World and I Magazine Table of Contents

August 2001 Contents

SPECIAL REPORT
New England: Surprisingly Strong
The Northeast is often a national barometer. What are the economic prospects for New England?

Introduction
Yankee Ingenuity
David G. Tuerck
New England cut taxes, controlled costs, and used high tech to diversify its economy.
Can the Region Maintain Its Edge?
by Ross Gittell
Education and R&D will determine New England's economic future.
WORLD VIEWS
Berlusconi Wins in Italy

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Maximizing Men
by Robert R. Selle
Edwin Louis Cole, founder of the Christian Men's Network, has been helping millions of men become better husbands, fathers, and citizens for decades.
EYE ON THE HIGH COURT
The Law and the Links
by David C. Slade
The justices ruled 7–2 that a handicapped pro sports player must have his disability accommodated because he is a "client" under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

ANALYSIS
Porn Nation
by Janet M. LaRue
Pornography has grown into a $10 billion a year industry in America ($56 billion worldwide) and is now being peddled by Fortune 500 companies.
COMMENTARY
How to Combat Terrorism
by Ed Badolato
The U.S. government and its citizens must become more aware of the dangers of terrorism and how best to fight them.
Getting Serious About the Future
by Newt Gingrich
The former Speaker of the House sees a bright destiny for America if the nation aggressively capitalizes on the technologies available.
MEDIA IN REVIEW
Russia's Most Dangerous Profession
by Paul Goble
More than 120 journalists have died in the line of duty in Russia since 1991, amid growing government animosity and public apathy toward the media.

TRAVEL
Portugal's Northern Star
by Eve Carr
Graced with distinctive architecture and located on the magical Douro River, the city of Porto is the capital of the port wine industry.
ADVENTURE
The Land of Eternal Spring
by Eva Harnik
Contrasting landscape, varied ecology, and the confluence of three cultures--Mayan, Spanish, and modern-day--entice visitors to Guatemala.
CAREERS
Coaching for Life
by Laura Byrd
Athletic coaches have long been respected as voices of experience. Now a new brand of business and life coaches unlock the inner potential of people at work and play.

FEATURED BOOK COMMENTARY:
Emmanuel Dongala's Little Boys Come From the Stars
A Landscape of Broken Dreams
Okey Ndibe
Congolese novelist Emmanuel Dongala limns the tragic political biography of his homeland, a nation conceived in hope but nurtured (thanks to the treachery of its leaders) into hopelessness.
REVIEWS
Exodus, Race, and the American West
A Review by John Lowe of
Gabriel's Story
by David Anthony Durham
Questioning our received myth of the West, this powerful first novel follows an African-American teenager's coming of age on the frontier.
We Are What We Eat
A Review by Sally Fallon of:
Fast-Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser
A new book argues that fast-food consumption is a fast track to a national health crisis as well as other social ills.
Coherence in an Incoherent World
A Review by Richard Lewis of
Quantum Evolution: The New Science of Life
by Johnjoe McFadden
A scientist examines the challenges created when quantum theory, now firmly established in physics, is applied to the conceptual structure of modern biology and genetics.
Academic Inferno
A Review by Tom Deignan of
The Lecturer's Tale
by James Hynes
This new lampoon of academia, portrayed as full of vengeance, philandering, magic spells, and backstabbing, begs the question: Is academia still worth satirizing?
WRITERS AND WRITING
Bred in the Bone
by J.B. Cheaney ey
The fiction of Canadian author Robertson Davies.

An Early Report on the Bush Administration

MUSIC
'Jazz and I Get Born Together'
Louis Armstrong at 100
by Eric P. Olsen
Born a century ago into severe privation, the irrepressible Louis Armstrong rose to become the foremost jazz musician of his age, one of America's most beloved entertainers, and a key influence on popular music to the present day.

PERSPECTIVES
Play It Again, Václav
Wisdom in Havel's Plays
by Lesley Chamberlain
Czech President Václav Havel's plays capture the surrealism of the former communist state but still offer much insight into the nature of the human condition.

ARCHITECTURE
Vienna: A Classic Mix
by Susi Schneider
From the stately Burgtheater to the outrageously flamboyant, Modernist KunstHaus Wien, Austria's capital boasts the world's largest assemblage of historic architecture.

GALLERY
R. Garrett
Acrylic Innovations

Florida artist R. Garrett employs techniques and equipment of his own devising to create his sparkling, colorful handmade acrylic sculptures.

CRAFT & DESIGN
Decoys Fly High
Brenda Dorr Guldenzopf
by Lloyd Eby
A window on America's past, the traditional folk art of hand-carved and painted wildfowl has become a subject of soaring interest among serious collectors, museums, and galleries.

SCIENCE ESSAY
Wealth of Life
by Dwight G. Smith
The variety and abundance of organisms in natural habitats constitute incalculable riches that need to be protected and wisely managed.

THE MARGINS OF SCIENCE
Probing the Phenomena Called Ghosts
by J. Michael Krivyanski
Persistent and puzzling reports of spectral presences have fostered the emergence of independent, mostly amateur investigators who use scientific instruments to capture evidence of anomalous energy dynamics in apparently unoccupied places.

SCIENCE AND RELIGION: UNEASY BEDFELLOWS?
'What Else Is True?'
An Interview With Piet Hut
While pioneering computational astrophysics and also probing ways of knowing, our featured scientist sees signs that science and mystical religion may be meeting in the corner into which objective science has painted itself.

HERITAGE
Sower of Tales
The Legend of Johnny Appleseed
by Helen Mondloch
Truth and legend are interwoven in the life story of John Chapman, one of America’s most famous folk characters.

CROSSROADS
Though the World Intrudes
Preservation and Development in Sabah, Borneo
by Janet Forman
Increased exposure to the modern world, particularly through tourism, has heightened awareness of environmental concerns in this exotic Malaysian jungle region.

PEOPLES
Realize the Divine
Hippie Hasidism in New York
by Rachel Buchman
The unique music created by Shlomo Carlebach, the founder of an eclectic branch of Hasidism in the 1960s, still enlivens worship in some New York synagogues. The Second Zion
The Wonder of Ethiopia's Lalibela
by William S. Connery
Legend has it that about eight centuries ago Prince Lalibela, returning from exile in heaven, commanded that great churches be carved deep into the earth itself. Today these marvels remain as centers of prayer and pilgrimage.

FEATURE
Betrayal in the Balkans
by H.K. Roy
As a CIA agent, Roy witnessed the breakup of Yugoslavia as it slid out of the Cold War and into civil war. He reports on the bloodbath in Bosnia and describes his harrowing escape from Middle Eastern terrorists.

ESSAYS
Transforming the U.S. Military
From Rhetoric to Strategic Effectiveness
by Gregory D. Foster
The Bush administration must realize that we need a military that is both militarily and strategically effective. These goals are not synonymous and may actually be antithetical aims inherent in the military.
The State of Education
A Classroom Teacher’s View
by Robert Rubinstein
Schools can’t find qualified, caring, and successful instructors. Here’s one teacher's ideas about the problem and how to fix it.