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November 2007 Issue
November 2007 Cover
The Atlantic's 150th anniversary issue—prominent contributors weigh in on the future of the American idea; Walter Kirn on the scourge of multitasking; Paul Elie on the misuses of Niebuhr; P.J. O'Rourke sings of fizzy fluid retention; James Fallows on the view of America from Abroad; Hitchens on Bellow; Caitlin Flanagan dismisses Hillary Clinton; and much more. View Magazine
  • The Future of the American Idea
  • The Story of a Magazine
    Sage Stossel
  • The Autumn of the Multitaskers
    Walter Kirn
  • A Man for All Reasons
    Paul Elie
  • Everybody Loves Reinhold
    Justine Isola
  • I Sing of Fizzy Fluid Retention
    P. J. O'Rourke
U.S.

American Smile

By Michael Bierut
November 2007 Issue