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May 6, 2009 Issue - 20 Articles- The Hundredth Senator
The Editors
, p. 1 He's good enough, he smart enough, and doggone it, 312 more people like him
- TRB: Night of the Living Bushies
Jonathan Chait
, pp. 2-4 Karl Rove wanders the night in search of vindication
The Mall
- Where in the world is Matt Drudge?
Gabriel Sherman
, pp. 5-7 - A former FBI director and his princely benefactor
Michael Crowley
, pp. 8-9 Damon Linker
- Lights out for Christian America?, p. 10
- Pirates, Al Qaeda, hellish climate...Yemen has it all
Bay Fang
, pp. 11-13 - The Pentagon channels "Top Chef"
David Roth
, pp. 14-16 Features
- Straight Man
Michelle Cottle
, pp. 17-18 Defusing the Biden bomb
- Race To the Top
Jeffrey Rosen
, pp. 19-21 Like it or not, the president is about to confront civil rights
- Nudge-ocracy
Franklin Foer and Noam Scheiber
, pp. 22-25 Barack Obama's new theory of the state
Books and the Arts
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Films: Iran Exported (2 Reviews) Stanley Kauffmann
, p. 26 Goodbye Solo (2008 Film), by Ramin Bahrani
- Goodbye Solo (2008 Film) by Ramin Bahrani
- The Song of Sparrows (2008 Film) by Majid Majidi
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Before the Law (Review) Louis Begley
, pp. 27-31 Franz Kafka: The Office Writings, by Stanley Corngold, Jack Greenberg, and Benno Wagner...
- Franz Kafka: The Office Writings by Stanley Corngold, Jack Greenberg, and Benno Wagner, ...
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A Tale of Two Cities (Review) Samuel D. Kassow
, pp. 32-34 Ghettostadt: Lodz and the Making of a Nazi City, by Gordon J. Horwitz
- Ghettostadt: Lodz and the Making of a Nazi City by Gordon J. Horwitz
- Vita Contemplativa
Adam Zagajewski
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Buried Pleasure (3 Reviews) G.W. Bowersock
, pp. 38-40 The Fires of Vesuvius, by Mary Beard
- The Fires of Vesuvius by Mary Beard
- From Paris to Pompeii by Goran Blix
- Pompeii and the Roman Villa by Carol C. Mattusch
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The Human Factor (Review) Peter N. Miller
, p. 41 Europe Between the Oceans, by Barry Cunliffe
- Europe Between the Oceans by Barry Cunliffe
- Dreams of Permanence
Major Jackson
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Tunnel Vision (Review) Sophia Lear
, pp. 45-47 Lowboy, by John Wray
- Lowboy by John Wray
- Washington Diarist
Leon Wieseltier
, pp. 48-50 Dead of Exposure
- Cover illustration
Daniel Chang
