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Veggies Gone Bad
A cartoon.
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27 June 2008
Guns and the Second Amendment
The Supreme Court has struck down a D.C. ban on private handgun ownership. A collection of Atlantic writings debates the true intentions behind the Second Amendment and the safest approaches to firearm ownership. READ MORE
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THE PUZZLER
Try your hand at “Pool Puzzle,” the July/August installment of The Atlantic’s monthly word game.
FOR THE RECORD
 | The four-way stop weakens the force of all stop signs by muddling the main question drivers need to answer, namely: Which road has priority? |  |
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From “Distracting Miss Daisy,”, July/August 2008
Technology
July/August 2008
Electro-Shock Therapy
New data suggests General Motors may need to declare bankruptcy. In the July/August issue, Jonathan Rauch reports on GM’s effort to reinvent the automobile and save itself with the invention of a new electric car. READ MORE
July/August 2008
The 11 1/2 Biggest Ideas of the Year
A thumbnail intellectual history of the year. (Plus, submit your own suggestions for the idea (or ideas) that have been most important this year. Some submissions may be included in a future issue of the magazine.) READ MORE
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July/August 2008
Donald Rumsfeld: “In a Sealed Room”
Atlantic correspondent Robert D. Kaplan takes a fresh look at the legacy of Donald Rumsfeld. Also see his article, “What Rumsfeld Got Right,” in the July/August issue. READ MORE
Politics and Society
July/August 2008
Mr. Murdoch Goes to War
Rupert Murdoch wants his Wall Street Journal to displace The New York Times as the world’s paper of record. His ambitions could be good news for the newspaper industry—or another nail in the coffin of serious journalism.
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Politics and Society
July/August 2008
My Amygdala, My Self
Intrigued (and alarmed) by the new science of “neuromarketing,” our correspondent peers into his own brain via an MRI machine and learns what he really thinks about Jimmy Carter, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Bruce Springsteen, and Edie Falco. READ MORE
Foreign Affairs
July/August 2008
The Master and Medvedev
Why Vladimir Putin’s successful effort to handpick his replacement may backfire READ MORE
