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August 13, 2008 Issue - 20 Articles- Caught!
The Editors
, pp. 1-4 Celebrating the capture of Radovan Karadic
- TRB: Cartoon Character
Jonathan Chait
, pp. 5-6 Why is the Democratic candidate always a flip-flopper?
The Mall
- How boxing explains John McCain
Michael Crowley
, p. 7 - Barack Obama and the press break up
Gabriel Sherman
, pp. 8-11 - The House GOP's desperate choice for desperate times
Eve Fairbanks
, p. 12 - Where are the Bush Democrats?
Nate Silver
, p. 13 - In praise of the greatest surgeon ever
Sherwin B. Nuland
, pp. 14-16 - Hitler's Olympics: a cartoon and object lesson
Rafael Medoff and Sal Amendola
, pp. 17-18 Features
- Trading Places
Alan Ehrenhalt
, pp. 19-22 The demographic inversion of the American city
- Devils' Advocates
James Kirchick
, pp. 23-25 Despots and the lobbyists who love them
- Insiders
Jonathan Cohn
, pp. 26-27 The reinvention of Obama's geek squad
Books and the Arts
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Films: Crime and Style (2 Reviews) Stanley Kauffmann
, p. 28 A Very British Gangster (2007 Film), by Donal Macintyre
- A Very British Gangster (2007 Film) by Donal Macintyre
- Boy A (2007 Film) by John Crowley
- Music: Breakout
David Hajdu
, pp. 29-30 The formerly unsung Alejandro Escovedo rises from the ranks
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Secrecy and Safety (Review) Jack Goldsmith
, pp. 31-35 Bush's Law, by Eric Lichtblau
- Bush's Law by Eric Lichtblau
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Auto-Emancipation (Review) Edward L. Glaeser
, pp. 36-37 Traffic, by Tom Vanderbilt
- Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt
- Malice
Kim Addonizio
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Truth's Caper (Review) Simon Blackburn
, pp. 40-41 Beyond the Hoax, by Alan Sokal
- Beyond the Hoax by Alan Sokal
- Midnight Feeding
Daisy Fried
, p. 42 - The Arrow and the Poem
David Shulman
, pp. 43-47 - Washington Diarist
Leon Wieseltier
, pp. 48-50 Dread of Winter
