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Mitt Romney’s Geography Lessonby Adam Gopnik

His invocation of the Iranian “route to the sea” wasn’t all that different from Sarah Palin’s Russia argument for her foreign-policy expertise…
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ILLUSTRATION: CHRISTOPH NIEMANN

Beware of Romneycareby James Surowiecki

The free market, though it may be the best way of allocating new TVs and cars, falters when it comes to paying for bypass surgery or chemotherapy…

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The Weight of Consequencesby Ryan Lizza

How the Arab Spring remade Obama’s foreign policy.
ILLUSTRATION: BARRY BLITT
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The Making of Mittby Nicholas Lemann

The influence of Mormonism and private equity on Romney.
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