July 1979
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Articles
The Next American Dust Bowl—and How to Avert It
Modern agricultural methods have produced even larger harvests—but at a cost: the richest breadbasket soils of the nation are threatened by serious erosion. The solution may lie in a revival of the techniques of "organic farming," techniques that have long been associated with romantic back-to-landers. Now serious large-scale farmers are giving organic methods a try, with startling success.
A Safe Home for Dictators
Too Much Law, Too Little Justice: An Argument for Delegalizing America
And [Jesus] said Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. Luke, 11:46
Ostinato
Washington: Fat City
How do our inflation fighters gird themselves for battle? With béarnaise sauce and tax shelters.
The Origin of the Document
Much has been written by, and about, Albert Speer since the end of World War II. Here, rescued from obscurity, is the summary of the first interrogation of Hitler’s armaments minister and confidant, conducted less than three weeks after Germany surrendered. More than a footnote to history, it is a prelude to what was to be written later, untailored by hindsight and enhanced by spontaneity.
United States Strategic Bombing Survey Special Document
Afterword
Luciano Pavarotti Sings "O Holy Night"
The Field (From Chagall)
Thalidomide
Glen Island
On Learning That Certain Peat Bogs Contain Perfectly Preserved Bodies
Father
Man on a Car (For r.f.k.)
The Re-Encounter
On the Death of a Baby
Andrew was a desperately premature baby, weighing under two pounds. He died after months of ” efforts in an intensive care facility. The story of his short, cruel, institutionalized life is a case study in the limits and excesses of modern medicine.
Two Poems
At the Heart of Madrid
Styron's Survivor: An Honest Witness
Sunday Punch
Mergers: The Billion-Dollar Game
The United Stales is in the midst of a wave of corporate takeovers—some of which can more accurately he described as corporate wars.
Strange Things Happen Here
Anyone's Daughter: The Times
The Medusa and the Snail
The White Album
Bloomsbury
Trial Run
Westchester
Pompeii Ad 79: The Treasure of Rediscovery
Bertolt Brecht: Diaries 1920-1922
People of the Totem
Fantastic Worlds
Passive Men and Wild Women
The Atlantic Puzzler
