December 1985

In This Issue
Explore the December 1985 print edition below. Or to discover more writing from the pages of The Atlantic, browse the full archive.
Articles
The Case Against Credentialism
High-Tech Tv
The Moral Equivalent of Defeat
The Last Word
The Arctic World
The Old Gringo
Mv Present Age
The Kingdom of the Wicked
Tell Them It Was Wonderful
The Supreme Adventure of Inspector Lestrade
The Late, Great Pennsylvania Station
World's Fair
Acrostic No. 5
The Puzzler
A Handle on the News
You ought to be ironical the minute you get out of bed.
What's Hot, What's Not
The difference between a successful product and a failed one is sometimes hard to discern
Minority Report
Ignored by their President, ill-used by their Democratic colleagues, House Republicans are in a mutinous mood
Democracy Adrift
Civil liberties are under fire in Papandreou’s Greece
Contributors
Christmas Books
Category Z
Execution
Loop
"Burgers! Shakes!"
How the evolving architecture of fast-food chains has shaped the character of America’s roadside landscape
Egyptian Onions
Rabbits
Melodic Trumpet
History in the Making
