Volume 301 No. 6 | July/August 2008
American Murder Mystery Why is crime rising in so many American cities? The answer implicates one of the most celebrated antipoverty programs of recent decades.
by Hanna Rosin
Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is doing to our brains
by Nicholas Carr
What Rumsfeld Got Right How Donald Rumsfeld remade the U.S. military for a more uncertain world
by Robert D. Kaplan
The 11 1/2 Biggest Ideas of the Year A thumbnail intellectual history of the year
VIDEO Where Ideas Come From Filmmaker David Lynch and songwriter Donovan reflect on the creative processElectro-Shock Therapy With the Chevy Volt, General Motors—battered, struggling for profitability, fed up with being eclipsed by Toyota and the Prius—is out to reinvent the automobile, and itself.
by Jonathan Rauch
My Amygdala, My Self Intrigued (and alarmed) by the new science of “neuromarketing,” our correspondent peers into his own brain via an MRI machine and learns what he really thinks about Jimmy Carter, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Bruce Springsteen, and Edie Falco.
by Jeffrey Goldberg
Distracting Miss Daisy Why stop signs and speed limits endanger Americans
by John Staddon
Mr. Murdoch Goes to War Rupert Murdoch wants his Wall Street Journal to displace The New York Times as the world’s paper of record. His ambitions could be good news for the newspaper industry— or another nail in the coffin of serious journalism.
by Mark Bowden
VIDEO Rupert Murdoch: The Last Hope for Journalism? Mark Bowden speaks with the Atlantic's editor, James Bennet, about old journalism, New Journalism, and the future of printLetters to the Editor
POETRY
From a Window
by Christian Wiman
A Raft of Grief
by Chelsea Rathburn
COMMENT
Infectious Exuberance Financial bubbles are like epidemics— and we should treat them both the same way.
by Robert J. Shiller
REPORT
The Master and Medvedev Why Vladimir Putin’s successful effort to handpick his replacement may backfire
by Jeffrey Tayler
Primary Sources Saudi justice; snakes on a brain; medieval marketing; the broadband gap; American traitors
BOOKS
A Vision in Concrete Editor’s Choice: Oscar Niemeyer’s work continues to enchant and appall students of architecture and urban planning.
by Benjamin Schwarz
I Choose My Choice! The fruits of the feminist revolution? Sisterhood, empowerment, and eight hours a day in a cubicle
by Sandra Tsing Loh
Cassocks and Cabbages Salman Rushdie’s ebullient historical novel manifests both his dexterous erudition and his bawdy wit.
by Christopher Hitchens
New Fiction The characters of Meg Wolitzer's latest novel are so insightful and articulate that it's a pleasure to listen to them think.
Cover to Cover A guide to additional releases
TRAVELS
Little Skyscraper on the Prarie A rare Frank Lloyd Wright tower—one of his most bizarre buildings ever—rises high above the Oklahoma plains.
by Wayne Curtis
SLIDESHOW The Price Is Wright Wayne Curtis leads a virtual tour of the Price TowerCULTURE & COMMERCE Inconspicuous Consumption A new theory of the leisure class
by Virginia Postrel
THE PUZZLER Pool PuzzleWord Fugitives Plausible reliability; tales out of fools
by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
by Barbara Wallraff
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