Vol. 142 No. 13, April 2010
Index
- Cartoon analysis.
- Just talking.
- Photo analysis.
- Iron chef.
- What a 4,000-year-old bad hair day tells us.
- 'Thumb tribe' heroes.
- Canada takes a left.
- The octopus & the coconut.
- $1,075,500.
- $300.
- 1.26.
- 6.3 million.
- 73%.
- A message in 12,000 bottles.
- Screen tests.
- A very special delivery: how a Virginia slave had himself packed and shipped to Philadelphia--and freedom.
- From boy next-door to terrorist: what made a popular Alabama teenager join an Islamic holy war against the United States?
- Is Washington broken? It's gridlock in the nation's capital. Not on the streets, but in congress. Is this any way to run a government?
- Who has the right to 'bear arms'? More than 200 years after the adoption of the bill of rights, the supreme court may finally clarify how far second amendment rights go.
- Out of Auschwitz: a survivor recounts his liberation, at age 16, from the most notorious Nazi death camp.
- Bright continent: why Africa's success stories are too often overlooked.
- 1960: Africa's year of freedom: in one momentous year, 17 African nations gained independence from European colonial rule.
- Is it fair to Google college applicants? I interview high-school seniors who apply to my alma mater. I routinely Google these students, and I discovered that one posted information on his blog that reflects poorly on him. May I ask him about the blog? May I mention it to the university? Should it affect the score I give him?
- From Afghanistan to California: an Afghan-American teen on fleeing the Taliban and her new life in the U.S.
- Do school libraries still need books? In an era of Internet research and downloadable books, some educators question the need for printed collections.