September 2007 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

- Letters to the Editor, pp. 20-26
- Comment
  Ross Douthat
  , pp. 27-32
  Can the Democrats succeed where Karl Rove failed?
- Calendar
  Matthew Quirk
  , p. 33
  Air-guitar heroes; a Ukrainian grudge match; Noriega tastes freedom
- Primary Sources, pp. 34-41
  Blinded by zeros; prostitutes and their johns; a user's guide to nuclear devastation
- Poll, pp. 42-43
  Fatah and Hamas
- The Nation in Numbers
  Graeme Wood
  , pp. 44-45
  The Bush administration's pathological hiding of information
- First Principles
  Clive Crook
  , pp. 46-48
  Is private equity just another bubble, or a sign of sickness in America's public stock ...
- 150 years of The Atlantic: Media, pp. 49-51
- The Rove Presidency
  Joshua Green
  , pp. 52-53
  The Architect's failed design
- The Early Birds
  William Logan
  , pp. 54-61
- XYZ
  Robert Pinsky
  , pp. 62-75
- Present at the Creation
  Matthew Scully
  , pp. 76-89
  The Michael Gerson myth
- The Plane That Would Bomb Iran
  Robert D. Kaplan
  , pp. 90-95
  Inside the cockpit of the B-2
- Macau's Big Gamble
  James Fallows
  , pp. 96-108
  China rolls the dice
- The Other Elizabeth Taylor
  Benjamin Schwarz
  , pp. 109-111
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  Hard to Swallow (2 Reviews)
  B.R. Myers
  , pp. 112-118
  Best Food Writing 2006, by Holly Hughes
  1. Best Food Writing 2006 by Holly Hughes
  2. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
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  The King Is Dead (4 Reviews)
  Lynn Yaeger
  , pp. 119-123
  Poiret, by Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton
  1. Poiret by Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton
  2. Poiret by Francois Baudot
  3. Poiret by Yvonne Deslandres
  4. Chanel: A Woman of Her Own by Axel Madsen
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  Literary Companion (2 Reviews)
  Christopher Hitchens
  , pp. 124-129
  Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s and 30s, by Lewis M. Dabney and...
  1. Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s and 30s by Lewis M. Dabney and Edmund Wilson
  2. Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1930s and 40s by Lewis M. Dabney and Edmund Wilson
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  Fiction (2 Reviews) , p. 130
  1. Shakespeare's Kitchen by Lore Segal
  2. The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
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  Society and Culture Contested Waters, by Jeff Wiltse (3 Reviews) , p. 130
  1. Contested Waters by Jeff Wiltse
  2. The Book of David by David Steinberg
  3. The Enigma Woman by Kathleen A. Cairns
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  History Troublesome Young Men, by Lynne Olson (2 Reviews) , p. 130
  1. Troublesome Young Men by Lynne Olson
  2. The Road to Disunion, Vol. II by William W. Freehling
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  Biography and Memoir Coltrane: The Story of a Sound, by Ben Ratliff (5 Reviews) , pp. 131-132
  1. Coltrane: The Story of a Sound by Ben Ratliff
  2. The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown
  3. The Lives of the Poets by Samuel Johnson and Roger Lonsdale
  4. Public Cowboy No. 1 by Holly George-Warren
  5. Circling My Mother by Mary Gordon
- Travels
  Wayne Curtis
  , pp. 133-135
  Old Hippies and New Agers commune along the shores of Guatemala's Lake Atitlan
- Food
  Corby Kummer
  , pp. 136-139
  The rehabilitation of the scene, one of the most frequently abused members of the pastr...
- Culture and Commerce
  Virginia Postrel
  , pp. 140-141
  On CSI and Numb3rs, scientists are still weird---but a geeky glamour has replaced the o...
- Content
  Michael Hirschorn
  , pp. 142-147
  The unbearable lightness of Wes Anderson, Ira Glass, and other paragons of indie sensib...
- Word Court
  Barbara Wallraff
  , pp. 148-150
  The art of ant eating; another N word
- Cover
  Tim Brakemeier