In this issue:
COMMENT
"Iraq's Cost", by Hendrik Hertzberg: President Obama's address to the nation on the Iraq War.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
"In the Book", by Lizzie Widdicombe: The phone directory’s slow decline.
"Say Cheese", by Robert Sullivan: An edible heirloom from Lithuania.
A REPORTER AT LARGE
"The Mastermind", by Terry McDermott: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the making of 9/11.
BOOKS
"Power Lines", by Kelefa Sanneh: What’s behind Rhonda Byrne’s spiritual empire?
THE CURRENT CINEMA
"When in Europe", by David Denby: Reviews of The American, Heartbreaker and Hideaway.
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