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From the inaugural issue of Condé Nast Portfolio, The Sheik Who Would Be King of Horse Racing: How the ruler of Dubai came to dominate — with one very large exception — the lucrative business of Thoroughbreds; Weapons of Mass Production: As the debate rages over the ultimate cost of the Iraq invasion, a look at some of the companies that are getting combat pay; and on the $300 Trillion Time Bomb: If Warren Buffett can't figure out derivatives, can anybody? The Wizard Drops the Curtain: The capitalist faithful from all over the world came to Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting, to worship the past and wonder about a future without company chairman and investor in chief Warren Buffett. Genocide in the boardroom: A moral dilemma interrupts Buffett's love-in.

From CT, not so exceptional after all: American evangelicalism reassessed; can you reason with Christians? A response to Sam Harris' Letter to a Christian Nation; and "Is Christianity good for the world?" Theologian Douglas Wilson and atheist Christopher Hitchens debate. From Skeptic, a review of God is Not Great (and more). Mark Oppenheimer on Hitchens' glaring error. Defiance is his raison d'etre: Just don't expect any mild sentiments from combative public intellectual Christopher Hitchens.

From Briarpatch, why Feminism isn’t for Everybody: Will gender-based oppression end if we ask politely? Not bloody likely. A review of The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much? A review of How To Hepburn: Lessons on Living From Kate the Great. A review of The Sister Knot: Why We Fight, Why We’re Jealous, and Why We’ll Love Each Other No Matter What.

From Radar, Atomic Moms: The 10 worst mothers in the world. The moods, modes and methods of motherhood: A review of Waiting for Daisy; You're Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Mom; and Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence. The Incredible Shrinking Father: Artificial insemination begets children without paternity, with troubling cultural and legal consequences. It's hard to be a man: More and more on Impotence: A Cultural History by Angus McLaren. Research suggests men's sexual behavior adapts to perceived threats. Mama's Boys are Braver: A mother's presence, a new study suggests, can go a long way toward making the world less frightening. Test Your F.Q.: Got a Y chromosome? Then this sexism self-exam is for you.

All those fit young men running around in shorts, watched intently by lots of other (excited) grown men - football is the most quasi-camp sport of all. 10 Straight Questions: Just because you’re not hip to the straight lifestyle doesn’t mean you shouldn’t know a little something about heterosexuals pdf. The software mogul Tim Gill has a mission: Stop the Rick Santorums of tomorrow before they get started. How a network of gay political donors is stealthily fighting sexual discrimination and reshaping American politics doc. Bareback Mountain William Saletan on gays, horses, bimbos, and bestiality.

Is Ian Wishart's Eve's Bite the most un-PC book ever? Oh, Deborah Jeane, what are we going to do with you? An article on the Red-Light District and working the intersection of sex and power, and a look at the Happy Hooker's Code of Ethics. Prostitutes and Politics: Why is it still illegal to pay for sex? And Matthew Yglesias on Barely Legal Porn: Why we shouldn’t infantilize 18-year-olds