The magazine is excellent. I've been picking them up everyonce in awhile for the last couple yrs. They've had some excellent investigative articles. The Philadelphia Enquirer newspaper had a couple Pulitzer reporters that they fired in a cost cutting move. These reporters were quickly picked up by the magazine. Here's a sample of their new work for the mag:

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/04/rizacontract_slideshow200704

Here's the first article they did for Vanity Fair. Excellent piece of investigative reporting. But scary at the sametime:

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/03/spyagency200703

>>I picked up a copy of Vanity Fair magazine yesterday. They have an excerpt from a new book, "Are We Rome? The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America".
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>>I've just glanced at the article so far. But the main premise is that while there are many similarities between ancient Rome and present day USA, one that is overlooked is the privatization of previously public services. This leads to previously unseen levels of corruption for one. And a decrease in the level of service also, once the profit motive sets in.
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>>Makes a lot of sense to me.
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>Sounds like a good book and article. I've got to get a subscription to Vanity Fair.