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November 2008

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	Illustration [Cover art] By Ray Bartkus SEE ALSO: Capitalism; Flags PDF IMAGES
6	Notice In memoriam SEE ALSO: Wallace, David Foster; Death and burial PDF TEXT IMAGES Letters/Department Letters On D-Day cup, from August 2008: Letter By Helene Smith On The wrecking crew, from August 2008: Letter By Karl Rove Letter By Paula Bienenfeld On Tyranny of the test, from September 2008: Letter By Sari Factor Letter By Sarah M. Fine On The long goodbye, from October 2008: Letter By John R. Coyne Jr. PDF TEXT IMAGES
11-13	Notebook/Article Creative destruction By Roger D. Hodge SEE ALSO: Obama, Barack; Campaign for U.S. president, 2008; Democratic Party (U.S.); 2008; Politics, Practical PDF TEXT IMAGES
15	Harper's index/Department Harper’s Index PDF TEXT IMAGES
17-20	Readings/Article The American void By Simon Critchley SEE ALSO: Obama, Barack; Loneliness; Psychology; Religion and politics PDF FREE TEXT IMAGES
18	Readings/Article Death and the maiden By Mark Greif SEE ALSO: Campaign for U.S. president, 2008; Campaign for U.S. vice-president, 2008; McCain, John; 2008; Patriotism; Palin, Sarah; Vice-Presidential candidates; Women and death PDF IMAGES
19	Readings/Illustration 4504 Van Nuys Boulevard By Marc Trujillo SEE ALSO: Fast food restaurants; Los Angeles; Los Angeles (Calif.) PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Illustration Winter was hard 9 By Mara Korkola SEE ALSO: Airports; Winter PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Without feathers SEE ALSO: Animal welfare; Birds, Protection of; Offenses against the environment PDF IMAGES
23-25	Readings/Fiction The only sane man in a nuthouse By William S. Burroughs PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Article Kafka, Esq. By Ruth Hein (Trans.), Eric Patton (Trans.), and Franz Kafka SEE ALSO: Career as lawyer; Czech Republic; Kafka, Franz; Legal briefs; Prague PDF IMAGES
25	Readings/Illustration Jimmy Hoffa Bar By Michele Zalopany SEE ALSO: Bars (Drinking establishments); Detroit PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Article The imprisoner's dilemma By James M. Olson SEE ALSO: Ethics; Intelligence service; Study and teaching (Higher); War on Terrorism, 2001- PDF IMAGES
28-30	Readings/Article Love is a battlefield By Momin Khawaja and Zeba Khan SEE ALSO: Terrorists; Trials (Terrorism) PDF IMAGES
29	Readings/Article Beat her like a lady By Muhammad al-'Arifi SEE ALSO: Marriage counseling; Saudi Arabia; Wife abuse PDF IMAGES
31	Readings/Illustration No place like home By Alyssa Monks SEE ALSO: Farm life; Home; Rural youth PDF IMAGES Readings/Article It all gets quite tricky By David Foster Wallace SEE ALSO: Authors and readers; Creative writing (Higher education); Narration (Rhetoric); Study and teaching (Higher) PDF IMAGES
35-46	Collection How to Save Capitalism: Fundamental fixes for a collapsing system PDF TEXT IMAGES
36-37	Article Realign the interests of Wall Street By Joseph E. Stiglitz SEE ALSO: Capitalism; Executives; Financial crises; Financial services industry; Foreclosure; Housing; Incentives in industry; Mortgage loans; Risk management; Stock options PDF TEXT IMAGES
37-38	Article Abolish stock options By Barry C. Lynn SEE ALSO: Capitalism; Corporations; Executives; Financial crises; Investor relations; Stock options; Stockholders PDF TEXT IMAGES
39-40	Article Protect financial consumers By Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi SEE ALSO: Capitalism; Consumer credit; Credit cards; Financial crises; Financial institutions; Foreclosure; Mortgage loans PDF FREE TEXT IMAGES
40-42	Article Tax the land By Michael Hudson SEE ALSO: Capital gains tax; Capitalism; Financial crises; Income tax; Infrastructure (Economics); Interest; Taxation PDF IMAGES
42-43	Article Plan By James K. Galbraith SEE ALSO: Capitalism; Climatic changes; Energy industries; Energy policy; Environmental policy; Financial crises; Mixed economy; Planning PDF FREE TEXT IMAGES
43-45	Article Reindustrialize By Eric Janszen SEE ALSO: Capitalism; Financial crises; Financial services industry; Infrastructure (Economics); Insurance companies; Public-private sector cooperation; Real estate business; Risk management; Subsidies PDF TEXT IMAGES
45-46	Article Localize By Bill McKibben SEE ALSO: Alternative agriculture; Capitalism; Energy policy; Farmers' markets; Financial crises; Food industry and trade PDF TEXT IMAGES
47-49	Advertising Supplement Glide through Heathrow Terminal 5 PDF IMAGES
50-57	Article Useful amateurs: How the smearing of Barack Obama got crowd-sourced By Ken Silverstein SEE ALSO: Advertising, Political; Obama, Barack; Campaign for U.S. president, 2008; Career as political operative; Computer network resources; Mitchell, Jason; 2008; Political participation; Politics, Practical PDF TEXT IMAGES
58-59	Article Dreaming XXL: For the African-American market, bootleg shirts stretch Obama's image By Jake Austen SEE ALSO: Obama, Barack; Campaign for U.S. president, 2008; 2008; Political participation; T-shirts PDF IMAGES
60-68	Article The activist: Alex de Waal among the war criminals By Nick McDonell SEE ALSO: De Waal, Alexander; Career as northeast Africa expert; Career as Sudan president; Darfur Conflict, 2003-; Darfur (Sudan); Militia movements; al-Bashir, Omar Hassan; Sudan PDF FREE TEXT IMAGES
69-75	Collection Life and death By Lynsey Addario (Photog.) PDF IMAGES Photo [Untitled Photo] By Lynsey Addario (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Africa; Darfur Conflict, 2003-; Darfur (Sudan); Fires; Peacekeeping forces; Sudan; United Nations PDF IMAGES
70	Photo [Untitled Photo] By Lynsey Addario (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Khartoum; Khartoum (Sudan); Prayer; Religious life and customs; Sudan PDF IMAGES Photo [Untitled Photo] By Lynsey Addario (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Khartoum; Khartoum (Sudan); Sudan; Valentine's Day PDF IMAGES
71	Photo [Untitled Photo] By Lynsey Addario (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Dance parties; Darfur; Darfur Conflict, 2003-; Darfur (Sudan); Refugee camps; Sudan; Weddings PDF IMAGES Photo [Untitled Photo] By Lynsey Addario (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Khartoum; Khartoum (Sudan); Restaurants; Sudan PDF IMAGES
72	Photo [Untitled Photo] By Lynsey Addario (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Catholic Church; Celebration; Mass; Religious life and customs; Sudan PDF IMAGES Photo [Untitled Photo] By Lynsey Addario (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Darfur Conflict, 2003-; Darfur (Sudan); Fires; Sudan PDF IMAGES
73	Photo [Untitled Photo] By Lynsey Addario (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Darfur; Darfur Conflict, 2003-; Malnutrition in children; Sudan PDF IMAGES Photo [Untitled Photo] By Lynsey Addario (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Darfur Conflict, 2003-; Darfur (Sudan); Koran; Refugee camps; Religious life and customs; Sudan PDF IMAGES
74	Photo [Untitled Photo] By Lynsey Addario (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Darfur Conflict, 2003-; Sudan PDF IMAGES Photo [Untitled Photo] By Lynsey Addario (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Darfur Conflict, 2003-; Pillage; Refugees; Sudan PDF IMAGES
75	Photo [Untitled Photo] By Lynsey Addario (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Darfur Conflict, 2003-; Militia movements; Sudan PDF IMAGES Photo [Untitled Photo] By Lynsey Addario (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Darfur Conflict, 2003-; Fires; Sudan PDF IMAGES
76-81	Fiction The botch By David Means PDF TEXT IMAGES
83-84	New books/Review New Books By John Leonard SEE ALSO: A mercy (Book); Biography; Grossman, David; Bishop, Elizabeth; French, Patrick; Lowell, Robert; Hamilton, Saskia; The world is what it is: the authorized biography of V.S. Naipaul (Book); Travisano, Thomas J.; Morrison, Toni; Naipaul, V.S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad); Words in air (Book); Writing in the dark (Book) PDF TEXT IMAGES
85-94	Review Unknown bards: The blues becomes transparent about itself By John Jeremiah Sullivan SEE ALSO: Blues (Music); Wald, Elijah; Escaping the delta: Robert Johnson and the invention of the blues (Book); In search of the blues: the white invention of black music (Book); Hamilton, Marybeth PDF TEXT IMAGES
95	Puzzle/Department Sesquipedalianism By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES
96	Findings/Article Findings By Rafil Kroll-Zaidi PDF TEXT IMAGES

WEEKLY REVIEW
WASHINGTON BABYLON
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MR. FISH
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
COMMENTARY

Weekly Review By Christian Lorentzen	Nov 4
Weekly Review By Christopher R. Beha	Nov 11
Weekly Review By Gemma Sieff	Nov 18
Weekly Review By Genevieve Smith	Nov 25

By Ken Silverstein

Second Lawsuit Filed Against Senator Coleman’s Friend	10:55 AM Nov 1
Governor Palin, I’ve Got I.P. Freely On The Line For You	4:30 PM Nov 1
Former International Republican Institute President: McCain Supported Grants to Khalidi’s Group	4:06 PM Nov 2
What To Look For Tuesday Night: The evidence should be in early	9:48 AM Nov 3
Punditry Made Easy	9:15 PM Nov 3
On Obama, Without Cynicism	9:42 AM Nov 5
Letter from Obama Supporter	10:50 AM Nov 5
Palin and Africa	9:29 AM Nov 7
News in Review: Uh-oh	10:32 AM Nov 7
How Obama Won North Carolina	10:41 AM Nov 7
Bill Kristol: The columnist as campaign operative	1:47 PM Nov 7
Add another $140 billion to bailout cost	8:19 AM Nov 10
Seventy-Six and Climbing: How high can Bush go?	12:57 PM Nov 10
Who Got That $2 Trillion? Fed Won’t Tell	12:22 PM Nov 11
Bailing Out Failure: The American way	4:54 PM Nov 11
Bailout Was Urgent, Oversight Not So Much	7:21 PM Nov 11
Six Questions for David Hendrickson on the Obama Administration, Banana Republics and Foreign Policy	7:20 AM Nov 12
Potheads for Change	8:36 AM Nov 12
Martin Eisenstadt: America’s Best Pundit	9:43 AM Nov 13
Who Should Obama Name As Intelligence Chief? (And, more importantly, does it matter?)	10:45 AM Nov 13
Voter-Fraud Meme, Minnesota Edition	10:55 AM Nov 13
Familiar Faces Come on Board: Fannie Mae veteran on State Department transition team	12:36 PM Nov 13
Biden’s “Intern” Nabs Lobbying Contract: Washington adjusts to the Obama Era	1:46 PM Nov 14
The Washington Post’s Principled Stand on Private vs. Public Schools	10:42 AM Nov 15
Five Reasons Hillary Clinton Should Not Be Secretary of State	9:32 AM Nov 17
Rathergate or CBS-gate?	9:39 AM Nov 17
“He wanted to become a billionaire, and he wanted to do it in Kurdistan.” Meet Shlomi Michaels	8:06 PM Nov 17
The Great Oz Predicts	10:38 PM Nov 17
Ken Silverstein is on assignment	4:00 PM Nov 19
Bush Pardons: Texas S&L Swindlers Need Apply	10:27 AM Nov 25
Rangel’s Tax Policy: Help Thyself	11:39 AM Nov 25
Democrats On K Street: How supply and demand works in Washington	11:54 AM Nov 25
Dick Morris Triangulates Reverend Wright	1:11 PM Nov 25
Press Bubble: How the media covered Citicorp’s fatal 1998 merger	1:54 PM Nov 25
Defeating Nazis, Stopping Holocaust, Cost Less Than Wall Street Bailout	10:14 AM Nov 26
How Many More Crooks In Congress?	9:55 AM Nov 28
Summers and Hedge Funds	11:51 AM Nov 28
McCaffrey’s War	10:45 AM Nov 30
Accountability, There and Here	12:22 PM Nov 30

By Wyatt Mason

United Voice of Persons in Publick Prayer	10:22 AM Nov 3
Fundamentalism	3:58 PM Nov 5
Weekend Read: “He is in angry mourning for the millions of books gone forever”	7:56 PM Nov 7
Harrumph of the Month	2:48 PM Nov 10
Maybe We Should Just Change It All	5:46 PM Nov 12
Weekend Read: “On the profound fatuity of twenty-first-century bourgeois existence”	12:01 PM Nov 14
Trivialities Difficult to Surpass	12:32 PM Nov 17
Girded Loins	6:54 PM Nov 19
Weekend Read: “The work that gave me trouble inspires a kind of grudge in me”	4:08 PM Nov 21
Knowingly and Winkingly	5:33 PM Nov 24
Admirables Poetas Troyanos	7:41 PM Nov 26

Schurz: The True Americanism	8:09 AM Nov 1
Hold Everything! The endorsement that will turn this election around	3:35 PM Nov 1
Sandburg’s Chicago	1:10 AM Nov 2
Day Dispels the Dark Night	10:16 AM Nov 2
Best of the ’08 Campaign: The effective use of history	10:12 AM Nov 3
Go Vote!	10:17 AM Nov 3
Know Hope	7:58 AM Nov 4
This Morning, Change Beckons	7:59 AM Nov 4
The Southern Strategy Comes of Age	1:06 PM Nov 4
Let Justice Take Its Course	11:45 PM Nov 6
Something’s Odd in Alaska	3:15 PM Nov 7
Schiller’s Rules of Engagement	12:25 AM Nov 8
Schiller—Freedom’s Hymn	12:14 AM Nov 9
A Ticket to The Hague for Dick Cheney?	5:13 PM Nov 13
One of the Siegelman Prosecution Team Comes in From the Cold	1:32 PM Nov 14
Bacon on the Roads to Power and Knowledge	8:13 AM Nov 15
In Praise of a Prosecutor	11:25 AM Nov 15
Herrick—To Music, to becalm his Fever	1:14 AM Nov 16
The 43rd President’s Dark Legacy	9:41 AM Nov 17
Justice ♡ Orwell	7:18 PM Nov 17
AP: Obama Will Not Prosecute War Crimes	1:12 PM Nov 18
AP: Cheney and Gonzales Indicted for Prisoner Abuse	9:41 PM Nov 18
English Judge Says Invasion of Iraq by U.S. and U.K. Unlawful	10:26 AM Nov 19
Grading Gates	12:18 PM Nov 20
Another Black Eye for the Bush Administration’s Detention Policy	4:17 PM Nov 20
Plato on the Punishment of the Unjust	9:55 AM Nov 22
The Bush Pardons	3:22 PM Nov 22
William Carlos Williams ‘The Dance’	9:37 AM Nov 23
John Brennan for CIA? Think Again	10:08 PM Nov 24
Let Us Be Thankful	12:15 PM Nov 28
Pico della Mirandola and the Divine Gift to Humankind	9:39 AM Nov 29
Auden’s Musée des Beaux Arts	12:02 AM Nov 30

By Mr. Fish

Cartoons	11:50 PM Nov 6
A Cartoon	8:10 PM Nov 14
A Cartoon	10:28 PM Nov 20
A Cartoon	10:22 PM Nov 27

Rahm Emanuel’s Political Pirouettes

By John R. MacArthur

11:07 AM

Nov 19

John Leonard	5:26 PM Nov 6
After Torture: A Forum on justice in the post-Bush era (December 4)	2:56 PM Nov 19

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