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Hillary Goes Out With a Whimper
“Clinton didn’t seem angry or betrayed or entitled or any of the things that critics have attributed to her—she seemed merely unenthused, and so did the audience.”
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27 August 2008
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FOR THE RECORD
 | Party conventions have been such dull spectacles of stage management for so long that this year it was considered nothing less than shocking that delegates might arrive in Denver with anything more than ceremonial or coronational duties ahead of them. |  |
| —Christopher Hitchens |
From “Master of Conventions”
Science
September 2008
Gut Reactions
The termite’s stomach, of all things, has become the focus of large-scale scientific investigations. Could the same properties that make the termite such a costly pest help us solve global warming? READ MORE
The World In Numbers
September 2008
The Great Disruption
How scarcity, affluence, and biofuel production are wreaking havoc on food prices
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Note to Our Readers
22 August 2008
New Advice Column
The Atlantic will be launching a new advice column in an upcoming issue of the magazine. But first, we need your help. READ MORE
Politics & Society
September 2008
The Front-Runner’s Fall
Hillary Clinton’s campaign was undone by a clash of personalities more toxic than anyone imagined. E-mails and memos—published here for the first time—reveal the backstabbing and conflicting strategies that produced an epic meltdown. READ MORE
