The New Yorker's George Packer on the biggest insider-trading case in history.Michael Lewis on The Autobiography of Mark Twainin the New Republic (subscription required).Ross Douthat's column about abortion and sex selection in today's Times.An oldpieceon same-sex marriage and the churchby Commonweal contributor Paul J. Griffiths.
Matthew Boudway is senior editor of Commonweal.
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