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October  2006  Issue
 
 

 
SPECIAL REPORT--FIGHTING CHILDHOOD OBESITY
Introduction
The Editor
No More Sugar! School Vending Machines Shed Sodas and Candy Bars
Arlo Wagner
Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds
Nancy Salvato
The Rising Epidemic of Childhood Obesity
Department of Health and Human Services
Healthy School Lunch Choices Start at Home
Neil Schoenherr
Programs Give Kids a Healthy Start
Food and Drug Administration

ANALYSIS
India’s Real Terror Danger
Martin Walker
Putin and Ahmadinejad: The New Links Between Russia and Iran
Mark N. Katz
Why Globalization Is in Trouble: Part I
Branko Milanovic

ECONOMIC WATCH
Return After the Storm: Argentina Recovering From Its Biggest Economic Crash
Suan Pineda
Eastern Europe Ready for the Euro?
Robin Shepherd

EDUCATION WATCH
Why Geographical Ignorance Matters
Norman Berdichevsky

EYE ON THE HIGH COURT
The Supreme Court and the Hamdan Case
Thomas Houlahan

FEATURE
Health Care Behind Bars
Robert Redding Jr.
African Children in the Face of Danger
Integrated Regional Information Networks

HUMAN WELFARE
Waiting for the Rains, Mauritanians Struggle to Survive
Integrated Regional Information Networks

SECURITY SCENE
First Strike: Japan Debating After North Korea Missile Tests
Martin Sieff

 

 
ADVENTURE
Incredible Escapes
Richard Bauman
Bay Buccaneers: Uncovering the Real History of Pirates
Gabriella Boston

GARDENS
Puerto Rico's Extraordinary Ornamentals
Alfredo Flores

HEALTH
Losing Weight: Start by Counting Calories
Linda Bren

PATHWAYS
Tragedy, Truth, Triumph: Part II
Diane Bisson

SPORTS
Marines Go to the Mat: Martial Arts Toughen Mind as well as Body
Daniel Rosenbaum

TRAVEL
Wondrous Treasures Abound in Istanbul
Judith Bell Turner-Yamamoto
Bountiful New Zealand
Victor Block

 

 
BOOKS IN BRIEF
Detailing the Early Years of Benjamin Franklin
James Srodes

FEATURED BOOK
Divine Comedy: A Canvas of Eternity
Malana Mercurio

REVIEWS
A War of the Sexes, Post-Civil War
John Greenya
SEX WARS: A NOVEL OF THE TURBULENT POST-CIVIL WAR PERIOD
Marge Piercy

A Journalist's Forty Favorite Cities
Corinna Lothar
APPLE'S AMERICA: THE DISCRIMINATING TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO 40 GREAT CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
R. W. Apple, Jr.

The Tragic Life of Russia's Last Great, Reforming Czar
Arnold Beichman
ALEXANDER II: THE LAST GREAT TSAR
Written by Edvard Radzinsky, Translated by Antonina W. Bouis

Graham Greene, Thoroughly
Martin Rubin
THE LIFE OF GRAHAM GREEN: VOLUME III, 1955-1991
Norman Sherry

Learning to Read Good Poetry as it Should Be Read
Larry Thornberry
BREAK, BLOW, BURN: CAMILLE PAGLIA READS FORTY-THREE OF THE WORLD'S BEST POEMS
Camille Paglia

WRITERS AND WRITING
Sylvia Plath: Dynamic Concepts, a Storm-Tossed Life
Fred Stern

 

 
 
   

 
ART
A Second Death for Rothko
Menachem Wecker
Ruth Faison Shaw: First Lady of Finger Painting
Darwin Marable

CRAFT & DESIGN
Carousels: Endangered Species
Gabriella Boston

EXHIBITION
The Enigmatic World of Henri Rousseau
The National Gallery of Art

PERSPECTIVES
The Politics of Music
Scott Galupo

 

   
AT THE EDGE
Hunting for Black Holes
Tina McDowell

NATURE WALK
Amazing Amazon Animals
Alison Duffy
Pumpkin Power!
Marcia Wood

SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT
Dr. Beebe and the Bathysphere
J. A. Pollard
Matthew Fontaine Maury: The Scientist of Safer Seas
Howard Cohen

 

   
CROSSROADS
Ukraine Between West and East: The Ethnic Problems of Post-Soviet Space
Dmitry Shlapentokh
Japan's German Soul
Marc S. Ellenbogen

CULTURE IN FLUX
Siwa: An Oasis in the Balance
Sylvia Smith

HERITAGE
More Than Beer, Everyone Finds Fun at Oktoberfest
Charlie Coon

PEOPLES
Antalya, Turkey's Summer Playground
Richard Slusser

 

   
ESSAYS
Fear: The Foundation of Every Government's Power
Robert Higgs

FEATURE
When Is a Woman Beautiful?
Malana Mercurio

 
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