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October 2010

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	Illustration [Cover art] By Barbara Nessim SEE ALSO: Feminism PDF IMAGES
4-6	Letters/Department Letters On Tea party in the Sonora, from July 2010: Letter By Mark Cuoccio On La petite snort, from August 2010: Letter By T.I. Butler On Happiness is a worn gun, from August 2010: Letter By Gaylin West Letter By Alexander Gill Letter By Jeffrey Hobbs Letter By Suzita Cochran Letter By Dan Baum On Cinema crudité, from August 2010: Letter By Brian Gibson PDF TEXT IMAGES
7-9	Notebook/Article The world, shanghaied By Lauren Hilgers SEE ALSO: Exhibitions; Shanghai; Shanghai (China) PDF TEXT IMAGES
11	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
13-17	Readings/Article Speak, money By Roger D. Hodge SEE ALSO: Campaign funds; Constitutional law; Corporations; Freedom of speech; 2009-; Political corruption; Representative government and representation; Republicanism; Rich people; Suffrage; Wealth PDF FREE TEXT IMAGES
15	Readings/Illustration Filly By Karin Mamma Andersson SEE ALSO: Horses PDF IMAGES
16	Readings/Article Squawkeye state SEE ALSO: Iowa; Platforms; Political parties; Republican Party (Iowa); Right-wing extremists PDF TEXT IMAGES
17-18	Readings/Article Dear Casey SEE ALSO: Capital punishment; Anthony, Casey; Correspondence; Infanticide; Letters; Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Murder); Women prisoners PDF FREE TEXT IMAGES
18-21	Readings/Article One hellish choice By Karen Woo SEE ALSO: Afghan War, 2001-; Afghanistan; Blogs; British; Civilian relief; Death; Humanitarian assistance; Woo, Karen; Personal narratives, British; The Taliban; Women surgeons PDF TEXT IMAGES
20	Readings/Poem Absent agenda By John Ashbery PDF TEXT IMAGES
21	Readings/Photo Winter 3 By Kim Anno (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Winter PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Article Looks et veritas By Shosuke Ishizu, Toshiyuki Kurosu, Hajime Hasegawa, and Teruyoshi Hayashida SEE ALSO: Clothing; Japanese; Northeastern States; Private universities and colleges PDF TEXT IMAGES Readings/Article Motorgate By Daniel P. Moynihan and Ronald L. (Ronald Louis) Ziegler SEE ALSO: Career as U.S. president—Humor; Correspondence—Humor; Daniel P. Moynihan; Government etiquette; 1969-1974; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous); Ziegler, Ronald L. (Ronald Louis); Staff; Walking PDF TEXT IMAGES
24	Readings/Illustration Greed By Martin Mull SEE ALSO: Avarice; Wealth PDF IMAGES
25-27	Readings/Article The burglary at Stormfield By Samuel Langhorne Clemens SEE ALSO: Biography—Humor; Burglary; Homes and haunts; Homes and haunts—Connecticut—Redding—Humor; Redding; Clemens, Samuel Langhorne PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Article Grand theft astro By Edwin Gumban SEE ALSO: Burglary investigation; Smith, Calvin Dale; Career as astronaut; Clothing; Ride, Sally; Trials (Burglary); Trials, litigation, etc. PDF TEXT IMAGES
27	Readings/Illustration Jump By Alex Roulette SEE ALSO: Gymnasts; Jumping; Teenage boys PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Illustration The human nature project #1 By Andy Denzler SEE ALSO: Effect of environment on; Human beings; Human ecology PDF IMAGES
29-42	Article American Electra: Feminism's ritual matricide By Susan Faludi SEE ALSO: Campaign for NOW presidency; Career as president of NOW; Congresses; Feminism; Housewives as consumers; Intergenerational relations; Lyles, Latifa; Motherhood in popular culture; Walker, Rebecca; Suffrage; O'Neill, Terry; Views on feminism; Women's rights; Women's studies PDF TEXT IMAGES
43-57	Article Thirty days as a Cuban: Pinching pesos and dropping pounds in Havana By Patrick Symmes SEE ALSO: Budgets, Personal; Cuba; Havana; Havana (Cuba); Hunger; Rationing; Weight loss PDF TEXT IMAGES
58-66	Article Southern culture on the skids: Racetracks, rebels, and the decline of NASCAR By Ben Austen SEE ALSO: Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing fans; Bristol; NASCAR (Association); Stock car racing PDF TEXT IMAGES
67-74	Fiction What separates us from the animals By T. Coraghessan Boyle PDF TEXT IMAGES
75-76	New books/Review New Books By Benjamin Moser SEE ALSO: Goodman, Allegra; de Waal, Edmund; Eline Vere (Book); Couperus, Louis; The cookbook collector (Book); The hare with amber eyes: a family's century of art and loss (Book); The masque of Africa: glimpses of African belief (Book); Naipaul, V.S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad) PDF TEXT IMAGES
77-80	Review Reappraisals: What is the worth of social democracy? By Terry Eagleton SEE ALSO: Ill fares the land (Book); Nussbaum, Martha Craven; Not for profit: why democracy needs the humanities (Book); Judt, Tony PDF TEXT IMAGES
82-86	Review Magic lantern: The illuminations of Tove Jansson By Damion Searls SEE ALSO: Fair play (Book); Moomin: the complete Tove Jansson comic strip, vols. 1-5 (Book); Moomintrolls (Book); The summer book (Book); The true deceiver (Book); Jansson, Tove PDF TEXT IMAGES
87	Puzzle/Department Good times By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES
88	Findings/Article Findings By Rafil Kroll-Zaidi PDF FREE TEXT IMAGES

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The “Ground Zero Mosque” of 1785	3:33 PM Oct 11
The Mendacity of Hope–Six Questions for Roger D. Hodge	12:34 PM Oct 5
A Kidnapping in Milan–Six Questions for Steve Hendricks	1:06 PM Oct 13
Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan Fueling the Taliban, Senate Report Concludes	1:33 PM Oct 8
Life and Fate	12:38 PM Oct 18
A Footnote on Quirin	10:34 AM Oct 4
Nobel Peace Prize for Liu Xiaobo	3:39 PM Oct 8
Corruption and U.S. Occupation	4:12 PM Oct 27
A Coda to “Casino Jack”	10:36 AM Oct 6
The Secret World of Extreme Militias	1:51 PM Oct 5
Hölderlin—Evening Fantasy	6:45 AM Oct 3
Another Chapter in the Justice Department’s State-Secrecy Charade	1:59 PM Oct 20
Aftermath–Six Questions for Nir Rosen	2:24 PM Oct 22
Grossman—Russia’s Freedom Deficit	4:52 AM Oct 23
Burton—Conscience and Melancholy	7:44 AM Oct 9
Aristotle—The Wisdom of Silenus	6:10 AM Oct 16
Dante—The Curse on Those Who Do Nothing in the Face of Evil	5:52 AM Oct 17
Pushkin—The Bronze Horseman	1:19 AM Oct 24
Psychologists and Torture	11:37 AM Oct 15
Lawfare: A Discussion with Alan Dershowitz and Scott Horton	1:32 PM Oct 13
Why Holder Defends DADT	11:40 AM Oct 21
Mahābhārata—The Warrior’s Duty	6:16 AM Oct 2
Keats—Ode to Autumn	3:43 AM Oct 10
A Question of Approach	4:43 PM Oct 6
Compensating Victims of Torture Should Be a Two-Way Street	3:08 PM Oct 7
Inside a Secret DOD Prison in Afghanistan	2:39 PM Oct 19
The President’s Power to Order the Extra-Judicial Execution of an American Citizen	11:15 AM Oct 1
The Washington Post and WikiLeaks	10:39 AM Oct 29
Justice After Skilling	4:24 PM Oct 1

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