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December 10, 2007 Issue

Matt Weiland on Philip Roth, Harry Maurer on Studs Terkel, Ruth Scurr on France.

Cover art by: Cover art and illustration by Doug Chayka; design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels

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Editorial

Noted.

A nation divided over national security; the return of the Winter Soldier.

Showdown at the DMV

The debate in New York State over driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants became a proxy for the unsettled issue of immigration reform.

Moyers & FDR

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President, my father knew he had a friend in the White House. We should rekindle that spirit today.

Column

Justice on Steroids

Barry Bonds makes an enticing target. But the DOJ should also focus on steroid enablers, like a certain team owner who now lives in the White House.

Debating for Dummies

At the Las Vegas Democratic debate, CNN Anchors Blitzer and Malvaux twisted legitimate questions into "gotcha" traps. There's gotta be a better way.

Letters

Feature

Books & the Arts

Many Exits

Philip Roth's Exit Ghost considers whether we're astonished by death or the life that precedes it.

A Colder War

Richard Rhodes's Arsenals of Folly, sequel to the book that defined the atomic age, captures the political struggle that brought it to an end.

Terra Incognita

A mosaic of anecdotes and historical snapshots surveys the sociological diversity of France, past and present.

Deal Breakers

Two new books seek to galvanize progressives at a key political moment: Paul Krugman's The Conscience of a Liberal and Jonathan Chait's The Big Con.

Moyers & FDR

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President, my father knew he had a friend in the White House. We should rekindle that spirit today.

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