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Editorial
Curbing Campaign Cash
If Democrats follow Republicans in raising millions from undisclosed sources, they will undermine their moral argument for campaign finance reform.
The Editors
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DSK Déjà Vu
Sure, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is innocent until proven guilty. But can’t the French elite focus for two minutes on the crime of which he is accused?
Katha Pollitt
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Noted.
Jeremy Scahill on Erik Prince’s new army, Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Israel and the Arab spring, and John Nichols on telecom’s ineffective regulators.
Various Contributors
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Solving the Euro Crisis
The bottom line on bailouts for Greece, Spain, Portugal and Ireland must be help, not punishment.
Mark Weisbrot
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Column
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The Intelligent Liberal’s Guide to Foolish Principles
Ignoring the real world is one of the charms of punditry.
Eric Alterman
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Obama and Black Americans: the Paradox of Hope
Obama’s inauguration broke racial barriers, but today most black Americans are worse off than before.
Gary Younge
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Books & the Arts
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An Imperfect Life: On George and W.B. Yeats
Perfection of the life or of the work? The correspondence between W.B. Yeats and his wife George shows the complexities of art and life entwined.
James Longenbach
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Trials: On Janet Malcolm
Janet Malcolm can be brutal in her judgments, but it is the casual brutality of keen observation.
Miriam Markowitz
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The Impresario: On Irving Kristol
Irving Kristol was wrong about most things. So why was he one of the most politically influential intellectuals of his generation?
George Scialabba
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Unreal Images: On Javier Cercas
In a nonfiction account of a failed coup, the novelist Javier Cercas tackles the confounding history of Spain’s transition to democracy.
Jonathan Blitzer
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Shelf Life
Daniel Orozco, Orientation and Other Stories; Mercè Rodoreda, The Selected Stories of Mercè Rodoreda.
Alexandra Schwartz
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The Dumbest Story Ever Told: On David Brooks
The Social Animal is a deep and public embarrassment, a lumpy hybrid of fable, neuroscience and social engineering.
Gary Greenberg
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Letters
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An Imperfect Life: On George and W.B. Yeats
Perfection of the life or of the work? The correspondence between W.B. Yeats and his wife George shows the complexities of art and life entwined.
James Longenbach
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