
The New York Review of Books Charles Simic: The shock of finding a homeless, dying man on the sidewalk, as I did the other morning, or a veteran of the Iraq war one cold autumn night with a cardboard sign explaining his predicament, is no laughing matter.
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Homeless on the Home Front

The New York Review of Books Michael Greenberg: More than fifteen months have passed since war broke out between Georgia and Russia. And yet, although tens of thousands of people are still displaced, and Russia is posing an increasing threat to Georgia’s oil pipelines, both the EU and the US may be powerless to prevent further threats to the country.
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Georgia's Shrunken Hopes

The New York Review of Books Christian Caryl: If the Communist Party feels that it’s now attained a position of dominance, why would it prevent ordinary Chinese from watching Obama’s town hall session—something that earlier Chinese leaders were secure enough to allow? If the Chinese are confident in their own economic success, why would they go to such enormous lengths to stage-manage Obama’s visit?
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China: The Fragile Superpower

The New York Review of Books Colm Tóibín: Wexford is a small town on the sea in the south-east of Ireland and an unlikely place to host an opera festival. Yet since 1951 in late October the town has organized what has become for many opera-lovers an essential date in the calendar.

The New York Review of Books Joost Hiltermann is talking about the political crisis Iraq faces as the country prepares for next year's election and the final departure of all American troops in 2011.
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The New York Review of Books Stephen Greenblatt on being pickpocketed in Rome, and the widespread Italian acceptance of disorder, disruption, and inconvenience.
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Rome: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Game

The New York Review of Books David Shulman: The occupation—and above all the settlement project—have profoundly eroded the moral fiber of Israel, corroded central institutions of the society, and undermined our integrity as a political community.
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The New York Review of Books Tim Flannery explains why cap and trade is essential for global action on climate change.
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Roving thoughts and provocations from our writers

The New York Review of Books In the December 3 issue, Elaine Blair on Philip Roth's new novel, Claire Messud on Haleh Esfandiari's prison memoir, Paula Fox on L.J. Davis, and Ingrid Rowland on "a veritable Vesuvius of erupting bimbos" in Italy.
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The New York Review of Books Also on the blog: Sue Halpern and Nicholas Kristof continue their conversation about microfinance ("Loans to the Poorest: Where Does the Money Really Go?") and Michael Tomasky explains why health care reform is going to the dogs.
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The New York Review of Books Sanford Schwartz: David Park (1911–1960) is one of those artists who isn’t widely known but whose work inspires a special loyalty and warmth of feeling among his admirers ...
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The New York Review of Books Photographer and activist Chris Jordan speaks with Eve Bowen about his recent photographs from Midway Atoll.
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Chris Jordan: These photographs of albatross chicks were made just a few weeks ago on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific that is now one of the world’s most remote marine sanctuaries. The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plastic by their parents, who soar over the... vast ocean polluted by plastic debris and other waste collecting what looks to them like food to bring back to their young.Read More
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The New York Review of Books Is microfinance a way help poor women gain economic power, or does it keep them in debt while doing nothing to foster systemic economic development? An exchange between Sue Halpern and Nicholas Kristof.
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The New York Review of Books Hussein Agha & Robert Malley on rethinking the two-state solution.
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An article by Robert Malley from The New York Review of Books, December 3, 2009





















