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OCT 1, 2002 • Article
"To Be Read" Book Review Column: Mark Lilla, "The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics"
"Lilla's book summarizes the thought of some of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, some of whom are well known but others of ...
SEP 19, 2002 • Article
Judaism: Power and Interpretation
How has the Jewish religion tradition addressed violence and war? (Report on a 09/19/02 Carnegie-Georgetown Forum)
SEP 2, 2002 • Article
"To Be Read" Book Review Column: Thomas Cahill, "Pope John XXIII"
Cahill tells two stories, the story of the papacy and the story of John XXIII. The first gives context to the second. And that context--the ...
AUG 16, 2002 • Article
Unknown: The Extent, Distribution, and Trend of Global Income Poverty (PDF)
The method that the World Bank uses to calculate severe income poverty--its global extent, distribution in space, and trend over time--is seriously flawed, according to ...
AUG 1, 2002 • Article
"To Be Read" Book Review Column: Stephen E. Ambrose, "Nothing Like It in the World", David Howard Bain, "Empire Express"
Reading the story of the transcontinental railroad, looking back at the relentless advance of European immigration across the North American continent, it seems that the ...