July 1995
In This Issue
Explore the July 1995 print edition below. Or to discover more writing from the pages of The Atlantic, browse the full archive.
Articles
The Feel of Wood
As a growing number of players are rediscovering, tennis is at its best when the racket is the traditional size-and made of wood
The Crisis of Public Order
The Department of Justice now says that "stranger murders" have become four times as common as family killings, and that the chances of getting away with one exceed 80 percent. Scholars say the nation's murder rate may soon double. The author says we are inviting this "long descending night" of crime by teaching violent young people that "we will do almost anything not to have to act to defend ourselves, our country, or our character as people of decency and strength."
Was It Right?
Most of the debate over the atomic bombing of Japan focuses on the unanswerable question of whether it was necessary. But that skirts the question of its morality.
