October 6, 2008 Issue, THE NATION

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- Letters, p. 2
- Crashing the Election, p. 3
- Palin's Petropolitics
  Michael T. Klare
  , p. 4
- Noted, p. 5
- Haiti's Unnatural Disaster
  Paul Farmer
  , p. 6
- Deadline Poet
  Calvin Trillin
  , pp. 6-7
  Truth by Repetition
- Comix Nation
  Zina Saunders
  , pp. 8-9
- Diary of a Mad Law Professor
  Patricia J. Williams
  , pp. 10-11
  Lipstick Jungle
- The Liberal Media
  Eric Alterman
  , p. 12
  Something Stupid
- Ten National Security Myths Debunked, pp. 13-19
  Here's what is really at stake for the United States and the world
- Railroading Immigrants
  David Bacon
  , pp. 20-23
  Workplace raids are part of a pressure campaign for guest-worker programs
- McCain and the POW Cover-up
  Sydney H. Schanberg
  , pp. 24-26
  The war hero has long buried information about POWs left behind in Vietnam
- Progressive Fusion
  James Gustave Speth
  , pp. 27-30
  Environmentalists must join forces with other movements for change
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  Inconvenient Truths (2 Reviews)
  Steven Epstein
  , pp. 31-35
  The Wisdom of Whores, by Elizabeth Pisani
  1. The Wisdom of Whores by Elizabeth Pisani
  2. Sizwe's Test by Jonny Steinberg
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  Mandarins, Guns and Money (4 Reviews)
  Mark Mazower
  , pp. 36-39
  Economists with Guns, by Bradley R. Simpson
  1. Economists with Guns by Bradley R. Simpson
  2. America's Rasputin by David Milne
  3. Crossing Frontiers by Benjamin J. Cohen
  4. In Theory and in Practice by David C. Atkinson
- My Realtor
  Carl Dennis
  , pp. 40-41
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  Film: Burned Out (2 Reviews)
  Stuart Klawans
  , pp. 42-48
  Burn After Reading (2008 Film), by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
  1. Burn After Reading (2008 Film) by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
  2. Moving Midway (2007 Film) by Godfrey Cheshire
- Cover Design, Illustration
  Gene Case, Stephen Kling, and Emily Flakes