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COMMENT Stoking the Beast Cutting taxes to shrink government doesn’t work—and that spells trouble for the conservative movement
by Jonathan Rauch
PHOTO OP Capitol Exodus Photograph by D. C. Hughes
FIRST PRINCIPLES Shock Absorption For America, energy security lies closer than you might think
by Clive Crook
POLL The Future of Hamas
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Hunkering Down A guide to the U.S. military’s future in Iraq
by Fred Kaplan
WASHINGTON The New War Over Wal-Mart The mounting attacks on the world’s largest company could change American business—and transform the health-care system
by Joshua Green
Primary Sources Tales from the couch in the Oval Office; the emerging Islamist majority in Palestine; the curious phenomenon of the “daughter gap”
The Day After Roe
If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, it will set off tectonic shifts in the American political landscape not seen since the civil-rights movement—or perhaps even the Civil War
by Jeffrey Rosen
INTERVIEWS After Roe
Jeffrey Rosen, the author of the June cover story, on what Roe v. Wade has done to the country, and what might happen without it
by Sara Lipka [Web only]
COMING SOON The Abortion WarsThe Education of Ali Al-Timimi
Atlantic articles from the sixties to the present take up all sides of the abortion debate. (Includes "One Woman's Abortion" by "Mrs. X."—a 1965 account of an illegal abortion).
Describing him as a “rock star” of Islamic fundamentalism in the United States, the government sent an American Muslim scientist to prison for life. But has justice been served?
by Milton Viorst
INTERVIEWS Enemy of the StateThe Management Myth
Milton Viorst on the path that brought his son's childhood friend from a middle-class American upbringing to life imprisonment for conspiracy to commit "violent jihad"
by Liel Leibovitz [Web only]
Most of management theory is inane, writes our correspondent, the founder of a consulting firm. If you want to succeed in business, don’t get an M.B.A. Study philosophy instead
by Matthew Stewart
A Russian Soldier’s Story
Two years in the life of Kiril Bobrov—a parable of the once-proud, now-rotting Russian army
by Gregory Katz
150 YEARS OF THE ATLANTIC Women’s Empowerment
This is the fifth in a series of archival excerpts in honor of the magazine’s 150th anniversary. This installment is introduced by Terry Castle, a professor of English at Stanford. Her books include The Apparitional Lesbian and Courage, Mon Amie
POETRY Samson in Love
by Elizabeth Cox
EDITOR’S CHOICE Fire From the Sky
Among the Dead Cities, by A. C. Grayling
by Benjamin Schwarz
How To Treat the Help?
The age-old problem of the rich has become the brand-new problem of the middle class
by Caitlin Flanagan
New York State of Mind
In praise of Deborah Eisenberg’s nonchalant sophistication
by Mona Simpson
A Man of Action
His narration may be clunky and his sex scenes almost comical, but Alan Furst’s turns of plot can leave a reader breathless
by B. R. Myers
NEW FICTION Finds and flops
The Man of My Dreams, by Curtis Sittenfeld
by Elizabeth Judd
No Way
John Updike’s latest novel reveals his tin ear for critical times
by Christopher Hitchens
NEW FICTION A Close Read
The Secret River, by Kate Grenville
by Christina Schwarz
Cover to Cover
A guide to additional releases
by Benjamin Healy and Benjamin Schwarz
TRAVELS How Not to Travel in Japan
Our correspondent flouts the Three Laws of Tourism there— and has a spectacular trip
by Charles C. Mann
FOOD Sweet Tea
Can one of the world’s oldest drinks help solve one of this country’s newest problems—the sugar epidemic? Two idealistic entrepreneurs think so
by Corby Kummer
TECHNOLOGY E-mail Out of Every Plug
Broadband sent over power lines offers Internet access everywhere in your house—and could also offer the country a way to save energy
by James Fallows
SPORTS Non-Native Sons
The globalization of soccer has distanced players from national fan bases—which is why the World Cup provokes such identity crises
by Geoffrey Wheatcroft
THE PUZZLER What's My Line?Word Court
by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon [Web only]
by Barbara Wallraff
POST MORTEM Making the Best of a Sticky Wicket
John Profumo (1915–2006)
by Mark Steyn
Who’s Who
A selective index to this month’s issue
by Benjamin Healy