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As a branch of medicine, depression is a mess. Business, however, is extremely good…

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Behind Bars

by Anthony Lane
“Shutter Island” and “A Prophet.”

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How an economist found politics.

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In the Olympics, an athlete’s body can be wrecked at literally every turn…

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Cashed Out

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Rick Rubin revives the Man in Black.

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Pakistan’s Taliban

by Steve Coll
Can our allies give up on the extremists?

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The Sexual Revolution

by Meredith Blake
Julie Klausner on Pauline Kael and Miss Piggy.

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