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ANNALS OF PSYCHOLOGY

Social Animalby David Brooks

How the new sciences of human nature can help make sense of a life.

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THE SPORTING SCENE

The End of the Line?by Adam Gopnik

Rex Ryan deserves credit for his gifts as a morale builder and a shock absorber. But the Jets now come up against the best coach in football…

IAN CROUCH: THE PATRIOT WAY

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DEPT. OF EDUCATION

UNCHARTEREDby Rebecca Mead

New York closes Courtney Sale Ross’s school.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

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THE BOOK BENCH

OUR WEEK OF ANXIETYby Macy Halford

Amy Chua, Huck Finn, and education—are we doing it all wrong?

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James Surowiecki on unpopular unions.
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Jon Lee Anderson on Sri Lanka.
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Peter Schjeldahl on Gordon Matta-Clark.
Calvin Tomkins on George Condo.

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Hendrik Hertzberg on the Arizona shooting, and Ryan Lizza on Darrell Issa.

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Jon Lee Anderson on the devastating end of a brutal conflict.

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Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Red Desert.”

Calvin Tomkins looks at the work of George Condo.

Mike Peed looks at a banana blight.

Rare manuscripts from the Vatican Library.

Evan Osnos looks at “Psychological Sessions.”

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