JOURNALS : 1952-2000 by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr, edited by Andrew Schlesinger and Stephen Schlesinger Atlantic Books, £30, pp. 912, ISBN 9781843549789 £24 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 Before sitting down with this hefty doorstopper of a diary, first ask yourself whether you agree -- or can imagine yourself agreeing -- with the entry Arthur Schlesinger, Jr made on 27 ...

Surely one of the pleasures of having a magazine with a 150-year archive is the ability to pull stories from the past and make them a part of the news cycle. On the day of vice presidential debate between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin, The Atlantic has done just that, presenting "Is the Vice Presidency Necessary?" by Arthur ...