No Timetable For Withdrawal
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July/August 2005Countdown to a Meltdown
In 2005, James Fallows offered some grim—and prescient—economic predictions. READ MORE
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All Counterinsurgency Is Local
Prosecuting the war in Afghanistan from provincial capitals has been disastrous; we need to turn our military strategy inside out READ MORE
Books October 2008Nasty, Brutish, and Short
The narrator of Roth’s Indignation may die off early and horribly—but it’s the reader of this adolescent work who ought to feel the most outraged. READ MORE
Sports October 2008Distant Replay
How the greatest game in football history looks 50 years later, through the eyes of a modern NFL head coach READ MORE
The Nation In Numbers October 2008Blowback
Is wind power the new ethanol? READ MORE
Note to Our Readers 5 September 2008New Advice Column
The Atlantic will be launching a new advice column in an upcoming issue of the magazine. But first, we need your help. READ MORE