May 1998
In This Issue
Bill McKibben, “A Special Moment in History”; Edison Miyawaki, “Listening to St. John's Wort”; Kenneth Brower, “Photography in the Age of Falsification”; John Updike, “Licks of Love in the Heart of the Cold War”; and much more.
Articles
Licks of Love in the Heart of the Cold War
If a man can't walk around in his own country without fear, what business does he have selling freedom to the Russians?
The Case Against Bilingual Education
Why even Latino parents are rejecting a program designed for their children's benefit
Running Out of Time?
The fate of our planet will be determined in the next few decades, through our technological, lifestyle, and population choices.
A Special Moment in History
The fate of our planet will be determined in the next few decades, through our technological, lifestyle, and population choices
Photography in the Age of Falsification
The wildlife photography we see in films, books, and periodicals is often stunning in its design, import, and aesthetics. It may also be fake, enhanced, or manufactured by emerging digital technologies that have transformed—some say contaminated—the photography landscape.
Listening to St. John's Wort
Medical science meets the "natural Prozac"
The Oasis of Memory
An outpost of stability in the shifting sands of our time
Writer's Block
New England Places
The Atlantic has been headquartered in New England for 140 years, so the staff members and contributing editors have had plenty of time to explore it. Here are some of our favorite spots
Saint Ursula
The personal and professional attention she pays makes Ursula Oppens a composer's pianist
Insidious Weakness
Named for Eugene Debs, and raised in a socialist, racially liberal household, Orval E. Faubus, the governor of Arkansas during the 1957 desegregation crisis, was not the last politician to be hollowed out by ambition
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Letters
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