December 2, 2009 Issue, THE NEW REPUBLIC

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- 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?
- 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
- 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
- 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
  1. The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen
- Be Kind
  Michael Blumenthal
  , p. 43
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  The Hunger Artists (3 Reviews)
  Christopher Benfey
  , pp. 44-46
  Dancing in the Dark, by Morris Dickstein
  1. Dancing in the Dark by Morris Dickstein
  2. Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon
  3. American Hungers by Gavin Jones
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  The Explorer (Review)
  Caryl Phillips
  , pp. 47-50
  American Writings, by Lafcadio Hearn
  1. 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
  1. 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