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Thursday, July 4, 2019

Only in America

The Well-Dressed Man…in 1776
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America in the Archive

In the July 1926 issue of Vanity Fair, commemorating the 150th anniversary of American independence, author Sherwood Anderson wrote, "We have made of America a lively, amusing place in which to live. At least, they must give us credit for that." Here, to celebrate the Fourth of July, five uniquely American tales of politics, paranoia, and more—from a small town in Maine to the wide-open spaces of the Wild West—out of the Vanity Fair archive.

The 5th Risk

President Trump has proposed slashing the Department of Energy's budget, and its highly skilled workforce has been devastated. Those familiar with the DOE's key roles—from guarding the U.S. nuclear arsenal to assessing the North Korean threat, to protecting the electrical grid—are terrified. Michael Lewis exposes the catastrophic risks the White House is ignoring.

Inventing Ford Country

The 1939 movie Stagecoach created three icons: John Wayne, John Ford, and the 30,000 acres of glory on the Utah–Arizona border known as Monument Valley. It was a pioneering rancher, Harry Goulding, who brought Hollywood to his home, and helped shape America's vision of the West. Buzz Bissinger reports.

It Came From Wasilla

As John McCain's top campaign officials spoke more candidly than ever before about the meltdown of his vice-presidential pick, Todd S. Purdum tracked the signs—political and personal—that Palin was big trouble, and checks the forecast for her future.

American Rapture

In Tim LaHaye's best-selling thrillers, evangelical Christians are "raptured" up to heaven, leaving secular humanists to perish in an epic bloodbath. To millions of Americans, that's not fiction. It's a theology that touches the White House and, in the Middle East, could spark the Armageddon its true believers want. Craig Unger reports.

Town of Whispers

Many in the picturesque Maine town of Kennebunk—a short trip from the Bush-family compound—knew that the sweet, friendly Zumba teacher was leading a double life. But then police charged that Alexis Wright's prostitution sideline included sharing videotapes of her client sessions with her married lover, a part-time P.I. As Kennebunk speculates feverishly and officials release the names of more than 60 suspected clients involved, Bethany McLean gauges the damage done.

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