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The Ploy
The inside story of how the interrogators of Task Force 145 cracked Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s inner circle—without resorting to torture—and hunted down al-Qaeda’s man in Iraq
The Kingdom in the Closet
Sodomy is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia, but gay life flourishes there. Why it is “easier to be gay than straight” in a society where everyone, homosexual and otherwise, lives in the closet
The Minister for National Fears
With the collapse of the center in Israeli politics, and the growing menace of Iran, Avigdor Lieberman’s extremist views may suddenly become mainstream.
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INTERVIEWS
"Israel Is Our Home"
Gershom Gorenberg elucidates the startling politics of Avigdor Lieberman, a right-wing Israeli politician who has lately taken center stage
Let’s Die Together
Why is anonymous group suicide so popular in Japan?
150 YEARS OF THE ATLANTIC
Humor
This is the 15th in a series of archival excerpts in honor of the magazine’s 150th anniversary. For the full text of these articles, visit www.theatlantic.com/ideastour.
POETRY
1950
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INTERVIEWS
The Activist Soldier
Andrew J. Bacevich, author of "Warrior Politics," talks about the increased politicization of the American military and its troubling potential consequences
Calendar
Immigrants on parade; Scottish pride; Korea's transgendered pop stars
Primary Sources
Presidential tea leaves; open-market elves; the fine art of sword-swallowing
THE WORLD IN NUMBERS
Breaking Away
Serious trouble is brewing in Iraq’s one quiet corner: the Kurdish north.
POLL
Iran in Iraq
The Atlantic recently asked a group of foreign-policy authorities about Iran's role in the Iraq conflict
FIRST PRINCIPLES
When the Buck Stops
The age of the dollar has been great for America—but it may end soon.
Stalin’s Gift
Stalin on the Eastern Front
The Sanguine Sex
Abortion and the bloodiness of being female
New Fiction
Acceptance, by Susan Coll
One Fraught Englishman
The turbulent life of Kingsley Amis
Cover to Cover
A guide to additional releases: the history of the car bomb; Ralph Ellison; the annals of impotence; and more
TRAVELS
The Skeleton Coast
A safari by air over Namibia’s haunting sands [Web only: "Above Namibia ." A narrated photo essay.]
FOOD
The Supermarket of the Future
An exciting new Italian bazaar makes Whole Foods look like the A&P—and it’s coming to America.
CULTURE AND COMMERCE
Dress Sense
Why fashion deserves its place in art museums [Web only: Slideshow: "Museums in Fashion."]
Word Fugitives
Mockingbird blu; technological no-how