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The Political Scene
Torture or Death by Drone?by Jane Mayer
The Bush Administration tortured terrorist suspects. The Obama Administration kills them with drones. Which is worse?
On Television
“Girls” and the Opposite of TV Sexby Emily Nussbaum
Last week’s episode was so intimate that it felt invasive: raw and odd and tender. That’s a nearly unheard-of quality in sex on cable television…
Rational Irrationality
Benedict’s Disastrous Papacyby John Cassidy
In leading the Vatican’s conservative counter-offensive and dragging his heels on its sex-abuse scandals, the Pope has threatened the Church’s future…
Culture Desk
Fashion Week: Planet Proenza Schoulerby Sasha Weiss
After the hangover of metallic stiletto platform boots, brazen-neon leather bags, belted fur coats, the subtlety of the quintessentially New York brand felt like a dip in a cold water…
Culture Desk
A Son’s Revenge and Living Out-of-Placeby Andrea DenHoed
A look back at the best reads from the past week from an closer look at domestic violence to a moving story about one man’s journey to the Burning Man festival.
Editors’ Choice
Letter From California
Tesla Motors Plugs Inby Tad Friend
Elon Musk’s drive for an electric-car future.
