Unforgiven
The rift between a beleaguered prime minister and a grieving novelist mirrors the division confounding Israel.
May 2008
In This Issue
Jeffrey Goldberg on the divisions confounding Israel; Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bill Cosby's black conservatism; James Fallows reports on the new air taxi business; Joshua Green on Al Franken; Jonathan Rauch on the John McCain and Edmund Burke; Ross Douthat reviews Rick Perlstein's Nixonland; Christopher Hitchens on Cyril Connolly; Michael Hirschorn on politics in the digital age; and much more.
Features
‘This Is How We Lost to the White Man’
The audacity of Bill Cosby’s black conservatism [Web only: Video: "The Cosby Crusade"]
Taxis in the Sky
How tiny jets, Soviet-trained math prodigies, American “ant farmers,” and dot-com refugees are revolutionizing air travel [Web only: Slideshow: "A Day on the DayJet"]
He’s Not Joking
Al Franken’s political future—and maybe Democratic dominance of the Senate—depends on his ability to keep a (mostly) straight face between now and November. [Web only: Video: "He's Not Joking"]
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Mr. Conservative
John McCain hasn’t betrayed conservatism; his party has.
Calendar
Go-ahead at Gitmo; the People's economist; Caesar renders unto you
Primary Sources
Smoke for life; Wal-Mart hits a wall; red-light rewards; Hezbollah's hospitals
How to Grow a Gang
By deporting record numbers of Latino criminals, the U.S. may make its gang problem worse.
Waste Not
A steamy solution to global warming
Books
E Pluribus Nixon
A sweeping new social history portrays Richard Nixon as the president his fratricidal country deserved—and perhaps the best we could have hoped for.
The Last Laugh
Flann O'Brien, a comic genius who died young, is finally getting his due.
Arrested Development
In Cyril Connolly’s classic memoir, the young grow rotten before they are ripe.
Cover to Cover
A guide to additional releases: the other Freud; Churchill's valets; Charles Baxter's latest; and more
Weni, Widi, Wiki
Our correspondent visits Seattle with only the hive mind of the Internet as his guide.
Beyond the McIntosh
One man’s mission to save abandoned (and glorious) apples by helping people plant for the future
Only Connect
The digital age demands that political candidates be authentic and accessible. But please—hold the carrots.
Word Fugitives
Marking exes' spots; living in excess
