COMMENT
"Hard Cases" by Nicholas Lemann: What's ultimately behind the Lewis Libby trial.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
"Bookings" by Jeffrey Goldberg: Why is Rich Little hosting the White House Correspondent's dinner?
REFLECTIONS
"The Birds" by David Sedaris: A stand-off at the window.
LETTER FROM MOSCOW
"Kremlin, Inc." by Michael Specter: Why are Vladimir Putin's critics being murdered?
BOOKS
"Classics Galore" by John Updike: Jane Smiley's latest, Ten Days in the Hills.
THE CURRENT CINEMA
"Crime Scenes" by David Denby: Jude Law in Breaking and Entering and Jeremy Piven in Smokin' Aces.
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