What really happened.

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• Why We Love Secretariat It's more than his speed.
  Meghan O'Rourke Oct. 8, 2010
  
• You Can't Handle the Veritas What Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher get wrong about Harvard—and Facebook.
  Nathan Heller Oct. 1, 2010
  
• Facebook Fakery The alternate reality of Aaron Sorkin's The Social Network.
  Luke O'Brien Sept. 30, 2010
  
• How "Howl" Changed the World Allen Ginsberg's anguished protest broke all the rules—and encouraged a generation of artists to do the same.
  Fred Kaplan Sept. 24, 2010