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October 19, 2012
The Mormon Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
How the revelation to Joseph Smith led to Bain Capital.
October 19, 2012
Martin Amis: State of Decline
James Wolcott reviews Martin Amis's "Lionel Asbo: State of England."
The real lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
October 12, 2012
The VP Debate’s Biggest Missed Opportunity
The first debate between two Catholics, and all we got was a lousy abortion question?
October 09, 2012
Don’t Reform Taxes. Raise Them.
Sen. Chuck Schumer says we don’t need tax reform, we need a tax increase. He’s right.
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.
October 09, 2012
Romney’s Most Brazen New Move Of All?
Mitt Romney is now attacking President Obama and the Dodd-Frank law for being too easy on the “big banks.” Hmmm.
October 05, 2012
How a Salafi Preacher Came for my Soul
The far-reaching ambitions of Egypt’s rising Islamists.
October 05, 2012
What the Super-rich Really Think
A new study confirms F. Scott Fitzgerald’s observation that the rich really are different.
October 03, 2012
Michelangelo’s Most Haunting Drawing Comes to New York
Michelangelo’s The Dream is currently at the Frick: The drawing shows a heroic young man undone by the beauty of flesh.
