From The Atlantic Monthly, e-mails and memos reveal the backstabbing and conflicting strategies that produced Hillary Clinton’s campaign epic meltdown (and an interview with Josh Green). Unnecessarily evil: Reclaiming the morality of abortion and the overdue change to the Democratic platform. A review of The Way We’ll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream by John Zogby (and an interview). Should the next president advocate replacing the War Powers Resolution? Naomi Wolf on The Porn Myth: In the end, porn doesn't whet men's appetites—it turns them off the real thing. Whether we’re drinking or fornicating, why are we always being told to "stop, think, proceed with caution"? From Radar, twilight of the rods: An article on the rise and fall of men's magazines. In defense of the soldier of fortune: A review of Highway to Hell: Dispatches from a Mercenary in Iraq by John Geddes. Research shows why an exciting book is just as thrilling as a hair-raising movie. A review of Oscar Niemeyer: Curves of Irreverence by Styliane Philippou. From Vanity Fair, after a glorious efflorescence as the link between Hindu India and Buddhist China, Nepal was isolated from the world until 1950 — the result: Kathmandu Valley, where a medieval past is vibrantly present, architectural marvels are part of everyday life, and the sacred is pervasive.
