From The New Criterion, Michael Weiss on inhuman power of the lie: The Great Terror at 40. From TNR, why have the netroots been so cool on Obama? Gary Hart, the Barack of '84, thinks Hillary is Mondale without the locked-in superdelegates. Philip Stephens on a chance to redesign American politics. From Philanthropy, an interview with Carl Schramm, author of "Law Outside the Market: The Social Utility of the Private Foundation"; a review of Adventures in Richistan by Robert Frank; and an impressive foundation, an unimpressive book: A review of Bill Clinton's Giving. The introduction to Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right by EJ Dionne Jr. Generation MySpace is getting fed up: Annoyed with the ad deluge on social networks, many users are spending less time on the sites.

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