From The Washington Monthly, love of family inspired William Jefferson to do great things — it also explains that $90,000 in his freezer. Don't TNT Me, Bro: William Saletan on the moral logic of suicide bombing. Sunset in America: Sean Wilentz on the end of the age of Reagan. A blood libel on our civilization: John Derbyshire on Ben Stein's "Expelled". A review of Body Shopping: The Economy Fuelled by Flesh and Blood by Donna Dickenson. A review of The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi by Aram Roston. The Memory Addict: Augusten Burroughs doesn’t just write about his past — he holds seances. Douglas Mullins reviews Nathaniel Mackey’s Bass Cathedral. What lessons can be learned from past attempts to oust seemingly immovable oppressors

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