The War on Fat
A trip through the Atlantic's archives offers revealing insights into American body politics
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Beinart Talks Back
The author of The Good Fight defends his vision of the American Left
Logging On For Love
The author of this month's cover story talks about love and the new research that's being produced by Internet matchmaking services
Rebels Without a Cause
Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter, the authors of Nation of Rebels, on how the myth of a counterculture derailed the political left
Islam’s Interpreter
Bernard Lewis talks about his seventy years spent studying the Middle East—and his thoughts on the region's future
The Fiction of Life
Azar Nafisi, the author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, on the dangers of using religion as an ideology, and the freedoms that literature can bring