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June 2000 | Volume 285 No. 6 | |
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Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber The year is 1958. A sixteen-year-old boy arrives at Harvard College. He absorbs an intellectual ethos that emphasizes the dangers of science and the evils of modern society. Meanwhile, he is subjected to a brutal and abusive psychological experiment that today would never be allowed. Meet the young Ted Kaczynski, future serial murderer and anti-technology zealot. by Alston Chase |
America's Forgotten Majority White working-class voters make up about 55 percent of the electorate, and they're up for grabs. by Joel Rogers and Ruy Teixeira | |
The Prophet Faulkner (This article is no longer available online.) William Faulkner imagined a world that would become too familiar, where everyone is hostage to someone or something, and everyone is on the verge of violence. by Larry Levinger | |
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Reports Notes & Comment: The Return of Ancient Times Human progress has often been made in the space between idealism and savagery. by Robert D. Kaplan Environment: Money Game "No kill, no pay" is the promise at the Big Velvet elk farm, where rich men pot captive beasts for their trophy walls. by Hal Herring Brief Lives: On the Air Ray Erlenborn was one of the great sound-effects men in the great days of radio. Those days are gone, but the master still practices his craft. by Adam Goodheart Fiction & Poetry 
The TreeA poem by Sophie Cabot Black
PassageA poem by Erica Funkhouser I Am the Grass A short story by Daly Walker The seahorse symbol indicates that an article is supplemented with audio, an author interview, or other Web-only sidebar.
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Arts & Leisure Travel: Wordsworth Slept Here Many people visit England's Lake District for its literary associations. But the first tourists came for the hiking. by Jamie James Music: Threepenny Composer Critics have long divided Kurt Weill's work in two -- the early classical compositions and the later Broadway shows. It's time to see Weill whole again. by David Schiff Food: Ice Cream for Beginners A make-your-own flavor that's powerful, sophisticated, and easy. by Corby Kummer Urban Planning: Secret Gardens The little spaces hidden in the hollow cores of Manhattan blocks suggest an overlooked source of parkland. by William Drayton Books A New Social Type Is Born Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There, by David Brooks by Thomas Mallon Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams Other Departments 77 North Washington Street Contributors Letters (Send a letter to the editor.) The June Almanac The Puzzler by Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon Word Improvisation by J. E. Lighter |
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