Reading Assigned

“To proudly claim the veteran and disown the slaveholder is patriotism à la carte. A nation outlives its generations.” — What is an ambitious, bold, beautifully written magazine cover story worth in 2014? That is to ask: Can it still force people to talk, or is the power of the information void such that it will be merely processed and forgotten, filed away in the abandoned longform warehouse? This is as good a month as any to find out.