September 1993
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Articles
Can Selfishness Save the Environment?
Conventional wisdom has it that the way to avert global ecological disaster is to persuade people to change their selfish habits for the common good. A more sensible approach would be to tap a boundless and renewable resource: the human propensity for thinking mainly of short term self-interest
Home on the Road
Even business travelers may find they enjoy bed-and-breakfasts
An Icon of Englishry
True West
Thomas Jefferson: A Life
Whoredom in Kimmage
The Hidden Life of Dogs
Sade
Noah's Garden
The Liberty Campaign
The Puzzler
Word Histories
The September Almanac
Notes: Forced to Have Fun: Vacations With Kids
Technology: Mudroom
Anyone with a computer, a modem, and a connection to computer networks can plug into wordbased “virtual reality" games, sometimes with disturbing consequences
Deafness as Culture
Well-meaning efforts to integrate deaf people into conventional schools and to help them learn to speak English are provoking fierce resistance from activists who favor sign language and an acknowledgment that the world of deaf ness is distinctive, rewarding, and worth preservation
745 Boylston Street
The Death of Reason
The Conceptual Poverty of u.s. Foreign Policy
We have heard it now from two Administrations, two parties, in a row: yes, the Cold War is over, but the world is more dangerous, because less predictable, than it was while the Cold War was still on. The world is indeed dangerous, the author argues, but not more dangerous to the United States
The Never-Married
Peeling
Mostly they work in silence, but when they speak, their talk is like rain held too long in heavy clouds
Ingrid Bergman and Howard Hughes
