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October 15, 2007 Issue

The Editors on ending the "Shadow War" in Iraq, Joshua Kors on denial of soldiers’ medical benefits, Greg Grandin on Hugo Ch…

Cover art by: Cover design by José Chicas & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels

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Editorial

Noted

A new section features brief comments, late-breaking news, revealing statistics, curiousities, shout-outs, disses, obits, quotable quotes and other short notes.

Our New Look

Take note of our new look, new features, the return of Comix Nation in the print edition of the magazine.

End the Shadow War

Blackwater USA should answer for the crimes of its soldier-contractors in Iraq. Calls for withdrawal from Iraq must also include private security contractors.

Column

Against Happiness

Women are less happy than we used to be. But given the state of the world, perhaps if we had a little more worry and a little less happy, we'd be better off.

The Sick Knicks

Exposed in court as sex harassers, the coach and owner of a storied basketball team have turned Madison Square Garden into a toxic workplace.

Letters

Feature

Protecting the Wiretappers

Now that telecommunications giants are shielded from lawsuits for warrantless spying, the Bush Administration is seeking to absolve them of past misdeeds.

Books & the Arts

Ken Burns’s War

His nostalgic PBS series casts WWII as acrucible of meaning. Too bad it lacked a tighter focus on the moral failure of combat.

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