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Desolation and Enlightenment book cover

FEB 2, 2004 Article

Desolation and Enlightenment--History or Memory?

The "desolation" of the 20th century--the total war of the two World Wars, the totalitarian regimes of both the right and left, and the Holocaust--has ...

Multilateral Strategies to Promote Democracy

JAN 27, 2004 Article

Multilateral Strategies to Promote Democracy

A panel of high-level peers meet at the Council to discuss multilateral strategies for democracy promotion. Impatient with the usual critique, they begin with two ...

Backstory: Inside the Business of News by Ken Auletta

JAN 14, 2004 Podcast

Backstory: Inside the Business of News

Auletta explores four of "the deadliest sins of journalism": synergy, the clash of business culture and news culture, hubris, and bias.

Rocks of Ages: The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister

JAN 1, 2004 Article

"To Be Read" Book Review Column: Stephen Jay Gould, "Rocks of Ages. --The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox"

It seems a good idea to distinguish science and religion as two separate, mutually non-interfering teaching authorities. Popular science writer Stephan Jay Gould (1941-2002) suggested ...

Promoting Democracy in a Divided World

JAN 1, 2004 Article

Feature Articles from Inprint Newsletter (2001–2004): Promoting Democracy in a Divided World

Democracies survive if per capita GDP surpasses $6,000, but developing countries have little chance of crossing this threshold. To make democracy work in such contexts, ...