December 13, 2004 Issue, THE NATION

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- Letters, p. 2
- Engaging Tehran, p. 3
- Destabilizing the CIA
  Jason Vest
  , p. 4
- Falluja's Health Damage
  Miles Schuman
  , p. 5
- Blue State Secession
  Kirkpatrick Sale
  , p. 6
- Deadline Poet
  Calvin Trillin
  , pp. 6-7
  Farewell, Colin Powel
- In Fact..., p. 8
- Sex & the Clergy
  Frances Kissling
  , pp. 9-11
- Diary of a Mad Law Professor
  Patricia J. Williams
  , p. 12
  From Birmingham to Baghdad
- The Liberal Media
  Eric Alterman
  , p. 13
  Money for Nothing
- Lookout
  Naomi Klein
  , p. 14
  Kerry and the Gift of Impunity
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  Days of Rage (2 Reviews)
  Reza Aslan
  , pp. 15-18
  The Crisis, by David Harris
  1. The Crisis by David Harris
  2. Taken Hostage by David Farber
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  A Appetite for Liebling (2 Reviews)
  David Thomson
  , pp. 19-21
  Just Enough Liebling, by A.J. Liebling
  1. Just Enough Liebling by A.J. Liebling
  2. Mollie and Other War Pieces by A.J. Liebling
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  Pop and Circumstance (Review)
  J. Hoberman
  , pp. 22-25
  Guernica, by Gijs van Hensbergen
  1. Guernica by Gijs van Hensbergen
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  Lost in America (2 Reviews)
  Vivian Gornick
  , pp. 26-29
  Other People's Houses, by Lore Segal
  1. Other People's Houses by Lore Segal
  2. Her First American by Lore Segal
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  Patriot Acts (5 Reviews)
  Mike Marqusee
  , pp. 30-33
  Washington Gone Crazy, by Michael J. Ybarra
  1. Washington Gone Crazy by Michael J. Ybarra
  2. Reds by Ted Morgan
  3. Treasonable Doubt by R. Bruce Craig
  4. Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars by G. Edward White
  5. Deadly Farce by Robert M. Lichtman and Ronald D. Cohen
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  Imitation of Life (Review)
  Lee Siegel
  , pp. 34-37
  Chekhov: The Complete Short Novels, by Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear, and Anton C...
  1. Chekhov: The Complete Short Novels by Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear, and Anton Chekhov, ...
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  The Good Girl (Review)
  Deborah Scroggins
  , pp. 38-41
  The Darling, by Russell Banks
  1. The Darling by Russell Banks
- The Shock of the Old
  Morris Dickstein
  , pp. 42-43
  I.B. Singer
- [+]
  Little Big Man (Review)
  Paul Griffiths
  , pp. 44-47
  Richard Wagner: The Last of the Titans, by Joachim Kohler
  1. Richard Wagner: The Last of the Titans by Joachim Kohler
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  Of Love and Other Demons (3 Reviews)
  Nathaniel Rich
  , pp. 48-49
  Too Brief a Treat, by Gerald Clarke and Truman Capote
  1. Too Brief a Treat by Gerald Clarke and Truman Capote
  2. The Complete Stories of Truman Capote by Truman Capote
  3. Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote
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  Dissent or Assent? (Review)
  George Scialabba
  , pp. 50-54
  Arguing About War, by Michael Walzer
  1. Arguing About War by Michael Walzer
- Obituary: The Interpreters of Maladies
  Adam Shatz
  , pp. 55-64
  Maxime Robinson and Jacques Derrida
- Cover
  Gene Case and Stephen Kling