15 Ways to Fix the World
Privatize the seas. Welcome guest workers. Scrap the vice presidency. Teach teens to drink. And more.
July/August 2009
In This Issue
Jeffrey Goldberg on how Iran could save the Middle East; Joshua Green on how Obama might fulfill Carter's dream of greening America; Gary Wills on William F. Buckley Jr..; Mark Bowden on a hostage crisis in Columbia; Sandra Tsing Loh on why you should get a divorce; and much more.
Features
How Iran Could Save the Middle East
An unlikely alliance with Israel might bring peace to the region
Re-Engineering the Earth
New techniques can change the climate quickly and cheaply. Why are scientists afraid to mention them?
The Elusive Green Economy
Barack Obama is preaching the gospel of clean energy. Can he succeed where Jimmy Carter failed?
Dr. Doom Has Some Good News
Nouriel Roubini is a famous--and famously prescient--economic pessimist. So why is he smiling?
Get Smarter
Humans have survived the centuries by evolving into quick-witted creatures. Now technology and pharmacology provide a new boost to intelligence
Daredevil
William F. Buckley was a man of impulse, big words, and reckless candor. But he wasn’t a snob
Get the digital edition of this issue.
Subscribers can access PDF versions of every issue in The Atlantic archive. When you subscribe, you’ll not only enjoy all of The Atlantic’s writing, past and present; you’ll also be supporting a bright future for our journalism.Dispatches
Flight Risk
When a U.S. company ignored pilot warnings in Colombia, four Americans died, and three were taken captive
Greening With Envy
How knowing your neighbor’s electric bill can help you to cut yours
Pitchers’ Duel
Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling, and Hall of Fame standards in the steroid era
How Moldova Escaped the Crisis
Europe’s poorest country is a paragon of financial stability
Fixing Lunch
Tony Geraci is determined to get healthy food to the kids in Baltimore's public schools
Where Birds Rule the Earth
In Russia’s vast far east, most of the people are gone, but feathered inhabitants are abundant
The Rating Game
The spread of Internet rankings and reviews is freeing consumers to focus on the decisions that matter
Books
California Dreamers
The latest volume of Kevin Starr’s history chronicles the triumph—and points toward the tragedy—of the Golden State’s Good Life
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
The author is ending her marriage. Isn’t it time you did the same?
Smith Collection / Gado / The Atlantic Lincoln’s Emancipation
The cruelty and degeneracy the future president was subjected to in his youth forged his iron will
Cover to Cover
A slacker’s miscellany; the long-haul lobby; wuthering Wordsworths; Vishnu anew; and more
Columns
Sex and the Single Wizard
The peculiar challenge of adapting Harry Potter for the screen
William Gottlieb / CORBIS Home Economics
Even in a depression, it seems, Americans won’t stop feathering their nests.
The Newsweekly’s Last Stand
Why The Economist is thriving while Time and Newsweek fade
