October 2007 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

- Letters to the Editor, pp. 14-24
- Comment
  Charlie Savage
  , pp. 25-28
  Has presidential power reached its zenith under Bush? Don't bet on it
- Calendar
  Matthew Quirk
  , p. 29
  TV writers feel the pinch; the boys of November; Clarence Thomas tells all
- Primary Sources, pp. 30-39
  The pirate polity; AK-47 alert; points for posture; the religiosity gender gap
- Poll, pp. 40-41
  Guantanamo's shadow
- The World in Numbers
  James D. Hamilton
  , pp. 42-43
  The world's most essential oil field may be in decline
- First Principles
  Clive Crook
  , pp. 44-47
  Some economists are beginning to doubt the benefits of free trade. What's wrong with them?
- Science
  Graeme Wood
  , pp. 48-52
  Can meteorologists armed with supercomputers and a few tons of soot stop a hurricane fr...
- Dispatches from the Aspen Ideas Festival, pp. 53-60
- 150 years of The Atlantic, pp. 61-63
  Philanthropy
- 'This Is Not Charity'
  Jonathan Rauch
  , pp. 64-71
  Can management consultants save the world?
- Bittersweet
  James Lasdun
  , pp. 72-77
- The Conscientious Investor
  Henry Blodget
  , pp. 78-89
  An unsentimental guide to socially responsible investing
- The Selfless Gene
  Olivia Judson
  , pp. 90-99
  Social Darwinism, in a good way
- After Musharraf
  Joshua Hammer
  , pp. 100-103
  Pakistan's future
- Lise
  David Thorburn
  , pp. 104-109
- Albun
  Phillis Levin
  , pp. 110-118
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  Life in the Margins (Review)
  Benjamin Schwarz
  , pp. 119-121
  Marking the Hours, by Eamon Duffy
  1. Marking the Hours by Eamon Duffy
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  Bowling Alone (Review)
  Joseph O'Neill
  , pp. 122-132
  Beyond a Boundary, by C.L.R. James
  1. Beyond a Boundary by C.L.R. James
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  Zuckerman Undone (Review)
  Christopher Hitchens
  , pp. 133-137
  Exit Ghost, by Philip Roth
  1. Exit Ghost by Philip Roth
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  Fiction (3 Reviews) , p. 138
  1. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
  2. Tomorrow by Graham Swift
  3. Engleby by Sebastian Faulks
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  Society and Culture Troubling the Waters, by Cheryl Lynn Greenberg (3 Reviews) , p. 138
  1. Troubling the Waters by Cheryl Lynn Greenberg
  2. Uncommon Arrangements by Katie Roiphe
  3. Motherland: A Philosophical History of Russia by Lesley Chamberlain
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  Biography and Memoir The Blair Years, by Alastair Campbell (5 Reviews) , pp. 138-140
  1. The Blair Years by Alastair Campbell
  2. To the Last Salute by Georg von Trapp
  3. Shakespeare and Co. by Stanley Wells
  4. Tearing Down the Wall of Sound by Mick Brown
  5. Peeling the Onion by Gunter Grass
- Travels
  Mark Jenkins
  , pp. 141-143
  Bhutan may be modernizing rapidly, but it's still one of the most unspoiled places on E...
- Technology
  James Fallows
  , pp. 144-147
  Protecting files and programs need not make you crazy---or even cost a cent
- Content
  Michael Hirschorn
  , pp. 148-155
  By bringing order to the Web, Facebook could become as important to us as Google
- Word Fugitives
  Barbara Wallraff
  , pp. 156-158
  Our cars, ourselves; affair whether friends
- Cover
  Samantha Appleton