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CalendarLetters to the Editor  COMMENT Containing Iran Cold War strategies might help us handle Tehran’s nuclear ambitions by Jonathan Rauch PHOTO OP Emigration Reform by Hector Mata WASHINGTON Purple Mountains Could the interior West—long seen as an archetypal red region—be turning blue? The fate of the Republican Party may hinge on the answer by Ryan Sager THE LIST Leaps of Faith When pop stars get religion by Ross Douthat BRIEF LIVES Ford’s Theater Can Harold Ford become the first black senator from the old Confederacy since Reconstruction? by Michael Crowley FIRST PRINCIPLES A Confederacy Of Eunuchs What a lousy time for the leaders of the world’s economic powerhouses to be gripped by political weakness by Clive Crook THE LAW Of Clerks and Perks Why Supreme Court justices have more free time than ever—and why it should be taken away by Stuart Taylor Jr. and Benjamin Wittes POLL War in Iraq Primary Sources Pakistan’s out-of-control army; the sorry (but egalitarian) state of American health care; the happiness census  The Monster of Florence A true crime story by Douglas Preston INTERVIEWS The Journalist and the MurdererThe Short, Violent Life of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi How a video-store clerk and small-time crook reinvented himself as America’s nemesis in Iraq by Mary Anne Weaver Jihad 2.0 With the loss of training camps in Afghanistan, terrorists have turned to the Internet to find and train recruits. The story of one pioneer of this effort—the enigmatic “Irhabi 007”—shows how by Nadya Labi INTERVIEWS Web of TerrorExtreme Parenting Does the Baby Genius Edutainment Complex enrich your child’s mind—or stifle it? by Alissa Quart 150 YEARS OF THE ATLANTIC Idealism & Practicality This is the sixth in a series of archival excerpts in honor of the magazine’s 150th anniversary. This installment is introduced by James Fallows, a national correspondent for The Atlantic Arabic by Alexander Nemser Frequently Asked Questions Humor by Evan Eisenberg  EDITOR'S CHOICE Chairs, Rag Mags, Indian Wars Phaidon Design Classics; A Dash of Daring, by Penelope Rowlands; Yellowstone Command, by Jerome A. Greene by Benjamin Schwarz Cheap Thrills A story of American women in financial jeopardy by Sandra Tsing Loh New Fiction Digging to America, by Anne Tyler by Elizabeth Judd Summer Reading What some notables are stacking on their beach blankets this year The Persian Version Under the caked muck of theocracy in today’s Iran, ancient and lovely literary springs still bubble by Christopher Hitchens NEW FICTION A Close Read Stoner, by John Williams by Christina Schwarz Cover to Cover A guide to additional releases by Benjamin Healy and Benjamin Schwarz  TRAVELS Greetings from Airworld! Six days in five airports—a survivor’s guide by Wayne Curtis FOOD Deliverance The future of shopping for fresh fruits and vegetables by Corby Kummer TECHNOLOGY The Electric Mind Meld Two new elegantly conceived programs help you unjam your digital life by James Fallows COMMERCE AND CULTURE The Next Starbucks? How massage went from the strip club to the strip mall by Virginia Postrel SPORTS Spin Doctors Racket technology saved tennis, and Roger Federer is proof by Tom Perrotta POST MORTEM The Swedes’ Swingingest Swinger Vilgot Sjöman (1924–2006) by Mark Steyn THE PUZZLER Dinner With the CryppsWord Fugitives by Barbara Wallraff |
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