This year's selections have been chosen from among the finalists of the National Magazine Awards. Includes articles from "The New Yorker, New York Times Magazine," and "Esquire."

Introduction, by Jon MeachamAcknowledgments, by Sid HoltThe Deadly Choices at Memorial, by Sheri FinkStill Life, by Skip HollandsworthMarc Dreier's Crime of Destiny, by Bryan BurroughThe Last Abortion Doctor, by John H. RichardsonThe Cost Conundrum, by Atul GuwandeA Death in Texas, by Tom BarryVanish, by Evan RatliffOut West, by Joe WilkinsTheocracy and Its Discontents, by Fareed ZakariaLead Us Not Into Debt, by Megan McArdleBacon: The Other White Heat, by Theodore GrayIn Defense of Tourism, by Peter Jon LindbergExcerpts from For and Against Foreskin, by Michael Idov, Christopher Bonanos, and Hanna RosinThere's a Sucker Born Every Minute, by Tom CarsonWar Games, by Steve EricksonSuburban Ghetto, by Jonathan DeeObituary Columns: Danny La Rue, Benson, William Safire, by Ann WroeTop Ten State Fair Joys, by Garrison KeillorThe Man Who Never Was, by Mike SagerTrial by Fire, by David GrannRaw Water, by Wells TowerAnd Yet . . ., by Mitch AlbomNational Magazine Awards 2010 Finalists and WinnersNational Magazine Awards 2010 JudgesASME Board of Directors, 2010–2011PermissionsList of Contributors