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October 2005 Issue

	Two Dirty Little Secrets in Katrina's Wake
	SPECIAL REPORT: HURRICANE HORROR Introduction The Editor Why Hurricanes Can Be So Horrific Rasoul Sorkhabi Katrina Provides Democrats Political Ammunition James G. Lakely The Latest in a Long History of Calamities Jerry Seper Local Officials Failed to Implement Their Hurricane Disaster Plan Christopher Ruddy ANALYSIS China Resurrects Confucius Kathleen Hwang As Arctic Ice Melts, Canada Reasserts Sovereignty Over Its 'Northwest Passage' Levon Sevunts Support for Sanctions Is Waning Worldwide David R. Sands Shanghai Bloc Expands Its Reach, Countering Bush's Push for Democracy in Asia Raza Naqvi COMMENTARY Could a 'Wave of Democracy' Be Rising in the Middle East? By a writer for WorldTribune.com Mideast Peace Can't Be Coerced or Bought With Bribes Ramzy Baroud FEATURE Creating New Hope for Africa Through Loan Forgiveness Jeffrey Sparshott FEATURE � OIL IN PERIL? Katrina, Iraq, and China: The Third Oil Shock? Rasoul Sorkhabi FEATURE OIL IN PERIL? An End to Saudi Oil? James Srodes MEDIA IN REVIEW How to Help Journalism Serve Its Public Trust and Improve Its Diversity Jannette L. Dates
	EDUCATION More Israeli Parents Opt for 'Democratic Schools' Amelia Thomas Avoiding Common Pitfalls on the College Entrance Essay Christian Toto HOME Adorable Doors: Front Entranceways Can Have 'Curb Appeal' Shelley Widhalm LEISURE Flights of Fancy: Hang Gliding May Be the 'Purest' Way to Fly Jen Waters PERSONALITY A Poor Boy's Path to the Presidency: The Story of LBJ Linda Owen TRAVEL AND ENVIRONMENT Desolate Beauty: Only the Hardy Thrive in the Stark Namibia Desert Carolyn Hughes Crowley Tracking Rhinos to Save the Herd Carolyn Hughes Crowley WORK Long Commutes Take a Toll Gabriella Boston
	REVIEWS Within an Alcoholic's Mind Jennifer Restak PARADISE A.L. Kennedy How to Read Faulkner James E. Person Jr. ONE MATCHLESS TIME: A LIFE OF WILLIAM FAULKNER Jay Parini How Ancient Wisdom Can Create Honest Businessmen Jeffrey Marsh THE HASIDIC MASTERS' GUIDE TO MANAGEMENT Moshe Kranc Who Was Kurban Said? Sonat Hart THE ORIENTALIST: SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF A STRANGE AND DANGEROUS LIFE Tom Reiss A Century of Great Courtroom Orations Steven Emerson and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE: GREAT OPENING AND CLOSING ARGUMENTS OF THE LAST 100 YEARS Joel J. Seidemann Bringing Humaneness Back Into the Economy Kenneth R. Gray THE POST-CORPORATE WORLD: LIFE AFTER CAPITALISM David C. Korten The Enigma of Children Choosing to Become Soldiers Shyrl Topp Matias YOUNG SOLDIERS: WHY THEY CHOOSE TO FIGHT Rachel Brett and Irma Specht WRITERS AND WRITING Revolutionary Recluse: A Profile of Emily Dickinson Fred Stern

ARCHITECTURE
The Comsat Building's Modern Mastery Is Worth Preserving
Deborah K. Dietsch

ART
The Genius of American Painting on Display
Deborah K. Dietsch

FILM
Desktops Allowed Lucas to 'Previsualize' Star Wars Scenes
Joseph Szadkowski
Brazilian Director Meirelles' Global Vision
Scott Galupo

MUSIC
Weill's Music Rises Anew
T.L. Ponick

CRUCIBLES OF SCIENCE
Math in Nature: Scientists Research a World of Patterns
Jen Waters

NATURE WALK
Growth Secrets of Alaska's Mysterious Field of Lakes
Mari N. Jensen

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
Drugs From the Deep Blue
By a University of California at Davis writer

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Fiction and Science: Lucas Films Parallel Scientific Inventions
Jen Waters

THINKING ABOUT SCIENCE
What's the Probability of Evolution?
Richard LLewellyn Lewis, PhD

CROSSROADS
Women Mobilizing for Peace: African-American Responses to African Crises
Gwendolyn Mikell

HERITAGE
Multicultural Enclaves in Southeastern Kentucky
Petula Brown
The Power of Religion--in Architecture and Culture
Melvin Haft

PATTERNS
Third World Prosperity Through Gifts of Livestock
Barbara Justus

THINKING ABOUT CULTURE
Has the Sun Set on French High Style?
Thomas Singer

ESSAYS
The Strategic Need for a Peace-Building Military
Gregory D. Foster
A Call for a Third Intellectual Revolution--One of Wisdom
Nicholas Maxwell
Could Lebanon Be Leading a Muslim Renaissance?
Thomas T. Schellen