Easy chair — From the April 2013 issue
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Easy chair — From the April 2013 issue
Easy chair — From the November 2011 issue
Readings — From the August 2011 issue
illustration — From the December 2010 issue
Readings — From the October 2010 issue
illustration — From the August 2008 issue
Readings — From the April 2008 issue
illustration — From the March 2008 issue
Readings — From the December 2007 issue
Article — From the July 2007 issue
Undercover with D.C.’s lobbyists for hire
Article — From the March 2004 issue
Reality TV and the Republican ethos
Article — From the March 2004 issue
How one Washington lobbyist administers to dictatorships

Minimum number of baboons forced to smoke crack in a 1989 study testing the efficacy of cigarettes as a drug delivery device:

A reduction in distrust toward atheists was documented among pious Canadians who are reminded of the Vancouver police.

A Missouri cinema apologized for hiring an actor dressed in body armor and carrying a fake rifle to appear at a screening of Iron Man 3.
“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.”