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December 2, 2009 Issue - 23 Articles- Czar Crossed
The Editors
, pp. 1-3 Stop blaming the pay czar, break the banks
- TRB: Popularity Contest
Jonathan Chait
, pp. 4-6 Has Obama gone too far?
The Mall
- Don't militarize the climate debate
Bradford Plumer
, p. 7 - How a right-wing conspiracy hijacked the thriller genre
Jason Zengerle
, pp. 8-9 - The gaffes of Hillary Clinton
Michael Crowley
, pp. 10-13 - Client X reveals the secret truth about health care reform
Jonathan Cohn
, p. 14 - The real cost of that abortion amendment
Jeffrey Rosen
, p. 15 - Burma's junta plays us again
Joshua Kurlantzick
, pp. 16-18 Features
- Manufacturing Bloom
Noam Scheiber
, pp. 19-22 The proletarian schlub who might just save American industry
- The Retro Man
Michelle Cottle
, pp. 23-25 John Boehner is tan, rested, and ready---well, tan
- The Great Satan Myth
Abbas Milani
, pp. 26-28 Everything you know about U.S. involvement in Iran is wrong
- The Detroit Project
Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley
, pp. 29-32 A plan for solving America's greatest urban disaster
Books and the Arts
- Films: Making His Way
Stanley Kauffmann
, p. 33 - Music: Pretending
David Hajdu
, pp. 34-36 Rock video games and the psychology of fandom
- Art: Our Bauhaus
Jed Perl
, pp. 37-40 MoMA and the Guggenheim reintroduce us to the irresistibility of Modernism
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The Ideal and the Real (Review) Moshe Halbertal
, pp. 41-42 The Idea of Justice, by Amartya Sen
- The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen
- Be Kind
Michael Blumenthal
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The Hunger Artists (3 Reviews) Christopher Benfey
, pp. 44-46 Dancing in the Dark, by Morris Dickstein
- Dancing in the Dark by Morris Dickstein
- Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon
- American Hungers by Gavin Jones
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The Explorer (Review) Caryl Phillips
, pp. 47-50 American Writings, by Lafcadio Hearn
- American Writings by Lafcadio Hearn
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Missile Man (Review) J. Peter Scoblic
, pp. 51-52 A Fiery Peace in a Cold War, by Neil Sheehan
- A Fiery Peace in a Cold War by Neil Sheehan
- Mr. Darcy
Victoria Chang
, pp. 53-55 - Washington Diarist
Leon Wieseltier
, pp. 56-58 Unmending Wall
- Cover Painting
Robert Hunt