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Quality Care
As I read David Cutler's important new book on how to deal with the nation's most challenging social problem, I kept wanting more. Cutler...
Fustiness in the Fine Arts Department
Fairfield Porter '28 was a realist painter in the midst of the abstract expressionist movement. He had an emotionally complex life. Although he...
Chapter & Verse
James McCourt seeks a source for "The problem with the 'melting pot' theory is that those on the bottom get burned and the scum rises to...
Back to Basics
In the liner notes to the John Adams Earbox, 10 compact discs of works, primarily orchestral, by John Adams '69, A.M. '72, the composer recounts...
Dividing Lines
Fresh perspectives on Americans' persistent disagreements about race.
Carved in Stone at the Post Office
Brian Burrell's The Words We Live By: The Creeds, Mottoes, Oaths, and Pledges That Have Shaped Our Nation (Free Press, $26) is an engaging omnium-gatherum…
A CD Guide to Women's Health
In a simple but elegant first foray into electronic publishing, Harvard University Press has issued The Harvard Guide to Women's Health on CD-ROM.