box SetWord Court by Barbara Wallraff POST MORTEM The Last Edwardian Michael Wharton (1913–2006) by Mark Steyn Who's Who A selective index to this month’s issue, compiled by Benjamin Healy |
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