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SUBSCRIBE GIVE A GIFT RENEW QUESTIONS What's new in The New Yorker magazine and on newyorker.com.   The Deflationist by Larissa MacFarquhar For the first twenty years of Paul Krugman's adult life, his world was divided not into left and right but into smart and stupid… READ THIS STORY LIVE CHAT: KRUGMAN AND MACFARQUHAR VIDEO: THE PAUL KRUGMAN BLUES   Don't Look Back by Steve Coll As the violence intensifies, it would be natural for Pakistan's generals to question whether their jihad-management strategy has become mired in false distinctions&#8230 READ THIS STORY LIVE CHAT: COLL   Winter Wonders by Nancy Franklin In the winter Olympics, an athlete's body can be wrecked at literally every turn… READ THIS STORY NICK PAUMGARTEN ON THE OLYMPICS   Head Case by Louis Menand As a branch of medicine, depression is a mess. Business, however, is extremely good… READ THIS STORY AUDIO: MENAND ON THE DEPRESSION DEBATE   The New Yorker Near You Upcoming appearances by Margaret Atwood, Marie Ponsot, Edward P. Jones, and Joyce Carol Oates. VIEW EVENTS Calvin Trillin on a Szechuan master chef; Anthony Lane on "Shutter Island"; fiction by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh; and more. VIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS VIEW THIS WEEK'S CARTOONS PHOTOGRAPH: TINA BARNEY CARTOON: BARBARA SMALLER Copyright © 2010 Condé Nast. Sent from Condé Nast, 1166 Avenue of the Americas, 16th floor, New York, NY 10036, attn: Email Coordinator UNSUBSCRIBE | VIEW OUR PRIVACY POLICY