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Contents: How We Lost The Good War (Following the 9/11 attacks, sending troops into Afghanistan didn’t seem like such a bad idea – that’s where the terrorists were. Ten years later, as our beleagured forces slowly withdraw, Shashank Bengali dissects what exactly went wrong); The Lost Photos Of Jack Kerouac (Greil Marcus on newly discovered images); The Iconoclast (Inside director Wes Anderson); Beyond The Sky (Rob Magnuson Smith searches for aliens); The Talented Mr. K (Rudy Kurniawan knows wine, writes Wendy Goldman Rohm. Does he also know fraud?); America’s Best Bars 2012 (The most memorable watering holes); Playboy Classic: Ayn Rand (A return visit with objectivist number one); Father Knows Worst (How aspiring hipster Neal Pollack launched a daddy blog but ended up orphaned); Carnal Knowledge (Case studies in hysteria); Shattered Genius (Brett Forrest stakes out the apartment of a math master whose life doesn’t add up); Sex, Drugs & Video Games (David Kushner on a wild-man gaming pioneer) Interview – Charlie Sheen (The actor sits down with Eric Spitznagel to explain how he came to his senses) 20Q – Andy Samberg (The funnyman answers to Eric Spitznagel) Fiction – Live By Night (Joe Coughlin is in deep. An exclusive preview of the forthcoming novel by Dennis Lehane) Pictorials – Model Mayhem (Nona Kohne, a fashionable Slovenian import turns heads from East to West); The Bronze Age (Our collection of memorable lines); Playmate: Shelby Chesnes (Miss July will make you melt); Playmate: Beth Williams (Down on the farm with Miss August); Jenny McCarthy (She’s back and as fantastic as ever) Columns – Talking With Marina Abramovic (James Franco engages the renowned parformance artist); How Forty Became The New Twenty (Why do men in their 40s still act like kids? Joel Stein has a solution); Leave It To Beavers (Lisa Lampanelli explores the risks of taking your girl to a strip club) Cartoons – Babs & Shirley (The delightful creations of Al Stine) Fashion – Speed Racer (The Red Bull Formula One pilot Mark Webber suits up for summer. By Jennifer Ryan Jones. Plus, a high-octane race preview by A.J. Baime) News And Notes – World Of Playboy (Hef and son Cooper host a luncheon to crown Jaclyn Swedberg the 2012 Playmate of the Year; Hef and his posse chopper to see Kendra, Hank and Hank IV; Steven Tyler of Aerosmith visits the Mansion for Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp); Hangin’ With Hef (Playmates hunt for Easter eggs at the Mansion; Jenny McCarthy pays a visit; the Wanted explore the grounds; the girls get cuddly at the San Diego Zoo); Playmate News (Pamela Anderson establishes a racing team; a new documentary about Bettie Page; Anna Sophia Berglund comes to party in Project X; Shannon Tweed unveils Attack of the Groupies, a game based on her experiences “protecting” husband Gene Simmons) Departments – Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Reviews; Mantrack; Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes Playboy Forum – Vexed Americana (How did we become such a nation of haters, asks Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Are we meaner because we see more meanness all around us, or is it part of being human); Give ‘Em Hell, Barry (Ishmael Reed hears the calls for the president to denounce Republicans. It worked for Harry Truman, but will it work for Barack Obama?); Reader Response (Not everyone in War, West Virginia is an addict; Jesus, it’s the president; the fake debt crisis feels real); Newsfront (The Chinese decide to make more babies; protecting Republican delegates from water pistols; the Supreme Court strips away rights; atheists on base; the police get pranked)
Issue: July – August 2012
Condition: Very Good