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Issue January 2007

Map Quest

A journey through Alsace-Lorraine to the town that gave America its name… More »

Issue January 2007

What to Do in Alsace-Lorraine

Those who like wine should head straight for the well-marked Route des Vins. If you’re pressed for time, Ribeauvillé is a good place to go; it’s a pleasant town, in the heart of the wine district, where you can find excellent wines, restaurants, and lodging. … More »

Issue November 2002

Notes from Antiquity

Watching a play by Euripides or reading poetry by Sappho is perhaps as incomplete an experience today as watching a "play" by Wagner or reading "poetry" by Stephen Sondheim would be… More »

Issue February 2002

Oh, Gods!

Religion didn't begin to wither away during the twentieth century, as some academic experts had prophesied. Far from it. And the new century will probably see religion explode—in both intensity and variety. New religions are springing up everywhere. Old ones are mutating with Darwinian restlessness. And the big "problem religion" of the twenty-first century may not be the one you think… More »

The Reinvention of Privacy

It used to be that business and technology were considered the enemies of privacy. Not anymore… More »

The Money Artist

Are the works of artist J.S.G. Boggs just defaced dollar bills? Or works of art worth $420,000? A look at an artist whose work has been raising some disconcerting questions about money and worth… More »

What Is the Koran?

Researchers with a variety of academic and theological interests are proposing controversial theories about the Koran and Islamic history, and are striving to reinterpret Islam for the modern world. This is, as one scholar puts it, a "sensitive business"… More »

New-Alphabet Disease?

It's tough suddenly changing from one alphabet to another. Azerbaijan is on its third one this century… More »

Emily Dickinson (Un)discovered

Early in its existence The Atlantic failed to recognize the potential of one of the most formidable American poets of the nineteenth century.… More »

Tracking India's Bandit Queen

A conversation with Mary Anne Weaver… More »

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