Current Issues

The Arts

Life

Natural Science

Culture

Book World

Modern Thought
  The Arts and Literature
  Architecture

Art

Craft and Design

Dance

Music

Poetry

Theater

Writers and Writing
  Religion and Culture
  American Waves

Ceremonies/Festivities

Fathers of Faith

Peoples of the World

Traveling the Globe

Worldwide Folktales
  Science and Technology
  Genes & Biotechnology
Impacts

Scientists: Past and Present

The World Of Nature
  Social Science
  The Constitution and the Making of America

Eye on the High Court

Footsteps of Lincoln

Media in Review

Profiles in Character

Millennial Moments
   
Search:
 
 
November  1988  Issue
 
 
Taiwan: On Avoiding a Potential Quagmire

 
SPECIAL REPORT--CAMPAIGN '88: BUSH VS. DUKAKIS
Introduction
Editor
The Home Stretch
Bill Whalen
The Evolving Ideologies of the Parties
Gerald Pomper
The Untouchable Congress
Susan D. Sullivan
Key Blocs and Key States
Stuart Rothenberg

ANALYSIS
Burma's Overdue Crisis
David I. Steinberg
The Pacific Islands' Billion-Dollar Gamble
Michael Eastly
Oman: The Strategic Sultanate
Gill Marais
Will Peru Return to the Western Fold?
Howard J. Wiarda and Ieda Siqueira Wiarda

COMMENTARY
The U.S. and Iran: Where to Go Now
Barry Rubin
Volcker's Legacy: Was He Saint George — or the Dragon?
John Quinn
Setting Up the Rope Factory
Juliana G. Pilon
Taiwan Unfreezes Its Mainland China Policy
Richard Sorich
No World Food Shortage in the Offing
John R. Block

 

 
CHILDREN
Preschool Debate
Lesley A. Northup

EDUCATION
Community Activism
Robin Parker

FAMILY
The First Thanksgiving
Louise MacDonald

HEALTH
The Low-Down on Addiction
Kathleen Cahill Tsubata

HOBBY
Flowers From Fabric
Judy Ford Hogan

HUMOR
Mother Earth Strikes Back
Kathryn N. Hardin

PERSONALITY
Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Heptathlon Heroine
Bob Phillips

SPORTS
Billiards: Racking Up Attention
Michael E. Panozzo

 

 
FEATURED BOOK: Milorad Pavic's Dictionary of the Khazars
Introduction
Editor

The Khazars of Record
Peter B. Golden

Parable of Nationhood
Vasa D. Mihailovich

Abracadabra, à la Khazar!
Predrag Palavestra

Balkan Bizarre
Charles Simic

REVIEWS
Boom and Doom in Atlanta
Monroe K. Spears
PEACHTREE ROAD
Anne R. Siddons

Plunging Into History
Morris Philipson
LIBRA
Don DeLillo

Winning in Washington
Grover Norquist
HARDBALL
Christopher Matthews

The Rational Authority of Traditions
Robert Royal
WHOSE JUSTICE? WHICH RATIONALITY?
Alasdair MacIntyre

After Abortion
Lucy Mazareski
ABORTED WOMEN, SILENT NO MORE
David C. Reardon

Oughtopia
Gordon L. Anderson
TEXTBOOK ON WORLD CITIZENSHIP
Edited by Young Seek Choue

That Beast Picasso
Michael Marshall
PICASSO--
Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington

A Vietnam Retrospective
Col. Harry G. Summers, Jr.
A BRIGHT SHINING LIE
Neil Sheehan

The Mackenzies, the Fairfields, and Rebecca West
Audrey C. Foote
FAMILY MEMORIES, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL JOURNEY
Rebecca West, edited by Faith Evans

Endo's Inferno
Whitney Shiner
SCANDAL
Shusaku Endo, Van C. Gessell, trans.

 

 
 
   

 
ARCHITECTURE
The Making of a Modern Japanese Architecture
Kenneth Powell

ART
Fitz Hugh Lane: Transcendental Luminist
Jason Edward Kaufman
Polish Posters Triumphant: Fighting the Good Fight on Paper
Frank Fox

CRAFT & DESIGN
Scandinavian Crafts Rampant
Katherine S. Clark

DANCE
Karen Kain: The Birthday Ballerina
Gary Parks

FILM
Where's the Theology?
George Szamuely
Staking Out New Territory: Film Experiment in Fear
Elliott Stein

MUSIC
Mozart at the Trump Tower
Lawrence O'Toole
Surprises From Bizet
Tom Pniewski

PHOTOGRAPHY
Garry Winogrand: Prodigious Photographer
Karen S. Chambers

POETRY
Winter Thoughts
Vernon Scannell and Rudolph Schirmer

THEATER
Bussy D'Ambois: On Stage for the First Time in Nearly Four Centuries
Herb Greer
Muffled Explosion: Remembering Stanislavsky and Meyerhold
Nicholas Rudall

 

   
AMERICA'S TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGE: SCIENCE POLICY ISSUES
Introduction
Editor
The Changing Face of Basic Research
W. Dale Compton
The Educational Challenge
Lawrence P. Grayson
Value Issues Affecting Technological Innovation
Melvin Kranzberg

AMERICA'S TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGE: TECHNOLOGIES IN COMPETITION
The Future of Science and Technology in the United States
Jurgen Schmandt
Technological Innovation in Japan and the United States
Jon K.T. Choy
Research Triangle Park
William F. Little

AMERICA'S TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGE: THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Global Technological Equalization
Richard L. Rubenstein

 

   
CROSSROADS
An Ethnic Mosaic
Mustafa Malik
Religious Coexistence in Indonesia
Patricia Braun

FOLK WISDOM
The Wisdom of Many, the Wit of One
Sheila K. Webster-Jain

HERITAGE
Gifts of the Pennsylvania Dutch
Don Yoder

PEOPLES
Skwaipa Wayu: Guajiro Customary Law
Benson Saler
Salt Miners of Las Salinas
Gary Predmore
Paga Lomba: Aruba's System of Cooperative Reciprocal Exchange
A.M. Powers

 

   
CHILDREN OF THE BABY BOOMERS: PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE
Introduction
Editor
America's Children: Our Threatened Future
Karl Zinsmeister
How Will Children of the Baby Boomers Grow Up?: Speculation on the Future of Children Raised in Day Care
Bryna Siegel
The Growing Impact of Information Technology on Children
Roy D. Pea
The Legacy of Lost Families: Divorce and the Next Generation
John Guidubaldi
Lurching Toward the Millennium: Youth in the Next Decade
Ralph W. Larkin

THE PRESENT AGE AND ITS CRITICS
Popular Government and Intemperate Minds
Russell Kirk
Their Pessimism and Ours
David Brooks

THE VALUES OF EDUCATION
In Defense of the University's Core Values
John H. Bunzel

THINKING ABOUT ECONOMICS
Crisis and Quasi-Corporatist Policy-making
Robert Higgs
Uses of Economic Knowledge
C. Lowell Harriss

 
Copyright © 2009 The World & I Online. All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Privacy Policy