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Rubio and Friendsby Ken Auletta

Can Florida’s senator control the anti-immigration rhetoric from G.O.P. candidates in tonight’s debate?

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When Did the Arab Spring Begin?by Jon Lee Anderson

An anniversary was celebrated yesterday in Tahrir Square. But was it the right one?

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Culture Desk

Inside the Actor’s Stereoby Alex Ross

From Mahler to Miles Davis, Alec Baldwin picks his favorite records.

Ian Parker: Baldwin’s Relentless Self-Criticism (2008)

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Inventing Brooklyn

The author Alice McDermott discusses the romanticized prewar borough in this week’s story.

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The Political Scene

Obama’s Memosby Ryan Lizza

How did a post-partisan campaign turn into a polarized Presidency?

NEWS DESK

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Plus: Gingrich shoots for the moon.

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Plus: Worse than Citizens United?

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Love in a Japanese home.

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CULTURE DESK

Plus: The trouble with “Fat Chef.”

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Annals of Economics

Timothy Geithner’s unpopular plan.

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A Reporter at Large

How is Ray Kelly defending New York?

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The World of Business

A billionaire’s political agenda.

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A Reporter at Large

The Navy SEALs in Abbottabad.

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Shouts & Murmurs

Google Dictionary defines the world.

Ryan Lizza on Barack Obama.
James Surowiecki on private equity.
Jonah Lehrer on brainstorming.
Nick Paumgarten on New York’s most talkative barman.
Adam Gopnik on prisons.
David Denby on “Crazy Horse,” “Contraband,” and “Haywire.”

Complete Table of Contents

Hendrik Hertzberg on Rick Perry’s plan to reform the Supreme Court.

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Goings On

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Celebrating 150 years of BAM online.

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At Radio City Music Hall.

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Jonah Lehrer on how to stimulate group creativity.

Peter Schjeldahl on Damien Hirst’s spots.

Don Siegel’s “The Killers.”

Stories from a boxer turned bartender.

Portraits from Tahrir Square.

Super Sam Fuld in action.

Scenes from a Talk meeting.

Jason Schwartzman introduces The New Yorker’s iPad App.

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