September 2000
In This Issue
Charles C. Mann, “The Heavenly Jukebox”; Robert D. Kaplan, “The Lawless Frontier”; Stephen Zanichkowsky, “Fourteen”; Gregg Easterbrook, “Green Surprise?”; and much more.
Articles
The Heavenly Jukebox
Rampant music piracy may hurt musicians less than they fear. The real threat—to listeners and, conceivably, democracy itself—is the music industry's reaction to it
The Lawless Frontier
The tribal lands of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border reveal the future of conflict in the Subcontinent, along with the dark side of globalization
Green Surpise
How Bush or Gore, as President, might pull a "Nixon goes to China" on environmental issues
Fourteen
My first view of how outsiders saw my family was as the subject of astonishment and derision
Tallyho and Tribulation
In the sport of fox hunting the first thing to understand is that things almost never go right.
It's a Jumble Out There
From Thai fajitas to the Techno Bra, the incoherence of everyday life.
The Return of the Grizzly
Parts of the West are braced for a second coming.
Unraveled
"He's going to be around a lot. He's not just someone I met in a bar," my mother said. "So no guilt, I'm doing this for you"
Prometheus
Pacific Time
Once the novelty wears off, a vacation spot may prove to be more than just another pretty place.
Mischke's Moment
Gentle and not-so-gentle humor from another St. Paul radio host.
What Kingsley Can Teach Martin
The father wrote fiction as the son still does, with brilliance and "facile bravura," but Martin Amis misunderstood his hereditary gifts when he turned from playful comedy to "the great issues of our time"
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