Top 10 Articles 2012
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CONTENTS
CONTENTS 2
The Apostate 3
Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology. 3 by Lawrence Wright February 14, 2011 3
The Obama Memos 54
The making of a post-post-partisan Presidency. 54 by Ryan Lizza January 30, 2012 54
The Caging of America 78
Why do we lock up so many people? 78 by Adam Gopnik January 30, 2012 78
The Story of a Suicide 89
Two college roommates, a webcam, and a tragedy. 89 by Ian Parker February 6, 2012 89
Spoiled Rotten 116
Why do kids rule the roost? 116 by Elizabeth Kolbert July 2, 2012 116
We Are Alive 123
Bruce Springsteen at sixty-two. 123 by David Remnick July 30, 2012 123
Big Med 155
Restaurant chains have managed to combine quality control, cost control, and innovation. Can health care? 155 by Atul Gawande August 13, 2012 155
Super-Rich Irony 176
Why do billionaires feel victimized by Obama? 176 by Chrystia Freeland October 8, 2012 176
The Choice 187 by The Editors October 29, 2012 187
The Apostate
Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology. by Lawrence Wright February 14, 2011
On August 19, 2009, Tommy Davis, the chief spokesperson for the Church of Scientology International, received a letter from the film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis. “For ten months now I have been writing to ask you to make a public statement denouncing the actions of the Church of Scientology of San Diego,” Haggis wrote. Before the 2008 elections, a staff member at Scientology’s San Diego church had signed its name to an online petition supporting Proposition 8, which asserted that the State of California should sanction marriage only “between a man and a woman.” The proposition passed. As Haggis saw it, the San Diego church’s “public sponsorship of Proposition 8, which succeeded in taking away the civil rights of gay and lesbian citizens of California—rights that were granted them by the Supreme Court of our state—is a stain on the integrity of our organization and a stain on us personally. Our public
CONTENTS
CONTENTS 2
The Apostate 3
Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology. 3 by Lawrence Wright February 14, 2011 3
The Obama Memos 54
The making of a post-post-partisan Presidency. 54 by Ryan Lizza January 30, 2012 54
The Caging of America 78
Why do we lock up so many people? 78 by Adam Gopnik January 30, 2012 78
The Story of a Suicide 89
Two college roommates, a webcam, and a tragedy. 89 by Ian Parker February 6, 2012 89
Spoiled Rotten 116
Why do kids rule the roost? 116 by Elizabeth Kolbert July 2, 2012 116
We Are Alive 123
Bruce Springsteen at sixty-two. 123 by David Remnick July 30, 2012 123
Big Med 155
Restaurant chains have managed to combine quality control, cost control, and innovation. Can health care? 155 by Atul Gawande August 13, 2012 155
Super-Rich Irony 176
Why do billionaires feel victimized by Obama? 176 by Chrystia Freeland October 8, 2012 176
The Choice 187 by The Editors October 29, 2012 187
The Apostate
Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology. by Lawrence Wright February 14, 2011
On August 19, 2009, Tommy Davis, the chief spokesperson for the Church of Scientology International, received a letter from the film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis. “For ten months now I have been writing to ask you to make a public statement denouncing the actions of the Church of Scientology of San Diego,” Haggis wrote. Before the 2008 elections, a staff member at Scientology’s San Diego church had signed its name to an online petition supporting Proposition 8, which asserted that the State of California should sanction marriage only “between a man and a woman.” The proposition passed. As Haggis saw it, the San Diego church’s “public sponsorship of Proposition 8, which succeeded in taking away the civil rights of gay and lesbian citizens of California—rights that were granted them by the Supreme Court of our state—is a stain on the integrity of our organization and a stain on us personally. Our public