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Steve Coll wonders if the Times could really be nonprofit.

James Surowiecki loved Obama's Georgetown speech, even if it wasn't Churchillian.

Sasha Frere-Jones celebrates Graffiti Kings.

Hendrik Hertzberg on the electoral college and a Fox News stake out.

George Packer discusses George Orwell with the Book Club.

News Desk: What is it with the hundred-days business?

The Front Row: Who still thinks pornography is enlightening?

The Book Bench: Honoring E. L. Doctorow at the PEN Literary Gala.

Evan Osnos provides more details on China's green-tech space race.

The Cartoon Lounge: Footage from the swing flu of 2006.

Goings On: A Jonas Brothers drug reference?