February/March 2004

"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it."
-- George Orwell

February/March 2004

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The Culture of Enterprise

by Václav Havel

It’s high time we understood profit as an instrument of creativity, not as an end in itself…[more]

What Franklin Meant

by Jeet Heer

Two conservatives reconsider the president who saved capitalism – and created the American welfare state…[more]

The Burning Tip of the Spear

by Rita Leistner

Crazy Horse led the charge into Iraq. Now they were facing an unexpected guerrilla war in the Sunni triangle, but what they wanted most was to get home without losing a man…[more]

Korea’s Dividing Line

by Martin Flanagan

On tour in the Joint Security Area…[more]

The Civic-Minded Sex King

by Corinna Schuler

Sex work and policing in Thailand…[more]

Georgia on my Mind

by Katerina Cizek

Political upheaval and Georgian tradition in Tbilisi…[more]

Not In Our Backyard

by Joshua Knelman

Billboard advertising and municipal law…[more]

Where Leaders Fail

by David Berlin

The Israeli and Palenstinian people hold the future of Israel in their capable hands …[more]

Manufacturing Content

by Ken Alexander

Making money or making meaning with the freedom of speech…[more]

MSN Spoken Here

by Charles Foran

The latest street lingo springs from the computer keyboard and is changing the form of the written word…[more]

Lost in La Paz

by Pico Iyer

In Bolivia, where the past, present, and future collide, nothing – not even prison – is as it seems…[more]

Voter’s Blok

by Nick Ryan

Political power of Belgian ethnocentrism…[more]

The Cosmic Geometer

by Siobhan Roberts

How to measure the shape of the universe…[more]

February/March 2004

The ICC on Trial With respect to the article “[more]

The Crystal Method

by Don Gillmor

Iconic architecture à la Daniel Libeskind has produced some extraordinary buildings. But what kinds of cities will it create?…[more]

Harmony in Several Hundred Parts

by Debra Singer

The artist Sarah Sze uses as building blocks everything from Q-tips to real, living plants…[more]

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