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The New York Review of Books

How to Blow Up a Planet

The Significance of Trivial Things

The War App

‘How Goes the Battle?’

What Joys Lie in Store

Abortion’s Long History

A River Like Intuition

‘A Damn Nuisance’

Mars Is Heaven!

Ode

Father Knows Best

Conservatism’s Baton Twirler

Nobody’s Grand Tour

When Trade Was at a Crossroads

Ahead of the Game

Just a Loaf

South Sudan’s Democratic Mirage

Forever Unmoored

Watch What You Say