Features
Jihadists in Paradise
A kidnapping at a Philippine resort triggered a yearlong hunt for pirate terrorists and their American hostages. A behind-the-scenes tale of intrigue, spycraft, and betrayal. [Web-only: Watch CIA surveillance footage and video interviews with the story's key players]
Interviews: Mark Bowden, author of "Jihadists in Paradise," on hunting down the story of Abu Sabaya.
They Won’t Know What Hit Them
The software mogul Tim Gill has a mission: Stop the Rick Santorums of tomorrow before they get started. How a network of gay political donors is stealthily fighting sexual discrimination and reshaping American politics
Mr. Zhang Builds His Dream Town
A singing workforce, Mongolian millionaires in Porsches, and saving the planet—inside the empire of a Chinese tycoon with more than money on his mind. [Web-only: "At Home With Mr. Zhang." A narrated slideshow.]
Religion & Faith
This is the thirteenth in a series of archival excerpts in honor of the magazine’s 150th anniversary.
Agenda
It’s His Party
Bush is fading. Bush Republicanism is here to stay.
No Forwarding Address
The disintegration of a Baghdad neighborhood
Primary Sources
The European baby bust; life on two dollars a day; the bovine menace
Leaving Iraq
The Atlantic recently asked a group of foreign-policy authorities about the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq
The Ten-Cent Solution
Cheap private schools are educating poor children across the developing world—but without much encouragement from the international aid establishment.
The Royal Oui?
A vote for France’s first female president may not deliver the political change the country wants.
One-Man Stan
Saparmurat Niyazov (1940–2006), the nuttiest despot
Books
Of Rivals and Revivals
Britain vs. France through the ages
She’s Just Not That Into You
Women prefer food to sex with their husbands—and that’s OK.
Interviews: Joan Sewell talks about her new book, I'd Rather Eat Chocolate, and the politically incorrect reality that most married women just aren't that into sex
Fiction
A review of Tales of Chekhov
East is East
A new history of Orientalism reveals the vagary and variety of the field—and the danger of declaring any area of inquiry off-limits.
Cover to Cover
A guide to additional releases: Mamet on Hollywood, murder in Chicago, Jane Smiley's latest, and more
Pursuits
The Constant Gardener
A visit to the home of the famed Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus [Web-only: "The Swedish Way." A narrated photo essay.]
Fat City
Banning trans fats probably makes sense from a public-health standpoint—but will the doughnut survive?
The Truth About Beauty
It is the same in the eye of every beholder.
Crash Insurance
New programs back up everything you do— in real time, online, and automatically.
Word Fugitives
Kind husbands; the land of iTunesia
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