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Easy chair — From the May 2013 issue
Annotation — From the May 2013 issue
A former U.S. ambassador peddles influence in Afghanistan
Essay — From the April 2013 issue
How hippie Christians begat evangelical conservatives
Easy chair — From the February 2013 issue
Easy chair — From the November 2012 issue
Readings — From the November 2012 issue
Article — From the October 2012 issue
High school debate and the demise of public speech
Readings — From the October 2012 issue
Article — From the September 2012 issue
An unlikely comeback for dying newspapers
Easy chair — From the September 2012 issue
Easy chair — From the May 2012 issue
Letter from Lima — From the February 2012 issue
Election night in Peru’s largest prison
Easy chair — From the February 2012 issue
Readings — From the January 2012 issue
Readings — From the December 2011 issue

Amount of cash CNN reporter Peter Arnett says he wore sewn into his clothes while covering the Gulf War:

Babies prefer to look at attractive people.

A woman testified that prostitutes at the “bunga bunga” parties thrown by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi had dressed up as President Obama.
“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science, and I’ve come to see how it’s done.”