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Andrew Sullivan

Gay Marriage and the GOP

“This is one of very few issues on which Asians, Latinos and blacks vote for them. But it reinforces the identity of the party as primarily that of white, less educated fundamentalist voters.”

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Spotlight

Dispatch 2 December 2008

One Day in Bangkok

By Jarrett Wrisley

An on-the-ground report from a city of closed airports, disbanded political parties, and rolicking protests. READ MORE

Dispatch 26 November 2008

The Hope for Audacity

By Todd Gitlin

Todd Gitlin assesses the difference between Obama’s outlook and that of FDR and LBJ, and considers what it will take for him to succeed in office. READ MORE

Past Present March 2008

Christians and Muslims clashed in Nigeria over the weekend, leaving hundreds dead. In March of this year, Eliza Griswold reported from the frontlines of this violent religious conflict in Nigeria. READ MORE

Dispatch 27 November 2008

Behind Mumbai

By Robert D. Kaplan

Robert D. Kaplan offers insight into the Hindu-Muslim tensions festering within India. READ MORE

Sage, Ink 25 November 2008

The Battle Rages On

By Sage Stossel

A cartoon READ MORE

THE PUZZLER

by Cox and Rathvon

Try your hand at “Wrap Around,” the December installment of The Atlantic’s monthly word game.

FOR THE RECORD

Jim Carrey will loom large in our shattered posterity, I believe, because his filmography amounts to a uniquely sustained engagement with the problem of the self.

James Parker

From “The Existential Clown”

In The Magazine

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Foreign Affairs December 2008

“Be Nice to the Countries That Lend You Money”

by James Fallows

An interview with America’s Chinese banker. READ MORE

Books December 2008

Books of the Year

by Benjamin Schwarz

The best of 2008. Six selections by The Atlantic’s literary editor. READ MORE

Books December 2008

Suburbs of Our Discontent

by Christopher Hitchens

Misery and banality in a 1950s Connecticut development—rendered with anatomical precision on the page, and now coming to the screen READ MORE

Cities December 2008

A Cock Crows in Portland

by Inara Verzemnieks

The heartbreak of urban chicken husbandry READ MORE

Video December 2008

The Existential Clown

by James Parker

Why Jim Carrey makes us uncomfortable. Multimedia: Also see Parker’s commentary on several of Carrey’s most subversive on-screen moments. READ MORE

Sports December 2008

Rampage

by David Samuels

In the ring with Quinton Jackson: a profile of an ultimate fighter. Also read an interview with Samuels and the transcripts of his conversations with ultimate fighter B. J. Penn, UFC owner Lorenzo Fertitta, and Octagon Girl Arianny Celeste. READ MORE

The Economy

Why Wall Street Always Blows It

by Henry Blodget

And why we never learn from the last bubble. READ MORE

Slideshow December 2008

Fear and Loathing in Beirut

Kate Brooks, photographer for Joshua Hammer’s piece Getting Away With Murder, shares images of politicians and journalists who are hiding from assassins in Lebanon’s capital city. READ MORE