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2012 Election

Scientific Rankingsby Nicholas Thompson

The Republicans used to be the party of science and technology. Where do the candidates stand?

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Annals of Technology

Streaming Dreamsby John Seabrook

For the past sixty years, TV executives have been making the decisions about what we watch. YouTube would like to change that…

Seabrook: The Future of YouTube

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Daily Comment

A Tebow Kind of Yearby Ben McGrath

The Broncos quarterback has reverted to type. So has the N.F.L.…

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Pop Music

Van Halen Returnsby Sasha Frere-Jones

David Lee Roth and the rest of the family perform at a tiny MacDougal Street club.

Notes on Music

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Shouts & Murmurs

Morning Menuby Jenny Allen

Try our espresso doughnuts. With doughnut espresso…

Rich: God and Girlfriend

NEWS DESK

Plus: Take this week’s news quiz.

DAILY COMMENT

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Plus: Modern-day McCarthyism.

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Joel Sternfeld’s first pictures.

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Onward and Upward with the Arts

Carrie Brownstein and “Portlandia.”

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Life and Letters

Away at camp with “Great Expectations.”

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A Critic at Large

Does humanitarian aid help create conflicts?

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A Reporter at Large

The extradition of drug lord Christopher Coke.

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The Political Scene

The Tea Party’s Cold War roots.

Kelefa Sanneh on Newt Gingrich.
Ken Auletta on Marco Rubio.
Patrick Radden Keefe on Chevron.
Peter Hessler on the yakuza.
Adam Kirsch on the influence of Rome.
Anthony Lane on two Iranian movies.

Complete Table of Contents

Hendrik Hertzberg, Jane Mayer, and Ryan Lizza on Super PACs and their unrestricted money.

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Goings On

Quick Pick: Television

“Downton Abbey” returns.

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MULTIMEDIA

Peter Hessler on an American crime reporter in Japan.

Peter Schjeldahl on Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim.

Abraham Polonsky’s “Force of Evil.”

John Seabrook on breeding better fruit.

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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