How American Health Care Killed My Father
The incentives that drive our health care system have perverse (and sometimes fatal) consequences. It's time for a radical change.
September 2009
In This Issue
David Goldhill on how American health care killed his father; Robert D. Kaplan on the end of Sri Lanka's civil war; Willam D. Cohan on the final day sof Merrill Lynch; Jeffrey Goldberg on Quentin Tarantion; Caitlin Flanagan on sex and the married man; and much more.
Features
Buddha’s Savage Peace
Sri Lanka’s civil war is finally over. Can Buddhists and Hindus coexist there once again?
The Final Days of Merrill Lynch
The inside story of how the government forced Bank of America to acquire the financial management giant—and its spiraling losses
The Next Breadbasket?
How African agriculture could save the world from starvation
Hollywood’s Jewish Avenger
Quentin Tarantino talks about Jews, Nazis, and why his new film is so gruesome—even by his standards.
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Mike Theiss/Corbis In Case of Emergency
FEMA’s new administrator has a message for Americans: get in touch with your survival instinct.
Graham Roumieu Inbred Jed
The Strenuous Life of a B-Movie Zombie
The Bad Girl of Women’s Soccer
Hope Solo—loudmouth, showboat, jerk—may save her sport
Bob Strong/Reuters/Landov Bovine Intervention
How cows can help win the peace in Fallujah
Christine Vaufrey How the West Was Drunk
The natural habitat of the Picon Punch—among Basque shepherds, in the wilds of California—is its great appeal.
The 12:39 to Matanzas
A chocolate baron’s train shows tourists the real Cuba.
Ben Weeks What Scares Google
How the search giant hopes to stay on top
Books
Marc Yankus Sex and the Married Man
How Helen Gurley Brown inspired a generation of home-wreckers, and brought down John Edwards
Ramin Talaie/Corbis The Pain of Elizabeth Edwards
A new memoir by the politician’s wife shows that the pain of infidelity pales in comparison to the loss of a child.
Cover to Cover
James Lasdun's latest; garden variety; Freudian food; and more
Columns
Ben Baker/Redux What Would Warren Do?
The Sage of Omaha has redefined the idea of value investing. But will its principles survive his inevitable passing?
Barry Z. Levine/Getty Images Woodstock Nation
Revisiting the 1969 mass freak-out, and the documentary that captured it all
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Avoid destabilizing desserts, and other advice
