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The Choice
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The reëlection of Barack Obama is a matter of great urgency. We’ve already seen the future that Mitt Romney represents, and it doesn’t work…
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A Critic at Large
Faces, Places, Spaces
by Adam Gopnik
One strain of geographic history holds that our desires as nations are rooted in the unchanging features of our terrain…
Gopnik: Mormonism and its Meanings
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The Voter-Fraud Myth
by Jane Mayer
Is Hans von Spakovsky stoking fears of a scandal that doesn’t exist?
James Surowiecki: Beware of Romneycare
Ryan Lizza: Obama’s Final Push
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Shouts & Murmurs
A Message From Lance Armstrong
by John Bailey Owen
Enough is enough. I will no longer be kept silent—except perhaps when I exercise my constitutional right not to be subpoenaed…
Paul Simms: Adversity Basketball
Simon Rich: The Relationship Trade Market
Yoni Brenner: Musical Chairs, and Other Trick Plays
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This Week’s Issue
An Iraq vet’s redemption, a feudal feud in the Channel Islands, a Beltway player finds his conscience, and more from the Politics Issue.
Dexter Filkins: An Iraq veteran and the family he harmed
Lauren Collins: The Sark Spring
George Packer: A Lobbyist Repents
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How Romney Lost It on Libya
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The Past Lives of Darrell Issa
by Ryan Lizza
Barack Obama’s chief critic has had troubles of his own.
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One nation, under the gun.
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Richard Carmona’s surprising Senate run.
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