September 1997
In This Issue
Eric Schlosser, “A Grief Like No Other”; Hans Koning, “Notes on the Twentieth Century”; Wendy Kaminer, “A Civic Duty to Annoy”; Marshall Jon Fisher, “moldovascam.com”; and much more.
Articles
Peeping in Peace
Not only New England has fall foliage worth traveling to see—Canada's uncrowded Maritime Provinces do too
A Grief Like No Other
Americans are fascinated by murders and murderers but not by the families of the people who are killed—an amazingly numerous group, whose members can turn only to one another for sympathy and understanding.
Notes on the Twentieth Century
It was the bloodiest ever, but still some surprising good has come out of it
September 1997 Word Court
moldovascam.com
A complicated case of electronic and telephone fraud suggests just how vulnerable Internet users may be.
A Civic Duty to Annoy
We tend to forget that criticism sometimes expresses greater respect than praise
Something in the Water
One man's pursuit of microbial mayhem
The Banks of the Vistula
How could she win an argument against somebody with an early training in propaganda? She had to resort finally to the truth, that rinky-dink little boat in the great sea of persuasion.
Evening News
In a Fishbowl
A Subversive Sympathy
The stories of Peter Taylor and the illusions they bring to life
High School and the New Jobs
77 North Washington Street
Letters
The September 1997 Almanac
