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In Post & Riposte: Russia's Decline Are Russia's days as a relevant world power over? Join the discussion on Jeffrey Tayler's May cover story. Roget's Insidious Influence Is Roget's Thesaurus a tool for mediocrity and an agent of the decline of the English language? Weigh in on Simon Winchester's Centerpiece in the May issue. See the complete forum index. |
 
77 North Washington Street by Michael KellyIn This Issue Letters to the Editor INNOCENT BYSTANDER: Who's in Charge? by Cullen Murphy  Rome: One Establishment Meets Another by J. Bottum San Salvador: Getting Used to the Greenback by Benjamin Ryder Howe Portland, Oregon: Byte, Byte, Against the Dying of the Light by Bill Donahue Mogadishu: Ayn Rand Comes to Somalia by Peter Maass Washington, D. C.: The Oval Office and the Diamond by Carl M. Cannon  Russia Is Finished Talk of "democratic reform" or "economic stability" is nonsense. As a power and as a society, Russia has nowhere to go but down by Jeffrey Tayler Centerpiece: Word Imperfect How a polymath named Peter Mark Roget brought forth one of the most influential—and lamentable—reference works of all time by Simon Winchester One Smart Bookie An IQ of 70 conceals "the greatest gambling mind in the world" by Jack El-Hai Techno-Thriller You've seen it before. You'll see it again by Ian Frazier The Sleeper A poem by W. S. Merwin The Hunter's Wife A short story by Anthony Doerr The Coin Behind Your Ear A poem by Connie Wanek [with audio] Incident Report William Makepeace Thackeray and James T. Fields by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel Special Collections Lost and Found by Richard Rubin  ENTERTAINING: Putting Guests in Their Place by Mary Killen DESIGN: The Stationery Self by Corby Kummer TRAVEL: Hong Kong and Macau Reflagged by Jamie James RADIO: Everything You Need to Know by Bill McKibben  Ordinary People Back When We Were Grownups, by Anne Tyler, reviewed by Katharine Whittemore The Nihilist The Dying Animal, by Philip Roth, reviewed by Jason Cowley NEW & NOTEWORTHY Benjamin Schwarz on Fast-Talking Dames by Maria DiBattista Caitlin Flanagan on How to Raise a Family on Less Than Two Incomes by Denise Topolnicki Stephen Amidon on Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux Christina Schwarz on In the Company of Angels by N. M. Kelby Robert Potts on Big As Life: Three Tales for Spring by Maureen Howard LETTER FROM LONDON: Bron and His "Affec. Papa" by Geoffrey Wheatcroft The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon Word Court by Barbara Wallraff Cover photograph by Anne Fishbein. All material copyright © 2001 by The Atlantic Monthly Group. All rights reserved. | [an error occurred while processing this directive] | ||
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