Volume 300 No. 2 | September 2007
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Karl Rove had the plan, the power, and the historic chance to remake American politics. What went wrong?
by Joshua Green
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INTERVIEWS
Atlantic senior editor Joshua Green discusses Karl Rove's political fantasies and fatal mistakes.
by Jessica Pavone
The only person the speechwriter Michael Gerson made look better than President Bush was Michael Gerson. The shaping of a Washington reputation, as witnessed by a White House colleague
by Matthew Scully
Inside the cockpit and culture of the B-2, whose pilots may carry the greatest responsibility in the U.S. military today [Web only: Slideshow: "Spirit in the Sky."]
by Robert D. Kaplan
Even as foreign investors pour billions into ever-glitzier casinos, the tiny peninsula’s bid to become the Vegas of the Orient depends on China’s larger willingness to embrace transparency and the rule of law. [Web only: Slideshow: "The Many Faces of Macau."]
by James Fallows
150 YEARS OF THE ATLANTIC
Articles on journalism by H.L. Mencken, Ralph Pulitzer, David Halberstam, Walter Lippmann, and James Fallows
COMMENT
Can the Democrats succeed where Karl Rove failed?
by Ross Douthat
Air-guitar heroes; a Ukrainian grudge match; Noriega tastes freedom
Compiled by Matthew Quirk
Blinded by zeros; prostitutes and their johns; a user's guide to nuclear devastation
POLL
The Atlantic recently asked a group of foreign-policy authorities about the struggle in the Palestinian territories.
THE NATION IN NUMBERS
The Bush administration’s pathological hiding of information
by Graeme Wood
FIRST PRINCIPLES
Is private equity just another bubble, or a sign of sickness in America’s public stock markets?
by Clive Crook
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INTERVIEWS
Atlantic senior editor Clive Crook weighs in on the private-equity business—why it's booming, where it's headed, and what it means for American capitalism.
by Abigail Cutler
Editor’s Choice: The late English writer is overdue for the recognition and readers she deserves.
by Benjamin Schwarz
The gourmet’s ongoing failure to think in moral terms
by B. R. Myers
With his extravagant designs, Paul Poiret ruled the world of fashion—until modern simplicity did him in.
by Lynn Yaeger
How Edmund Wilson made the labor of criticism into an art
by Christopher Hitchens
A guide to additional releases
FOOD
At Camp Bread, in San Francisco, a baker rehabilitates one of the most frequently abused members of the pastry family.
by Corby Kummer
CULTURE AND COMMERCE
On television shows like CSI and Numb3rs, scientists are still weird—but a geeky glamour has replaced the old stereotypes.
by Virginia Postrel
CONTENT
The unbearable lightness of Ira Glass, Wes Anderson, and other paragons of indie sensibility
by Michael Hirschorn
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THE PUZZLER
by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
The art of ant eating; another N word
by Barbara Wallraff
