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Contents: Building The Perfect President (The number of possible presidential candidates in 2008 is creeping toward two dozen, but like each of us, they all have shortcomings. If we want a perfect president, we’re going to have build one. Laying out a blueprint is CBS New’s senior political correspondet, who cherry-picks a set of vital virtues from a group of uncommon exemplars); No Fare, No Well (Barry Hannah is known for his taut prose style, his singular contribution to Southern Gothic literature, and tempestuous, extended bouts with his inner demons. In this unsparring essay, Hannah describes his break with Tuscalossa, Alabama, the town that has been both his haven and his hell); Entertaining The Future (After the next decade’s worth of changes, your iPod will seem like a Victrola. The world of entertainment will fit in your pocket, be everywhere you want to be and bow to your cammand); The Greasecar War (On the road today are some 20,000 cars with converted diesel engines running on fuel that is clean, renewable and free: used fry grease. Sadly, to get this planet-saving source of energy in your car, which the government says is against the law, you have to steal it out of Dumpsters. Our intrepid reoprter becomes a revolutionary on the green frontier) Fiction – We Live In Water (In 1958 Oren Dessens has an affair with a crime boss’s wife, steals money from the man’s safe and then promptly disappears. Decades later Oren’s son attempts to discover his father’s ultimate fate in this story of familial love and loss) The Playboy Forum – Virtual People Power (The internet was founded on the principle that it must not discriminate against or give preference to content or users. When BelSouth and other large companies tried to impose the first Internet tolls, the American people fought back) 20Q – Paul Rudd (He broke out with Clueless, dabbled in Shakespeare, married Phoebe on Friends and currently balances successful careers in edgy indies and blockbuster comedies. Now the disarmingly funny actor talks candidly about getting paid to make out with Michelle Pfeiffer and expresses his regret about dissing Coldplay in The 40-Year-Old Virgin) Interview – Chris Tucker (Though absent from the screen for the past six years, Tucker remains one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars, earning upwards of $25 million to reteam with Jackie Chan for Rush Hour 3. The fast-talking funnyman reveals his serious side as he discusses his African activism adventures, the reason he’d now
Issue: August 2007
Condition: Very Good