Volume 301 No. 4 | May 2008
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The rift between a beleaguered prime minister and a grieving novelist mirrors the division confounding Israel. Can the two men overcome the differences that separate them? Can Israel overcome its paralysis to make the hard choice necessary for its survival as a Jewish democracy? [Web only: Video: "Ideals and Ideologies—Israel at Sixty"]
by Jeffrey Goldberg
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FLASHBACKS
A look back at Atlantic predictions from the 1920s and '30s about prospects for a Jewish homeland.
by Jeffrey Goldberg
How tiny jets, Soviet-trained math prodigies, American “ant farmers,” and dot-com refugees are revolutionizing air travel [Web only: Slideshow: "A Day on the DayJet"]
by James Fallows
Al Franken’s political future—and maybe Democratic dominance of the Senate—depends on his ability to keep a (mostly) straight face between now and November. [Web only: Video: "He's Not Joking"]
by Joshua Green
COMMENT
John McCain hasn’t betrayed conservatism; his party has.
by Jonathan Rauch
Go-ahead at Gitmo; the People's economist; Caesar renders unto you
by Matthew Quirk
Smoke for life; Wal-Mart hits a wall; red-light rewards; Hezbollah's hospitals
THE WORLD IN NUMBERS
By deporting record numbers of Latino criminals, the U.S. may make its gang problem worse.
by Matthew Quirk
REPORT
A steamy solution to global warming
by Lisa Margonelli
A sweeping new social history portrays Richard Nixon as the president his fratricidal country deserved—and perhaps the best we could have hoped for.
by Ross Douthat
Flann O'Brien, a comic genius who died young, is finally getting his due.
by Joseph O’Neill
In Cyril Connolly’s classic memoir, the young grow rotten before they are ripe.
by Christopher Hitchens
A guide to additional releases: the other Freud; Churchill's valets; Charles Baxter's latest; and more
TRAVELS
Our correspondent visits Seattle with only the hive mind of the Internet as his guide.
by Wayne Curtis
FOOD
One man’s mission to save abandoned (and glorious) apples by helping people plant for the future
by Corby Kummer
CONTENT
The digital age demands that political candidates be authentic and accessible. But please—hold the carrots.
by Michael Hirschorn
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THE PUZZLER
by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Marking exes' spots; living in excess
by Barbara Wallraff
