February 18, 2009 Issue, THE NEW REPUBLIC

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- The N-Word
  The Editors
  , p. 1
  The financial-sector fix that dare not speak its name
- TRB: Spare the Rod
  Jonathan Chait
  , pp. 2-4
  In defense of Blagojevich (kind of)
- Geithner-Summers psychodrama, Round 1
  Noam Scheiber
  , p. 5
- David Frum breaks ranks over cocktails
  Barron YoungSmith
  , pp. 6-8
- The lefty hot spot in Obama's Washington
  Eve Fairbanks
  , p. 9
- The inaugural-ticket victims who won't go quietly
  Jason Zengerle
  , pp. 10-11
- Conservatism Is Dead
  Sam Tanenhaus
  , pp. 12-17
  An intellectual autopsy of the movement
- This Won't Hurt a Bit
  Jonathan Cohn
  , pp. 18-22
  Health care reform for dummies
- Pravda On the Potomac
  James Kirchick
  , pp. 23-25
  Russian propaganda descends on Washington
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  Films: Heroes and People (2 Reviews)
  Stanley Kauffmann
  , p. 26
  Defiance (2008 Film), by Edward Zwick
  1. Defiance (2008 Film) by Edward Zwick
  2. Of Time and the City (2008 Film) by Terence Davies
- Architecture: Stick Stuck
  Sarah Williams Goldhagen
  , p. 27
  The case for prefabricated architecture
- D Is Dying, As One Going in the Dark
  Mary Jo Bang
  , pp. 28-31
- Art: The Spiritual In Art
  Jed Perl
  , pp. 32-37
  No longer scorned as merely religious, Marc Chagall and Georges Rouault are Modernist m...
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  Last Evenings On Earth (Review)
  William Deresiewicz
  , pp. 38-41
  2666~~Twenty-Six Sixty-Six, by Roberto Bolano
  1. 2666~~Twenty-Six Sixty-Six by Roberto Bolano
- Regress
  Judith Harris
  , pp. 42-43
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  A New Head (Review)
  Helen Vendler
  , pp. 44-47
  Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid, by Simon Armitage
  1. Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid by Simon Armitage
- Washington Diarist
  Leon Wieseltier
  , pp. 48-50
  Network Nation
- Cover icons
  Felix Sockwell and Thomas Fuchs