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December 2005 Issue
December 2005 Cover
James Fallows, "Why Iraq Has No Army"; Paul Bloom, "Is God an Accident?"; Christopher Hitchens, "Hurricane Lolita"; Mark Bowden on the Iran hostage crisis, Hanna Rosin on Jesus in Hollywood; Corby Kummer on Long Island Merlot; Nir Rosen on leaving Iraq; and much more. View Magazine
  • Why Iraq Has No Army
    James Fallows
  • Missing Bellow
    Scott Turow
  • Captivity Pageant
    Mark Bowden
  • Kazakhstan’s Tolerated Dictator
    Paul Starobin
  • Is God an Accident?
    Paul Bloom
  • Wired for Creationism?
    Jennie Rothenberg Gritz

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Culture

The Other "El Norte"

By Sergi Camara
December 2005 Issue
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