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October 2009 Issue
October 2009 Cover
Andrew Sullivan asks George W. Bush to apologize for authorizing torture; Mark Bowden says TV journalism is the work of political hitmen—not journalists; Robert D. Kaplan praises Al-Jazeera; Christopher Hitchens decries the smug satire of liberal humorists; Megan McArdle on why Goldman always wins; and much more. View Magazine
  • The Story Behind the Story
    Mark Bowden
  • Why I Love Al Jazeera
    Robert D. Kaplan
  • The Moguls’ New Clothes
    Bruce C. Greenwald, Jonathan A. Knee, and Ava Seave
  • The California Experiment
    Ronald Brownstein
  • Dear President Bush,
    Andrew Sullivan
  • The Doctor’s War
    Brian Mockenhaupt
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Glass Half Full

By Stephen Doyle
October 2009 Issue
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