Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

New on nybooks.com: Elizabeth Drew on what’s at stake in the midterm elections, Stéphanie Giry on the question of genocide in Cambodia, Charles Simic on wine and New Hampshire,Annie Sparrow and Save the Children on fighting polio in Syria, Christopher de Bellaigue on the bonds between soldiers, Robin Robertson’s translation of Euripides’ Bacchae, andNathaniel Rich on tracing the architecture of New Orleans in photographs.   THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY THE BELLE OF AMHERST

Obama & the Coming Election Elizabeth Drew The most important question is whether the Republicans will gain control of the Senate while retaining their majority in the House.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Genocide That Wasn’t Stéphanie Giry Cambodia’s UN-backed war crimes tribunal is frustrating the very people to whom it was supposed to bring resolution, recognition, and reconciliation.   A Granite State Miracle Charles Simic I’m not the first one to notice that company makes wine more enjoyable and more memorable, while the wine inspires a better quality of conversation.   ADVERTISEMENT   Fighting Polio in Syria An exchange with Save the Children and Annie Sparrow Polio transmission is an international threat.   What Only Soldiers Understand Christopher de Bellaigue Sebastian Junger’s war documentary Korengal   Flayed Alive by the Bacchae Robin Robertson From a new translation of Euripides’ final work   Remnants of New Orleans Nathaniel Rich For four decades Richard Sexton has been pinballing between New Orleans and the cities of the Creole diaspora, documenting resonances in architecture and style.