In this issue:
COMMENT
br>"The Fifth War", by Hendrik Hertzberg: Obama's Afghanistan dilemma.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
br>"Post Pizza.", by Jeffrey Toobin: The judge who presided over the Pizza Connection trial.
br>"Naked Truth", by Ben Greenman: Mr. Skin and Blu-ray technology.
THE SPORTING SCENE
br>"Daddies Win", by Roger Angell: The 2009 baseball season and the World Series.
FICTION
br>"Midnight in Dostoevsky", by Dom Delillo.
SHOUTS & MURMURS
br>"My Parents, Enid and Sal, Used to be Porn Stars", by Mike Sacks.
THE CURRENT CINEMA
br>"Wild Nights", by David Denby: Reviews of Me and Orson Welles and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
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