December 2005 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- 77 North Washington Street, pp. 12-14
- Calendar, p. 15
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 16-36
- Our Faith-Based Future
  Clive Crook
  , p. 37
- Finance: Disasters and the Deficit
  Linda Bilmes
  , pp. 38-39
- Photo Op: The Other "El Norte", photograph
  Sergi Camara
  , pp. 40-41
- Hypotheticals: If America Left Iraq
  Nir Rosen
  , pp. 42-45
- The List: Cities Rising
  Matthew Quirk
  , pp. 46-47
- Brief Lives: Challenge Match
  Jeffrey Tayler
  , pp. 48-49
- Case History: The Dismantling of Russian Democracy
  Abigail Cutler
  , pp. 50-53
- Foreign Affairs: The Covert Option
  Terrence Henry
  , pp. 54-57
- Primary Sources , pp. 58-59
- Why Iraq Has No Army
  James Fallows
  , pp. 60-77
- Missing Bellow
  Scott Turow
  , pp. 78-81
- Small House Torn Down to Build a Larger
  X.J. Kennedy
  , pp. 82-87
- Amber
  Eavan Boland
  , pp. 88-91
- Captivity Pageant
  Mark Bowden
  , pp. 92-97
- Sultan of the Steppes
  Paul Starobin
  , pp. 98-104
- Is God an Accident?
  Paul Bloom
  , pp. 105-112
- Two Poems
  C.K. Williams
  , pp. 113-114
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  Editor's Choice (4 Reviews)
  Benjamin Schwarz
  , pp. 115-120
  Passion in Fashion
  1. Sample: Cuttings from Contemporary Fashion by Bronwyn Cosgrave
  2. Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion by Valerie Steele
  3. Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday
  4. New Art City by Jed Perl
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  Sit and Spin (4 Reviews)
  Marc Cooper
  , pp. 121-122
  How to Win Millions Playing Slot Machines! Or Lose Trying, by Frank Legato
  1. How to Win Millions Playing Slot Machines! Or Lose Trying by Frank Legato
  2. Beat the Slots! by Marten Jensen
  3. Designing Casinos to Dominate the Competition by Bill Friedman
  4. Video Poker: Optimum Play by Dan Paymar
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  Reading List: Cuba Libre (5 Reviews)
  Steve Wasserman
  , pp. 123-130
  Persona Non Grata, by Jorge Edwards
  1. Persona Non Grata by Jorge Edwards
  2. Guerrillas in Power by K.S. Karol
  3. Is Cuba Socialist? by Irene Dumont
  4. Against All Hope by Armando Valladares
  5. Sent Off the Field by Heberto Padilla
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  Hurricane Lolita (2 Reviews)
  Christopher Hitchens
  , pp. 131-132
  Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
  1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
  2. The Annotated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and Alfred Appel, Jr.
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  New Fiction (Review)
  Joseph O'Neill
  , pp. 133-134
  Accidents, by Yael Hedaya
  1. Accidents by Yael Hedaya
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  A Close Read (Review)
  Christina Schwarz
  , p. 135
  The Truth of the Matter, by Robb Forman Dew
  1. The Truth of the Matter by Robb Forman Dew
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  Serf Advisory (Review)
  Mona Simpson
  , pp. 136-137
  Directions to Servants, by Jonathan Swift
  1. Directions to Servants by Jonathan Swift
- Best Sellers Abroad: France
  Charles Trueheart
  , pp. 138-156
- Travels: Back to the Future
  Wayne Curtis
  , pp. 157-160
- Movies: Can Jesus Save Hollywood?
  Hanna Rosin
  , pp. 161-170
- Food: Merlot for Snobs
  Corby Kummer
  , pp. 171-174
- The Puzzler
  Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  , p. 175
- Word Fugitives
  Barbara Wallraff
  , pp. 176-177
- Post Mortem: The Least Worst Man Sidney Luft (1915-2005)
  Mark Steyn
  , pp. 178-179
- Who's Who
  Benjamin Healy
  , pp. 180-182
- Cover
  Ilkka Uimonen