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ILLUSTRATION: JORDAN AWAN
SHOUTS & MURMURS

Who Am I?by Demetri Martin

I am trustworthy and loyal, but at the same time I am no Boy Scout. No, I am certainly not. I am quite the opposite, in fact. And by opposite I do not mean Girl Scout.
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COMMENT

Talking to the Taliban?by Steve Coll

The Obama Administration has now entered into direct, secret talks with senior leaders of the group, several people briefed about them told me…
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Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
THE SPORTING SCENE

MELODRAMA AT THE GARDENby Blake Eskin

Carmelo Anthony, the agile, high-scoring small forward, has emerged as the dominant narrative of this basketball season…
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PHOTOGRAPH: MICHAL CHELBIN
THE WAYWARD PRESS

The Dissentersby David Remnick

Haaretz prides itself on being the conscience of Israel. Does the newspaper have a future?

Editors’ Choice

ILLUSTRATION: TOM BACHTELL
Slide Show

THE OSCARS

Our coverage of this year’s nominees.
A reporter at large

Covert operationsby Jane Mayer

The Koch brothers’ war against Obama.
PROFILES

The Apostate by Lawrence Wright

Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology.
Slide Show

Your Eustace, 2011

Winners from our annual design competition.

COMMENT

ILLUSTRATION: TOM BACHTELL

U.S.-Taliban Talksby Steve Coll

A new strategy in Afghanistan is revealed.

Fiction Podcast

Anne Enright reads John Cheever’s “The Swimmer.”

Goings On

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LIZARD BRAIN

Jennie Erin Smith’s “Stolen World.”
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Benny Green

Tonight, at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola.

MULTIMEDIA

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Tad Friend on the asteroid threat.

Audio Slide Show

Peter Schjeldahl on Cézanne and modern painting.

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s “A Letter to Three Wives.”

Video

Tad Friend looks at the threat of asteroids.

Video

Daniel Zalewski on Guillermo del Toro’s most notable creatures.

Video

Ben McGrath on head and neck injuries in the N.F.L.

Audio Slide Show

Peter Schjeldahl on “Painters & Poets,” at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery.

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Jason Schwartzman introduces The New Yorkers iPad App.
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