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PHOTOGRAPH: BEN STANSALL/AFP/GETTY
Rational Irrationality

Putin Trumps the G8 Debate on Syriaby John Cassidy

The summit achieved very little that would concern Assad. From Putin’s perspective, that means mission accomplished…
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ILLUSTRATION: NISHANT CHOKSI
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PHOTOGRAPH: MAXIMILIAN BODE
Elements

From Monopolies to the Spy Stateby Tim Wu

The consolidation of the communications and Web industries has made surveillance much simpler—and more likely to happen…
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ILLUSTRATION: ROMAN MURADOV
Page-Turner

The Usefulness of Tweeting Thoughtsby Thomas Beller

Can Twitter be productive for writers, beyond the basic act of publicizing what they’ve written?
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ILLUSTRATION: TOM BACHTELL
The Talk of the Town

Swinging with the Cicadasby Nick Paumgarten

For the past month, the “interspecies musician” David Rothenberg has roamed the tri-state area, seeking cicadas to jam with, and people who might dig it…

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Superman flying through the ages.

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Larissa MacFarquhar on confronting suicide in Japan.

Show Us Your Eustace

Readers redesign our mascot.

DVD of the Week

Orson Welles’s “F for Fake.”

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Hand-built bikes.
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