May 3, 2004 Issue, THE NEW REPUBLIC

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- Correspondence, pp. 4-5
  Kara Baskin v. her alma mater, etc.
- TRB: Enemy Within
  Peter Beinart
  , p. 6
  The real reason Republicans hate the 9/11 Commission: It's too nonpartisan
- Exit Strategy
  The Editors
  , p. 7
  Ariel Sharon, George W. Bush, and the emerging two-state reality
- Notebook, pp. 8-9
  George W. Bush: mint-stealer, etc.
- Campaign Journal: Rope-a-Dope
  Ryan Lizza
  , p. 10
  John Kerry's daring spring strategy: Don't punch back
- Baghdad Dispatch: Exit Poll
  Michael Rubin
  , pp. 11-13
  The U.N.'s new election plan may bring democracy to Iraq---just not liberal democracy
- Without Agency
  Michael Levi
  , pp. 14-15
  Why members of Congress are so ignorant about science
- Jaffna Dispatch: Prey
  James Ross
  , pp. 16-17
  Sri Lanka's ugly peace
- Yawn
  Jeffrey Rosen
  , pp. 18-19
  Why gay marriage in Massachusetts won't matter anywhere else
- Perverted
  Nathaniel Frank
  , pp. 20-21
  The right's new weapon against gay marriage: bad social science
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  Films: New Places Within (2 Reviews)
  Stanley Kauffmann
  , p. 22
  Son Frere (2003 Film), by Patrice Chereau
  1. Son Frere (2003 Film) by Patrice Chereau
  2. I'm Not Scared (2003 Film) by Gabriele Salvatores
- Theater: Reality Theater
  Robert Brustein
  , pp. 23-25
  Well, Hannah and Martin, and Who Killed Woody Allen? are evidence of our current obsess...
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  What the Boom Forgot (5 Reviews)
  Robert J. Samuelson
  , pp. 26-33
  In an Uncertain World, by Robert E. Rubin and Jacob Weisberg
  1. In an Uncertain World by Robert E. Rubin and Jacob Weisberg
  2. The Chastening by Paul Blustein
  3. The Roaring Nineties by Joseph E. Stiglitz
  4. IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis by Stanley Fischer
  5. Growing Public by Peter H. Lindert
- Modus Operandi
  Katia Kapovich
  , p. 34
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  The Missing Lynx (Review)
  Ingrid D. Rowland
  , pp. 35-37
  The Eye of the Lynx, by David Freedberg
  1. The Eye of the Lynx by David Freedberg
- Cambridge Diarist
  Martin Peretz
  , pp. 38-40
  Anniversaries
- Cover Illustration
  Dan Page