Magazine

September / October 2009

Articles

• Cover Story

  Disappearing Iraq After a period of openness that benefited both the military and the media, the door is closing

  By Jane Arraf

• Cover Story

  Too Close for Comfort? Tom Ricks and the military's new philosophical embeds

  By Tara McKelvey

• Feature

  How 'Subprime' Crushed 'Predatory' And what it says about language, the business press, and how we think about the economic crisis

  By Elinore Longobardi

• Feature

  A Luddite’s Virtual Book Tour Get on Facebook, make a video, e-blast everyone you know

  By Judith Matloff

• Feature

  Great Expectations An Investigative News Network is born. Now what?

  By Charles Lewis

• Feature

  Take a Stand How journalism can regain its relevance

  By Brent Cunningham

• Feature

  The New Energy Beat It's global as well as local, environmental as well as financial. Can embattled newsrooms see the big picture?

  By Curtis Brainard and Cristine Russell

• Feature

  Drudge Has Lost His Touch Technology, the competition, and the times have passed him

  By Ethan Porter

Departments

• Short Takes

  Somalia's Dark Days

  By David Axe

• Short Takes

  All Together Now (II)

  By Megan McGinley

• Short Takes

  All Together Now (I)

  By Brent Cunningham

• Darts and Laurels

  Darts and Laurels News outlets in Connecticut grapple with a hostage crisis

  By Greg Marx

• Editorial

  Truth? Yes, Sir! Why we need a clearer view of both our wars

  By The Editors

Ideas & Reviews

• The Research Report

  Opening Minds Can the media persuade audiences to embrace a fresh outlook?

  By Michael Schudson and Julia Sonnevend

• Review

  First Person Singular An African master recedes behind his own myth

  By Eula Biss

• Review

  Raising Keynes A new book paints the iconic economist as the ultimate realist

  By Jeff Madrick

• Review

  Brief Encounters Short reviews of books on the Irish Revolution and animal rights crusaders

  By James Boylan

• Review

  Rocket Man An epic tale of men, missiles, and bureaucratic maneuvering

  By Ryan Grim

• Second Read

  Of Heroes and Humans Jim Brosnan wrote about himself, and sports writing evolved

  By Michael Shapiro

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