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February 22, 2001 + THIS WEEK ... Poets may be "the unacknowledged legislators of the world," as Percy Bysshe Shelley once put it, but what of journalists? Well, in the February and March issues of Harper's magazine Christopher Hitchens, a columnist for The Nation and Vanity Fair and the author of a new collection of essays on literature and politics entitled *Unacknowledged Legislation*, has been making a bid of his own for legislator -- or prosecutor -- status, arguing in his inimitable way that Henry Kissinger ought to be indicted for crimes against humanity. This week and next in Atlantic Unbound, James Fallows, The Atlantic's national correspondent, engages Hitchens in an exchange of e-mail correspondence about both the Harper's articles and the book -- with its essays on such writers as George Orwell, Salman Rushdie, Norman Podhoretz, and many others. To accompany the exchange, we're offering two influential Atlantic articles by Seymour M. Hersh (a journalist "legislator" if there ever was one) from May and December, 1982, which went on to form part of his book *The Price of Power: Kissinger in Nixon's White House*. Also this week: a flashback to Charles C. Mann's report on the Napster controversy from last September's Atlantic, new Unbound Fiction, fresh ink from Sage Stossel, and more. Cheers, Wen Stephenson Editorial Director The Atlantic Online ------------------------------------------------------- + In ATLANTIC UNBOUND, The Atlantic's online journal ... Fallows@large THE WORK OF WORDS Feb 21 | James Fallows exchanges e-mail with Christopher Hitchens, author of *Unacknowledged Legislation* and would-be prosecutor of Henry Kissinger. http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/fallows/jf2001-02-21/ Plus, from The Atlantic's archive: - "Kissinger and Nixon in the White House" (May 1982) The first of two articles on Henry Kissinger's service as national security adviser to Richard Nixon. By Seymour M. Hersh http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/82may/hershwh.htm - "The Price of Power" (December 1982) Kissinger, Nixon, and Chile. By Seymour M. Hersh http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/82dec/hersh.htm Also in Atlantic Unbound: Unbound Fiction I WAS JUST LOOKING by Joe Kuhl Feb 21 | "Her scarlet djelleba was torn slightly at the hem. He gazed at the smooth, graceful curve of her calf, deliberately revealed, he was certain, for his eyes only." http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/fiction/2001-02kuhl.htm Sage, Ink ESCAPIST LITERATURE Feb 21 | A cartoon by Sage Stossel. http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/sage/ss2001-02-21.htm ------------------------------------------------------- + In FLASHBACKS... THE HEAVENLY JUKEBOX In last September's Atlantic, Charles C. Mann argued that most coverage of the Napster controversy has missed some basic points. Chief among them: the fight against Internet "piracy" is being led by a peculiar and grasping business -- the recording industry -- that should not be allowed to set the rules. http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/09/mann.htm ------------------------------------------------------- + In D.C. DISPATCH | from National Journal Legal Affairs GOOD PARDONS, BAD LAWS, AND BUSH'S UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY by Stuart Taylor Jr. Feb 22 | By pushing for sentencing reform, Bush can show that compassionate conservatism is more than a slogan. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/nj/taylor2001-02-22.htm Media DYING TO BE READ -- WHAT OBITS TELL US by William Powers Feb 22 | Obits can reflect a paper's values. Consider the send-offs for Dale Evans and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/nj/powers2001-02-22.htm Political Pulse SIMPLY "SHOWING STRENGTH" MIGHT NOT DO by William Schneider Feb 22 | Sharon's problem is that Palestinians live in the same neighborhood as Israelis. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/nj/schneider2001-02-22.htm ------------------------------------------------------- + In POST & RIPOSTE | Forum Highlights "The Feel-Good Presidency" Is NBC's *The West Wing* a "wish-fulfillment fantasy" for liberals? Readers weigh in on Chris Lehmann's critique of the hit TV show -- and Lehmann responds. http://forum.theatlantic.com/WebX?.ee6f14e "Reinventing Privacy" Will technology give back what it has taken away? Who will profit most in the new privacy space? Join the conversation on Toby Lester's March cover story. http://forum.theatlantic.com/WebX?.ee6f115 "Waugh's Sword" Readers respond to the review of Evelyn Waugh's *Sword of Honour* trilogy in the February Atlantic. Was Waugh a razor-sharp satirist and one of the great novelists of the 20th century, or was he prone to "snobbery, prejudice, cowardice" and a "nauseating contempt, laced with fear, for the lower classes"? http://forum.theatlantic.com/WebX?.ee6f1ae ... and much more. http://www.theatlantic.com/pr/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY EDUCATION PROGRAM Teachers, put The Atlantic's quality to work in your classroom withour new Education Program. Affordable rates, FREE Teacher's Guide, and FREE instructor's copy with each qualifying order. 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