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# September 21, 2015 | Vol. 186 No. 11 September 21, 2015 |  

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September 21st, 2015 | Vol. 186, No. 11 | U.S.

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsSportsU.S.WorldOthers

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Quick Talk With Tobey Maguire

The actor stars in the Bobby Fischer biopic Pawn Sacrifice

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### When Detroit First Started to Stall

Reviewing David Maraniss’ new book <em>Once in a Great City</em>

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: _Time Out of Mind_ Heads Below the Poverty Line

Richard Gere plays a homeless man in his latest movie 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: FX’s _The Bastard Executioner_

A bloody new drama about a dark knight

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Bionic Eyes, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy: 3 Cutting Edge Cures for Blindness

In a race to cure blindness, three advances come closer to reality

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Why Latinos — and Other Americans — Are Fearful of Donald Trump's Crazy Talk

His coarse talk is empowering his supporters to speak their minds 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Etiquette of Home Security Cameras

They may be cool, but there are many things I just don’t want to see 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### 'Survival of the Fittest' Is a Sham

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Meet Hillary Clinton’s Bulldog

Once a part of the ‘vast right-wing conspiracy’ to destroy the Clintons, David Brock now savages the media from inside Hillaryland

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### This New Sport Is Golf Without the Clubs

Players aim to put soccer balls into cups in the fewest kicks possible 

### U.S.

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### In The Latest Issue (10 Sep 2015)

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### The Fight in Kentucky Is About Public Duty–Not Personal Belief

And politicians aren’t helping

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### In Search of Refuge

More than a quarter million migrants have reached the Greek islands by boat so far this year on their way to claim asylum in Western Europe

[World](/section/world/)

### A Show of China’s Military Force Serves as Drumroll for U.S. Visit

Xi Jinping oversaw a massive parade on Sept. 3 

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (10 Sep 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### A Wave of the World’s Displaced Crashes on Europe’s Shores

Migrants arrive from the Middle East, Africa and South Asia 

[World](/section/world/)

### Inside the Fight for Control of San Francisco's Most Famous Street

[World](/section/world/)

### The Vatican Prophecies

[World](/section/world/)

### Folding Bikes

The Kickstarter-funded Helix, from Toronto's Peter Boutakis, aims to upend the stigma of folding bikes that force riders to trade sturdiness for portability. Here's how it works.

[World](/section/world/)

### Apple's New Assets

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (10 Sep 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Oliver Sacks

Playful scientist

[World](/section/world/)

### Verbatim (10 Sep 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (10 Sep 2015)

### Others

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[10 Questions With Brené BrownThe best-selling author and professor of social work discusses the difference between guilt and shame and explains the best way to fail ](/4029029/10-questions-with-brene-brown/)

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