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Article — From the October 2012 issue
High school debate and the demise of public speech
Article — From the October 2012 issue
A town fights back against a big-box coup
Readings — From the October 2012 issue
Easy chair — From the October 2012 issue
Easy chair — From the September 2012 issue
Article — From the August 2012 issue
Meeting the rebel government of an embattled country
Easy chair — From the July 2012 issue
Article — From the May 2012 issue
Who wins and who loses when we forget American history
Photography — From the April 2012 issue
Easy chair — From the February 2012 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.”