The Plank

Weekend Reading, November 13-15

--Philip Caputo on Mexico's drug wars

--Tim Garton Ash and Anne Applebaum on 1989

--Gina Kolata on cancer drugs (really, it's fascinating!)

--Hanna Rosin on Christianity and the housing bust

--Elizabeth Kolbert on Freakonomics

--(TNR's own) Brad Plumer on Michael Specter's new book

--And The Onion on Sasha Obama's White House activities

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11/15/2009 - 5:33am EDT | Robert Powell

Why can I click on Anne Applebaum but not Timothy Garton Ash?

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