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Letter From Afghanistan — From the February 2013 issue
Counting down to economic collapse in the Afghan capital
Readings — From the December 2012 issue
Article — From the July 2012 issue
The retail giant’s unlikely romance with small farmers
Article — From the February 2012 issue
How the new monopolies are destroying open markets
Easy chair — From the November 2011 issue
Easy chair — From the December 2010 issue
Article — From the October 2010 issue
Racetracks, rebels, and the decline of NASCAR
Article — From the October 2010 issue
Pinching pesos and dropping pounds in Havana
Article — From the July 2010 issue
How Wall Street starved millions and got away with it
Readings — From the July 2010 issue
Article — From the April 2010 issue
Introducing the defense industry’s pay-to-play ad agency
Readings — From the February 2010 issue
Notebook — From the January 2010 issue
Notebook — From the December 2009 issue

Percentage by which the risk of type 2 diabetes increases for every two hours a day that a person watches television:

Two bottled ghosts—of an old man and a young girl—were sold at auction in New Zealand.

The practice of sexualized eyeball licking was causing conjunctivitis in Japanese sixth graders.