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April 1, 2009 Issue - 20 Articles- Heavy Vetting
The Editors
, p. 1 How Obama undercut his call to service
- TRB: Stock Answer
Jonathan Chait
, pp. 2-4 No, Obama didn't destroy your 401(k)
The Mall
- Forget the GOP; Obama's enemy is the angry public
Walter Shapiro
, p. 5 - Biz school sees its stock plummet
Bradford Plumer
, pp. 6-7 - Orrin Hatch, health care reform's stealth champion
Suzy Khimm
, pp. 8-9 - Union-loving free traders unite!
Jagdish Bhagwati
, p. 10 - The lesser-known think tanks of Washington
Yoni Brenner
, p. 11 Features
- Stayin' Alive
Jonathan Cohn
, pp. 12-13 The inside story of health care reform's near-death experience
- Free Larry Summers
Noam Scheiber
, pp. 14-20 Why the White House needs to unshackle its economic oracle
- Obama vs. Marx
Alan Wolfe
, pp. 21-23 Hint: One of them's not a socialist
Books and the Arts
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Films: Changes (Review) Stanley Kauffmann
, p. 24 Everlasting Moments (2008 Film), by Jan Troell
- Everlasting Moments (2008 Film) by Jan Troell
- Art: Complicated Bliss
Jed Perl
, pp. 25-28 The modernist pastoral of Pierre Bonnard
- Essay: The Shaw of Venezuela
Enrique Krauze
, pp. 29-37 Who exactly is Hugo Chavez, and what does the mean for the political culture of Latin A...
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Night and Cog (Review) Ruth Franklin
, pp. 38-40 The Kindly Ones, by Jonathan Littell
- The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
- Art
Lia Purpura
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Wishin' and Mopin' (Review) David Thomson
, p. 43 Dusty! Queen of the Postmods, by Annie J. Randall
- Dusty! Queen of the Postmods by Annie J. Randall
- Ararat
Dan Pagis
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Becoming France (Review) David A. Bell
, pp. 45-47 Children of the Revolution, by Robert Gildea
- Children of the Revolution by Robert Gildea
- Washington Diarist
Leon Wieseltier
, pp. 48-50 In Which We Engage
- Cover illustration
Roberto Parada
