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Contents: Screwed (What would a Mitt Romney presidency have in store for American bedrooms? Nancy L. Cohen spells out the decidely unsexy consequences); Playboy Classic: Fidel Castro (In 1987, Lee Lockwood sat with the father of modern Cuba to ask tough questions about his dictatorship. Forty-five years later, Castro’s answers are more illuminating than ever); Why Is Everyone Talking At Me? (Pundits clash and sound bites fly on cable TV shows. John Meroney shows us how political coverage evolved into a blood sport); The World’s Most Dangerous 18 Holes (It’s a beautiful day for golf in North Korea, where Kevin Cook tees up for a tournament in the strangest country on earth); After Atwater (GOP operative Lee Atwater put the mud in mudslinging. J.C. Gabel looks at the life and legacy of the man who, for better or worse, changed political campaigns forever); Being Bond (The clothes, the cars, the cocktails and the women. Learn how to live life like the one and only 007) Interview – Stephen Colbert (Eric Spitznagel goes beyond left and right with the satirical genius and self-elected president of Colbert Nation) 20Q – Krysten Ritter (The b—- in apartment 23 turns on her charms for Taffy Brodesser-Akner, who discovers she’s not to be trifled with) Fiction – The Great Cummerbund Steeplechase (Winning the annual steeplechase is everything in Stirrupshire. When the town loses its title and the judges responsible show up dead, foul play is suspected – but the truth is much fouler than imagined) Pictorials – La Strada (In the streets of Verona, where beauties fly on Vespas, we let our imagination fly right with them); Playmate: Britany Nola (With her knockout looks and killer taste in music, critics agree: Miss November is a smash hit); Hef’s Girlfriends (It takes a special girl to conquer Hef’s heart; luckily, he’s willing to share) News & Notes – World Of Playboy (Christina Hendricks and Adrian Brody at Pebble Beach; Playboy Club opening in Cologne); Hangin’ With Hef (Hef meets Dexter; cutting the ribbon in Beverly Hills; Opus book signing); Playmate News (Charis Boyle rocks the fashion world; a chance to own a Bettie Page pinup; Pamela Anderson stays out of trouble) Departments – Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Reviews; Mantrack; Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes Playboy Forum – We’re All Animals (Keynesian economics transformed post-Great Depression public policy. Post-Great Recession, Jackson Lears proposes, Keynes’s ideas are more valid than ever); Reader Response (Ovations for Hef’s fight for sexual freedom; gun rights for dummies; Crapitalism 101); Legalize It! (Obama has the worst record on medical marijuana in history, but as Bob Kampia explains, that wasn’t his intent); King Coal (What can $3 million buy you in D.C. today? Brian Cook illustrates the power of the almighty corporate dollar) Columns – Talking With Jeffrey Eugenides (James Franco talks shop with the novelist); How To Make Adult Friends (Joel Stein shows us how to find brue bromance); Does The Enemy Wear Underoos? (Lisa Lampanelli lays out the good, the bad and the ugly of MILF dating) Fashion – Steel This Watch (These timepieces are iron-clad wardrobe picks)
Issue: November 2012
Condition: Very Good