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Why We Hate Teachers

by Garret Keizer,

Notes on a noble American tradition

The American Rome

by Lewis H. Lapham,

On the theory of virtuous empire

One Acre

by Joy Williams,

On devaluing real estate to keep land priceless

The Last Word

by Earl Shorris,

Can the world’s small languages be saved?

Who Will Tell the People?

by Russell Banks,

On waiting, still, for the great Creole-American novel

Maid to Order

by Barbara Ehrenreich,

The politics of other women’s work

Your Constitution Is Killing You

by Daniel Lazare,

A reconsideration of the right to bear arms

The Gunfire Dialogues

by Thomas De Zengotita,

Notes on the reality of virtuality

Where the Good Begins

by Edwin Dobb,

Notes on the art of modern travel

A Hundred Rivers Run Through It

by Wade Graham,

California floats its future on a market for water

The Wreck of Time

by Annie Dillard,

Taking our century’s measure

Oh, How Happy We Will Be

by Greg Critser,

Pills, paradise, and the profits of the drug companies

On Not Being a Victim

by Mary Gaitskill,

Sex, rape, and the trouble with following rules

A Loaded Question

by Leonard Kriegel,

What is it about Americans and guns?

Talk Dirty to Me

by Sallie Tisdale,

A woman’s taste for pornography

Who and What is American?

by Lewis H. Lapham,

The things we continue to hold in common

Questions of Conquest

by Mario Vargas Llosa,

What Columbus wrought, and what he did not

A Political Opiate

by Lewis H. Lapham,

The war on drugs is a folly and a menace

The Next Panic

by L.J. Davis,

Fear and trembling on Wall Street

Design for a New Academy

by Frederick W. Turner,

An end to division by department

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Why We Hate Teachers

The American Rome

One Acre

The Last Word

Who Will Tell the People?

Maid to Order

Your Constitution Is Killing You

The Gunfire Dialogues

Where the Good Begins

A Hundred Rivers Run Through It

The Wreck of Time

Oh, How Happy We Will Be

On Not Being a Victim

A Loaded Question

Talk Dirty to Me

Who and What is American?

Questions of Conquest

A Political Opiate

The Next Panic

Design for a New Academy

September 2001

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