Features
The Rise of the New Global Elite
The changing economy has created a new class of business megastars. Super-rich and often self-made, they tend to be ambivalent about the rest of us, and they increasingly form a nation unto themselves.
Good Ol’ Girl
Does Nikki Haley, the new governor of South Carolina, signal a fundamental change in the GOP’s relationship
with women, and in the GOP itself?
Video: Hanna Rosin and Joshua Green discuss McConnell, Haley, and the tensions within the new Republican Party.
Strict Obstructionist
Senator Mitch McConnell is the quiet architect of the Republicans' resurgence—and the biggest reason why nothing's getting done in Washington.
How the Recession Changed Us
Economic disaster by the numbers
The Tyranny of the Defense Inc.
Fifty years later, Eisenhower's warnings about the military-industrial complex look not only prescient, but dramatically understated.
From the Archives: Crooked contractors, radical overspending, and other stories of the military-industrial complex from the Atlantic archives.
Fighting the Next War
The case for a new national security act
Why Our Best Officers Are Leaving
An exclusive survey of West Point graduates reveals a growing lack of faith in the military’s meritocracy.
Dispatches
Private Plane, Public Menace
The astonishing security flaws of private aviation
The Last Stand of Ricardo Sanchez
Ricardo Sanchez's quixotic quest for truth about the Iraq War
The Kindest Cut
To fight AIDS, Swaziland turns to mass circumcision.
Slideshow: Photos from Swaziland's national HIV prevention campaign
The Amazon’s Mysterious Cure-All
Side effects may include intense pain, extreme vomiting, and absolutely terrifying visions
Slideshow: At an Amazonian healing ceremony, participants try to bridge the physical and spiritual worlds.
Shade of Home
Reckoning with the ghosts of Mum and Pup
The Hangover Cure
A review of alleged hangover remedies, ancient and modern
Rudyard Kipling Wrote Here
Inside the Vermont home where Kipling
created his classic tales
The New Physics of Tennis
Unlocking the mysteries of Rafael Nadal’s killer topspin
Video: Joshua Speckman demonstrates how new technology is warping the tennis world
Books
The Hazards of Duke
A now infamous PowerPoint presentation exposes a lot about men, women, sex, and alcohol—and about how universities are letting their female students down.
Hard Core
The new world of porn is revealing eternal truths about men and women.
Columns
Dire States
Most state governors will have
to either raise taxes or cut spending—exactly what not to do when recovering from a recession.
The Wild World of Sports
In ESPN’s SportsCenter, the fan still finds solace—even order—in chaos.
Video: James Parker comments on scenes of malfunctioning touch screens and overzealous soccer announcers.
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