Department Index
Other Magazines 2009:
Summaries of what's in Time, Newsweek, etc.
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- Girl Power The New York Times Magazine on how women's rights are key to fighting poverty.
Aug. 21, 2009 - Manhattan Medici The New Yorker on Michael Bloomberg's unopposed election bid.
Aug. 18, 2009 - A Dicey Situation Time on how the recession is killing Las Vegas.
Aug. 14, 2009 - Last Man Standing Esquire on America's lone late-term abortion doctor.
Aug. 11, 2009 - Cruel and Unusual The Economist on America's exceptionally harsh sex-offender laws.
Aug. 7, 2009 - Full Court Press New York on President Obama's complex media strategy.
Aug. 4, 2009 - Fierce Urgency The Economist tells Obama it's time to lead.
July 31, 2009 - Raising the Bar The Weekly Standard on the return of classic cocktails.
July 28, 2009 - Democracy 2.0 Wired on Silicon Valley execs promoting social-networking technology in Iraq.
July 24, 2009 - Extreme Do-Goodery The New Yorker on why anyone would give a kidney to a stranger.
July 21, 2009 - Food, Inglorious Food New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni on his struggle with eating disorders.
July 17, 2009 - Tortured Conscience Newsweek on what haunts Eric Holder.
July 14, 2009 - Women on Top The American Prospect on the rise of feminist foreign policy.
July 10, 2009 - The Real Gossip Girl New York on the hellish farce of NYC Prep.
July 7, 2009 - Black and White Newsweek on Michael Jackson's weird, universal appeal.
June 30, 2009 - The Cure The Economist on fixing the U.S. health care system.
June 26, 2009 - Death to the Dictator Newsweek and the Weekly Standard predict the end of Iranian theocracy.
June 23, 2009 - The Phenom From Tehran Time on the Iranian president's political prowess.
June 19, 2009 - Artificial Intelligence The New Yorker on Leon Panetta's CIA.
June 16, 2009 - We.O.U. The Economist on the coming public debt crisis.
June 12, 2009 - The Weekly Show Stephen Colbert edits Newsweek.
June 9, 2009 - Hit and Run Texas Monthly examines what made Charlie Wilkinson kill his girlfriend's parents.
June 5, 2009 - O, Please Newsweek on Oprah's huckster guests.
June 2, 2009 - Chill Bill New York Times Magazine on the new, mellowed-out Bill Clinton.
May 29, 2009 - Bad Medicine The New Yorker on a Texas town whose health care costs are out of control.
May 26, 2009 - Host to Coast New York Times Magazine on Conan O'Brien's new Los Angeles digs.
May 22, 2009 - Generation Skill New York on the benefits of overstimulation.
May 19, 2009 - Work 2.0 Time on the future of American jobs.
May 15, 2009 - This Is Your Brain on Money New York diagnoses the city's cash withdrawal.
May 12, 2009 - Talking the Talk New York Times Magazine on Terry McAuliffe's very loud gubernatorial run.
May 8, 2009 - Animal Farm Newsweek on the swine flu scare.
May 5, 2009 - May Day, May Day Foreign Policy on Karl Marx and the financial crisis.
May 1, 2009 - Say Aaaaah Newsweek on Gov. Mark Sanford's "root-canal economics."
April 28, 2009 - Fathering Line Christopher Buckley remembers his parents in the New York Times Magazine.
April 24, 2009 - Elitist Rage New York on the plight of the privileged class.
April 21, 2009 - Even Fewer Children Left Behind Time on how to ace school testing.
April 17, 2009 - Overwhelming Interest Harper's on another root cause of the crash.
April 14, 2009 - The Actor's Nightmare Ethan Hawke on Kris Kristofferson.
April 10, 2009 - In Facebook We Trust New York on our strange devotion to the social network.
April 7, 2009 - World's Worst Job New York Times Magazine on Asif Ali Zardari's struggle to govern Pakistan.
April 3, 2009 - Waltz With Bashar Seymour Hersh recommends talks with Syria.
March 31, 2009 - On-the-Job Training The Economist on President's Obama's hard lessons.
March 27, 2009 - Rage Against the Machine The glossies tackle populist anger.
March 24, 2009 - Small Forward New York Times Magazine on a 13-year-old basketball star.
March 20, 2009 - Swiss Mess Newsweek on the shady inner workings of UBS.
March 17, 2009 - Mess in Texas New York Times Magazine on Bush's Freedom Institute.
March 13, 2009 - After Capitalism The Nation rethinks socialism for the 21st century.
March 10, 2009 - Iceland Melts Down Michael Lewis on the great Nordic screw-up.
March 6, 2009 - The Enemy of My Enemy Newsweek on why Obama should embrace the Islamists.
March 3, 2009 - So I Married a Somali Pirate GQ on the allure of ship hijackers inside the world's "most failed state."
Feb. 27, 2009 - Neat Freak The New Yorker on Rahm Emanuel's style.
Feb. 24, 2009 - Winslet's Win Time pre-emptively dubs her "Best Actress."
Feb. 20, 2009 - The Joy of Stress Newsweek on how anxiety can be good.
Feb. 17, 2009 - The Next Financial Hotspots The Atlantic on how the financial storm will change the geography of America's economy.
Feb. 13, 2009 - Are We Socialist? Newsweek and the Weekly Standard on big government.
Feb. 10, 2009 - Tuesdays With Morbidity Vanity Fair on the death obsession of baby boomers.
Feb. 6, 2009 - Good Morning, Afghanistan Newsweek on "Obama's Vietnam."
Feb. 3, 2009 - Sympathy for the Great Satan Time on Obama's first 10 days.
Jan. 30, 2009 - Caroline, No The New Yorker and New York on how Kennedy botched her Senate seat campaign.
Jan. 27, 2009 - Speeeeech, Speeeeech Time on Obama's inaugural address.
Jan. 23, 2009 - Out With the Old, in With the New The Weekly Standard bids farewell to Bush, while Newsweek prepares the way for Obama.
Jan. 20, 2009 - O Town The New York Times Magazine profiles the incoming administration.
Jan. 16, 2009 - Mission Accomplished Newsweek on Cheney's successful vice presidency.
Jan. 13, 2009 - Red, Brown, and Blue The Atlantic on post-racial America.
Jan. 9, 2009 - Fixing Gaza Newsweek and The Nation on the latest Israeli-Palestinian face-off.
Jan. 6, 2009 - Black Swan Song The New York Times Magazine on the deceptions in financial risk assessment.
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