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May 20, 2009 Issue - 20 Articles- The Runaway
The Editors
, p. 1 Will Arlen Specter still love the Democrats tomorrow?
- TRB: Tortured Logic
Jonathan Chait
, pp. 2-4 Hit me Bybee, one more time
The Mall
- Congress, the reality show
Michelle Cottle
, pp. 5-6 - Obama wimps out on torture
Jeffrey Rosen
, pp. 7-8 - Gay Republicans can't get along---both of them
James Kirchick
, p. 9 - Meet the 1,400 jobless New York teachers still getting paid
Seyward Darby
, pp. 10-11 - Banks and hedge funds turn their dark armies of lobbyists against each other
Noam Scheiber
, pp. 12-13 Features
- Airplane!
Michael Crowley
, pp. 14-15 How a fighter jet explains why we're losing the war on terror
- The Green Bubble
Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger
, pp. 16-18 Why environmentalism keeps imploding
- The Year of the Elephant
David Samuels
, pp. 19-25 Our cold war with Iran unfolds in Lebanon
Books and the Arts
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Films: Mystery, History (2 Reviews) Stanley Kauffmann
, pp. 26-27 Treeless Mountain (2008 Film), by So Yong Kim
- Treeless Mountain (2008 Film) by So Yong Kim
- Il Divo (2008 Film) by Paolo Sorrentino
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Surging and Awakening (Review) Dexter Filkins
, pp. 28-31 The Gamble, by Thomas E. Ricks
- The Gamble by Thomas E. Ricks
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The Word-Stormer (Review) John Banville
, pp. 32-33 The Letters of Samuel Beckett, Vol. I: 1929-1940, by Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Lois More O...
- The Letters of Samuel Beckett, Vol. I: 1929-1940 by Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Lois More Overbeck, and Samuel Beckett, ...
- Perfect Repose
Mark Doty
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Disturbances of Peace (2 Reviews) Adam Kirsch
, pp. 36-40 Classical Chinese Poetry, by David Hinton
- Classical Chinese Poetry by David Hinton
- Du Fu: A Life in Poetry by Du Fu
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Honor's Gasp (Review) Istvan Deak
, pp. 41-43 Valkyrie, by Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager and Florence Fehrenbach, ...
- Valkyrie by Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager and Florence Fehrenbach, ...
- Sheep Leg
John Kinsella
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Unsacred Monsters (Review) Richard Jenkyns
, pp. 46-47 A Strange Eventful History, by Michael Holroyd
- A Strange Eventful History by Michael Holroyd
- Washington Diarist
Leon Wieseltier
, pp. 48-50 The Well-Wishers
- Cover illustration
Lou Beach
