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Letters to the Editor Sunny Side Up? Rethinking our political fixation on the bright side of life by Jonathan Chait BRIEF LIVES: Kerry's Consigliere For the legendary strategist Bob Shrum, a lifetime in Democratic politics comes down to John Kerry and a final shot at the White House by Ryan Lizza THE LIST: Air Pollution FCC fines for indecency and obscenity by Matthew Quirk Funny Business When you're running for president, humor is no laughing matter by Joshua Green How Do I Look? Body armor is a must in some lines of work, and it gives "fashion plate" a whole new meaning by Robert D. Kaplan FOUND OBJECT: Hitler's "Amerikabomber" The idea of flying planes into skyscrapers didn't originate with al-Qaeda by Dieter Wulf POST MORTEM: Accidentally Moonstruck Bart Howard (1915-2004) by Mark Steyn Primary Sources Your gay neighbors (and their children); what's really behind France's headscarf ban; why people don't tell lies over e-mail; the illusion of order in suburban schools; the scientific secret of sex appeal My Times A year after the Jayson Blair scandal, the deposed executive editor of The New York Times answers his critics, acknowledges his mistakes, deconstructs the events that ended his tumultuous tenure, and provides a no-holds-barred assessment of what he sees as a great newspaper in crisis. by Howell Raines A Sea Story One of the worst maritime disasters in European history took place a decade ago. On a stormy night on the Baltic Sea, more than 850 people lost their lives when a luxurious ferry sank below the waves. From survivor testimony and other sources our correspondent has pieced together the Estonia's last moments—part of his continuing coverage for the magazine of anarchy on the high seas by William Langewiesche The Front-Runner's Fall The Dean implosion up close, from the vantage point of the candidate's pollster by Paul Maslin Inside the Dean Campaign: An Interview with Paul Maslin"Knifed" In 1968 the Kennedy family essentially blackballed a brother-in-law, Sargent Shriver, who was very close to being chosen as Hubert Humphrey's running mate. In doing so, they may have accidentally thrown the election to Richard Nixon by Scott Stossel The Call to Service: An Interview with Scott StosselDead Wren A poem by Henri Cole [audio] The Visionary Under the Knife A poem by Madeline DeFrees  New & Noteworthy The Reformation, by Diarmaid MacCulloch; The War for Righteousness, by Richard M. Gamble; New Grub Street, by George Gissing reviewed by Benjamin Schwarz Poor Old Willie The life of W. Somerset Maugham was a good deal more "exquisite, dramatic, torrid, and tragic"—especially in his splendid Mediterranean exile—than any of his works by Christopher Hitchens Hoosiers The lost world of Booth Tarkington by Thomas Mallon Neat Structure, Grand Notions Faith Fox, by Jane Gardam reviewed by Christina Schwarz Gender-Neutral The Whole Story and Other Stories, by Ali Smith by Brooke Allen "Martini-Age Victorian" The novelist John P. Marquand was a brilliant satirist with a "dictaphonic ear" for dialogue by Martha Spaulding  INNOCENT BYSTANDER: Fat Target It's starting to look like 1536 all over again by Cullen Murphy FOOD: Going With the Grain True wild rice, for the past twenty years nearly impossible to find, is slowly being nurtured back to market by Corby Kummer FICTION: Foaling Season by Aryn Kyle The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon Word Fugitives by Barbara Wallraff
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