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Terry Gross with Bill Ayers

“In my experience, 99% of the difference between a good interviewer (or a good panel moderator) and a bad one lies in what that person is doing while the interviewee talks. … Listen to this session by Gross to see how the thing should be done.”

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Spotlight

Jeffrey Tayler 14 November 2008

Medvedev Spoils the Party

It will take more than Obama’s electoral triumph to improve the United States’ strained relations with Russia. READ MORE

Nicholas Schmidle 13 November 2008

The Tribal Fallacy

Why the counterinsurgency tactics that seemed to work so well in Iraq could backfire in Afghanistan. READ MORE

Dispatch 12 November 2008

Rednecks for Obama

By Danielle Blau and Yael Goldstein Love

“It would be a mistake to conclude that Appalachia is not sharing in the moment’s resurgence of American optimism.” READ MORE

Sage, Ink 9 November 2008

Team of Rivals

A cartoon by Sage Stossel READ MORE

Past Present October 1972

The Last Traffic Jam

By Stewart Udall

In 1972 the former Arizona Congressman and Secretary of the Interior argued for a national plan to conserve oil and cut back on auto production. READ MORE

THE PUZZLER

by Cox and Rathvon

Try your hand at “Wrap Around,” the December installment of The Atlantic’s monthly word game.

FOR THE RECORD

I suppose I’ve seen too many movies, but, really? Social networks? Behavior detection? The TSA budget is almost $7 billion. That money would be better spent on the penetration of al-Qaeda social networks.

Jeffrey Goldberg

From “The Things He Carried”

In The Magazine

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Video November 2008

The American Arctic

Scott G. Borgerson, author of the November Map, and his colleague Michael A. Levi, lead a narrated journey through a thawing region. READ MORE

Sports November 2008

Buffalo Shuffle

by Gregg Easterbrook

Can a deal with Toronto save an American football team—and its decaying hometown? READ MORE

Moving PIctures November 2008

An Atheist Walks Into a Bar…

by James Parker

The spiritual journey of Bill Maher READ MORE

Books November 2008

Should Women Rule?

by Sandra Tsing-Loh

A clutch of books suggests they can’t rule like men. But there are other ways to run the world. READ MORE

Language November 2008

Freedom’s Curse

by Steven Pinker

A renowned Harvard linguist writes about the power of profanity and his role in FCC vs. Fox Television Stations, a case that has now made its way to the Supreme Court. READ MORE