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February  1997  Issue
 
 
Common Sense About Gun Control

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Deconstructing Ethics
Gnosticism and American Religion

 
SPECIAL REPORT--EUROPEAN UNION AT LAST?
Creating a Single Currency
Frank Weiss
'Multispeed' Europe
Robin Niblett
Introduction
Editor
Why It Matters to America
Jeffrey Gedmin

ANALYSIS
The Fed Wrestles With Rising Wages
Patrice Hill
Organized Crime's Global Shadow
Arnaud De Borchgrave
Privatizing City Services
John C. Weicher

COMMENTARY
The Right to Die
Morton A. Kaplan
Funding the World Bank: It's Done More Harm Than Good
John G. Thibodeau
Funding the World Bank: Good Deal for the U.S.
Mark Malloch Brown

ECONOMIC WATCH
The Magic of Money
Sue Carls

MEDIA IN REVIEW
The Tilt Against Dole
Alicia C. Shepard

WORLD VIEWS
Crisis in Central Africa

 

 
GARDENS
Winter Reflections: Pondering Spring
Nancy Rotenberg

TRAVEL
In the Shadow of Columbus: A Visit to Old Santo Domingo
John Mitchell

TRENDS
An Island of Hope: McNeil Island's Work Ethic Camp
Greg Gianas

 

 
FEATURED BOOK: Wendell Berry's A World Lost
In the Company of Immortals
Fred Chappell

Introduction
Editor

REVIEWS
After the Revolution
Andrew E. Busch
THE WORLD TURNED RIGHT SIDE UP
Godfrey Hodgson

Conserving a Dream
Thomas Deignan
THE INHERITANCE
Samuel G. Freedman

The Privileged Life
Edward Hower
ABOUT SCHMIDT
Louis Begley

Cursed by a Saint
Barbara Mujica
SANTA EVITA
Tomás Eloy Martinez, translated by Helen Lane

Quilt and Guilt
Roberta Rubenstein
ALIAS GRACE
Margaret Atwood

Interrupting Silence
Linda Simon
DAMNED TO FAME
James Knowlson

A Spiritual Return From India
Norbert J. Yasharoff
OPEN HEART
Avraham B. Yehoshua

 

 
 
   

 
ARCHITECTURE
From LA to Oslo to Egypt: Snohetta Resurrects Alexandrian Library
Stephen Henkin

ART
Eye on Asia: Tensions in Contemporary Asian Art
Scarlet Cheng

ART WATCH
The Cult of Incoherence
Lloyd Eby

GALLERY
Nancy Hammond: Tropic Contrasts
Editor

MUSIC
Marian Anderson: Anchored in the Lord
Susan Fegley Osmond

TELEVISION
Cable Smarts Up: 'Narrowcasting' Proves a Success
Tom O'Brien

 

   
AT THE EDGE
Restoring the American Elm
Hank Becker
Fireworks of Dying Stars
Stephen P. Maran

NATURE WALK
Living on Top of the World
Dwight G. Smith

SCIENCE ESSAY
Prospects for a More Hopeful Future
Carol Anne Bundy

SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT
The Bjerknes Family: Hooked on Hydrodynamics
William J. McPeak

 

   
CROSSROADS
Bridging the Gap: Education and Social Change in Thailand
Ben Barber

FOLK WISDOM
Those Who Rake for the Moon: Living Folklore in Wiltshire, England
David Hicks

HERITAGE
Forgotten Rebels: Blacks Who Served the Confederacy
Craig J. Renner

PATTERNS
The Comic Strip Kingdom: Brussels' Trail of Fantasy
Dave Bartruff

PEOPLES
In Blood Red: The Weavings of Central Asia's Turkomans
Jane Schreibmann
Inscribe His Name: Tattoos and India's Ramnaami Community
Rajesh Vora

 

   
ESSAYS
Individualism and an Ethical Life
Walter Poznar
Youth Disorder
Eduard Wynne

GUN CONTROL: A CRIME OR CRIME STOPPER?
Introduction
Editor
Gun Control Laws Can Reduce Crime
Douglas Weil
Struggling Against 'Common Sense': The Pluses and Minuses of Gun Control
Gary Kleck

 
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