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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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, ...