In this issue:
COMMENT
"Exit Bin Laden", by David Remnick: Obama and the role of restraint.
ANNALS OF DIPLOMACY
“The Double Game”, by Lawrence Wright: American dollars and Pakistan’s military.
LETTER FROM KHOST PROVINCE
"Force and Futility", by Jon Lee Anderson: Looking for allies in a hostile land.
ANNALS OF BUSINESS
"Creation Myth", by Malcolm Gladwell: Apple and the power of borrowed ideas.
POP MUSIC
"Rock On, Ancient Queen", by Sasha Frere-Jones: The return of Stevie Nicks.
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