Martin Schneider writes:

A new issue of The New Yorker comes out tomorrow. A preview of its contents, adapted from the magazine's press release:

In "The Secret History," Jane Mayer speaks with Leon Panetta, the C.I.A.'s new director, in an exclusive interview about the agency's legacy of torture, and examines the Obama Administration's "attempts to restore the rule of law in America's fight against terrorism without sacrificing safety or losing the support of conservative Democratic and independent voters."

In "Don't Shoot," John Seabrook looks at the innovative strategies that David Kennedy, a professor in the anthropology department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, in New York City, has developed to reduce gang-related violent crimes. Employed to great success in Cincinnati, Providence, and several other communities in the U.S., Kennedy's program, widely known as Ceasefire, imparts a moral component to crime deterrence.

Hendrik Hertzberg, in Comment, examines the impact of President Obama's recent speech in Cairo on elections in the Middle East.

In the Financial Page, James Surowiecki looks at the effects of rising gas prices on consumer confidence.

In Shouts & Murmurs, Paul Rudnick describes a Utah Mormon's experience with same-sex marriage on a family trip to Massachusetts.

Jon Lee Anderson explores Spain's efforts to confront its civil-war past, including a pending exhumation of poet Federico García Lorca's remains.

Lauren Collins profiles romance writer Nora Roberts.

Sasha Frere-Jones listens to Sonic Youth's latest release, The Eternal.

Kelefa Sanneh examines the recent movement away from the corporate work world and back to small business.

Hilton Als reviews the musical Coraline.

Anthony Lane reviews The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 and Whatever Works.

There is a short story by Tim Gautreaux.