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December 2010

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	Art/illustration [Cover art] By Katy Lemay SEE ALSO: Prisoners PDF IMAGES
6-9	Letters/Department Letters On American Electra, from October 2010: Letter By Charlene Spretnak Letter By Lynne Goldhammer Letter By Roseanne Giannini Quinn Letter By Gwendolyn Albert On Thirty days as a Cuban, from October 2010: Letter By Simone White Letter By Godfree Roberts Letter By John A. Kovach Letter By Susan Johnson Letter By Ada Bello PDF TEXT IMAGES
11-13	Easy chair/Article Bright frenetic mills By Thomas Frank SEE ALSO: Freelance journalism; Newspaper publishing PDF TEXT IMAGES
15	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
17-22	Readings/Article The party of loss By Corey Robin SEE ALSO: Conservatism; Counterrevolutionaries; Burke, Edmund; Populism; Right and left (Political science); Slavery; Views on conservatism; Maistre, Joseph Marie, comte de PDF IMAGES
19	Readings/Photography Janus mask, Nkim Village, Nigeria By Phyllis Galembo (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Janus (Roman deity); Masks, African; Nigeria PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Article Golden parachutes and ladders SEE ALSO: Billionaires; Board games; Capitalists and financiers; Rich people PDF TEXT IMAGES
22-23	Readings/Article Status update SEE ALSO: Winfield, Adam; Afghan War, 2001-; Afghanistan; Atrocities; Winfield, Christopher; Correspondence; Foreign service; Military life; Military offenses; Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Military offenses) PDF TEXT IMAGES
23	Readings/Photography [Untitled Photography] By Jared Moossy (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Afghanistan; Dwellings; Snow PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Article The battle of Crummies Creek SEE ALSO: Coal miners; Coal mines and mining; Coal mining; Strikes and lockouts; Violent deaths; Working class PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Reborn to be wild By Terry Southern SEE ALSO: Easy rider (Motion picture); Motion pictures; Plots, themes, etc. PDF TEXT IMAGES
25	Readings/Article Alas, poor Simón By Hugo Chávez Frias and Wes Enzinna (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Caracas; Correspondence; Death and burial; Exhumation; Chávez Frias, Hugo; Bolívar, Simón; Venezuela PDF TEXT IMAGES
26	Readings/Photography Llano, Texas, 2008—No. 4 By Lance Rosenfield (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Rodeos PDF IMAGES
27-28	Readings/Article Le petit sold-out SEE ALSO: Gerdes, Benj; Career as activist; Career as film producer and distributor; Career as New York Film Festival organizer; Copyright infringement; Correspondence; Film festivals; Godard, Jean-Luc; Piracy (Copyright); Foundas, Scott; Maraval, Vincent PDF TEXT IMAGES Readings/Article Furry logic By Ronald Folino SEE ALSO: Career as judge; Mathews, Gary Guy; Human-animal relationships; Folino, Ronald; Trials, litigation, etc. PDF TEXT IMAGES
28-30	Readings/Article Nothing but regret By James Jae Lee SEE ALSO: Correspondence; Human smuggling; Lee, James Jae; Mexican-American Border Region; Plea bargaining; Prisoners; Prisoners' writings, American; Trials, litigation, etc. PDF TEXT IMAGES
30-33	Readings/Fiction One night of love By Javier Marías and Margaret Jull Costa (Trans.) PDF IMAGES
31	Readings/Poetry Carnal event on camera By Heather McHugh PDF IMAGES
33	Readings/Art/illustration Summerhouse By Lucy Williams SEE ALSO: Vacation homes PDF IMAGES
35-46	Article Which way madness lies: Can psychosis be prevented? By Rachel Aviv SEE ALSO: Diagnosis; Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 4th ed. (Book); Psychoses; Risk factors; Schizophrenia; McGlashan, Thomas H.; Views on psychosis risk syndrome PDF TEXT IMAGES
47-58	Article A year of birds: At home on the North Platte River By Annie Proulx SEE ALSO: Bald eagle; Bird watching; Environmental conditions; Rivers; Wyoming PDF TEXT IMAGES
59-61	Collection Fit to paint By Fred Tomaselli PDF IMAGES Art/illustration [Untitled Art/illustration] By Fred Tomaselli SEE ALSO: Chile; Earthquakes; Lugo Méndez, Fernando; New York times; Pictorial works; Correa, Rafael PDF IMAGES
60	Art/illustration [Untitled Art/illustration] By Fred Tomaselli SEE ALSO: Adultery; Governors; Sanford, Mark; New York times; Pictorial works PDF IMAGES Art/illustration [Untitled Art/illustration] By Fred Tomaselli SEE ALSO: Iran; Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud; New York times; Pictorial works PDF IMAGES
61	Art/illustration [Untitled Art/illustration] By Fred Tomaselli SEE ALSO: Obama, Barack; Career as U.S. president—Pictorial works; New York times; Pens; Photographers PDF IMAGES Art/illustration [Untitled Art/illustration] By Fred Tomaselli SEE ALSO: Christie, Chris; Governors; New York times; Pictorial works PDF IMAGES
63-74	Fiction Hammer and sickle By Don DeLillo PDF TEXT IMAGES
75-76	New books/Review New Books By Lorin Stein SEE ALSO: Wulfman, Clifford; Criticism and interpretation; Dickinson: selected poems and commentaries (Book); Dickinson, Emily; Pound, Ezra; Vendler, Helen Hennessy; Modernism in the magazines: an introduction (Book); Scholes, Robert E.; Bolaño, Roberto; The insufferable gaucho (Book) PDF TEXT IMAGES
77-82	Review Bellow in purgatory: The middle novels By Nathaniel Rich SEE ALSO: Bellow: novels 1970-1982 (Book); Pictorial works; Bellow, Saul PDF TEXT IMAGES
83	Puzzle/Department Theme and variations By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES
84	Findings/Article Findings By Rafil Kroll-Zaidi PDF TEXT IMAGES

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The Madrid Cables	3:51 PM Dec 1
WaPo’s Ignatius: Dreaming of the Golden Days of Black Sites and Torture	1:53 PM Dec 3
Madison—The Threat of Gradual Accretions of Executive Power	9:15 AM Dec 4
The Hipponion Text	8:44 AM Dec 5
The Death of Neoconservatism: Six Questions for C. Bradley Thompson	6:06 PM Dec 6
Knowing a Terrorist When You See One	4:48 PM Dec 10
Expanding the Surveillance State	11:05 AM Dec 21
Rethinking Public Integrity Prosecutions	11:18 AM Dec 22
Dietrich Bonhoeffer—Six Questions for Eric Metaxas	11:34 AM Dec 23
The Legend of Meister Eckhart’s Daughter	8:46 AM Dec 25
Monteverdi—Beatus vir	2:21 PM Dec 26
How Prosecutorial Misconduct Helps Criminals Get Off	10:31 AM Dec 29
Justice Department Refuses Cooperation With Polish Prosecutors Investigating Torture at CIA Black Site	10:51 AM Dec 30