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Go Home Veep Vetting, Al Qaeda’s Comeback, and a Look at the...

PLANK JULY 31, 2012

Veep Vetting, Al Qaeda’s Comeback, and a Look at the Online Arms Trade: Today’s TNR Reader

BY TNR STAFF

Editor’s Note: We’ll be running the article recommendations of our friends at TNR Reader each afternoon on The Plank, just in time to print out or save for your commute home. Enjoy!

In a post-Palin world, vetting the Veep has become the most invasive process in politics.

GQ | 19 min (4,863 words)

Looking for an AK-47 or a Bushmaster M4 assault rifle? Welcome to the web’s darkest black market. No background checks necessary.

Gizmodo | 9 min (2,283 words)

Magic and medicine: A doctor reflects on the clash between the spiritual and the physical. 

Lapham’s Quarterly | 15 min (3,693 words) 

Thanks to the Arab Spring, says Bruce Riedel, Al Qaeda is actually stronger than ever.

Daily Beast | 4 min (1,023 words)        

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