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November 2003

Letters   4
Mismanaged Care   Lily Huang, M.D., Wil S. Hylton
     
Notebook   9
Reading the Mail   Lewis H. Lapham
     
Harper's Index   13
     
Readings   15
Conditional State   an interview with Amos Oz and David Grossman
I Feel the Need   prospective slogans for the Air Force Academy
Stayin' Alive   the hazards of spiritual assistance
Frontiers of Science   What is the purpose of lips?
Riding Shotgun   Joseph Miedzianowski and William Jarding
Bighousekeeping   how to make a toilet-paper bomb
Amor Perdida   Tennessee Williams
And . . .   Alex Kanevsky, Michael Kenna, Jon Rubin, and activities of a feudalistic and suspicious nature are prohibited
     
Essay   35
JUNK POLITICS   Benjamin DeMott
A voter's guide to the post-literate election    
     
Proposal   44
TURN ON, TUNE IN   Thomas de Zengotita
Toward a progressive talk show    
     
Report   53
THE WAR BUSINESS   Chalmers Johnson
Squeezing a profit from the wreckage in Iraq    
     
Story   61
THE TWO OF THEM   Annie Dillard
     
Letter from Alaska   67
A NORTHERN FRONT   John Hildebrand
Seeking refuge in oil and in wilderness    
     
Reviews   77
NEW BOOKS   John Leonard
SONS AND MONSTERS   Jonathan Dee
John O'Hara gains a defender    
REVISITING THE ICONS   Francine Prose
The intimate photography of Diane Arbus    
     
Puzzle   91 Richard E. Maltby Jr.
     
Quiz   92
RUNNING WILD    

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