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The Dumb War
In his campaign for the presidency, Obama said he was not against war, just against dumb wars. Yet he is waging and expanding the dumbest kind of war-and creating his very own Vietnam.
This Week's Hot Reads
This week: a reporter visits the whitest towns in America, how dating can make you a career superstar, a novel about transformation in the Montreal underworld, a gripping Scandinavian thriller, and an elegant look at the diplomatic artistry of Rubens.
This Week's Hot Reads
This week: A new novel about Manhattan prep-schoolers by one of their own, a Tudor tragedy reconsidered, the essential primer to Central Asia, a shocking exposé of food waste, and the latest Harry Bosch detective thrill.
Mantel Books the Booker
Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall won the Man Booker Prize today. The Daily Beast looks back at the past decade of honorees, from Yann Martel's Life of Pi to Aravind Adiga's White Tiger.
From Fame to No Fame
As a new Fame remake hits theaters, The Daily Beast's Jaimie Etkin looks back at the original singing and dancing class of 1980 and finds out where they are now.














