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News Desk
A Heroic Girl Shot by the Talibanby Basharat Peer
Malala Yousafzai was a target because she bore witness to the tyranny and violence of life in the Swat Valley.
Rational Irrationality
A Dangerous Second Debateby John Cassidy
If Biden allows Ryan to dominate the evening the way his boss did, the Obama campaign could be in serious trouble…
The Front Row
Fun in the Darkby Richard Brody
It’s silly to suggest that viewers who enjoy so-called art films do so in some second-order, snobbish, or unemotional way…
Fiction
The Semplica-Girl Diariesby George Saunders
September 20th: SGs up now, approx. three feet off ground, smiling, swaying in slight breeze. Order, left to right: Tami (Laos), Gwen (Moldova), Lisa (Somalia), Betty (Philippines). Effect amazing…
Shouts & Murmurs
The Gift of Laughterby Colin Nissan
It can make an awkward silence a lot less awkward, like when you’re in a terrible marriage or an elevator…
