Noam Chomsky, America's leading dissident, believes great leaders don't change the world. People like you do.
John Malkin | September 2005 issue
Noam Chomsky, a linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is sometimes referred to as America’s leading dissident for his passionate Read More...
As millions of Asians jubilantly embrace driving, some experts predict an automotive nightmare. But a group of practical visionaries around are working out a solution: fewer cars and greater mobility.
Jay Walljasper | October 2005 issue
I am sitting in the back of a motionless taxi on the way Read More...
Post-national writers pioneer a new global literature
Tijn Touber | December 2005 issue
Worldwide migration, telecommunication technologies and mass media have not only made the world smaller, but mixed it all up. No culture is homogeneous anymore, no race intact, no language pure, no soccer Read More...
Is small also beautiful when it comes to countries? Jay Walljasper | March 2005 issue
One hundred and forty years after the shooting stopped, the U.S. Civil War still rages on the battlefield of American politics. George Bush’s narrow re-election and the Republicans’ small gains in Congress Read More...
Music conservatory professor Benjamin Zander, who is also conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, explains why all his students receive an A
| July/Aug 2005 issue
After teaching for 25 years at a music conservatory, I still run into the same obstacles. In class after class the Read More...
Not something to die for
Tijn Touber | September 2005 issue
Recently, Ervin Laszlo, the Hungarian systems philosopher, said The British Library’s collection included the unpublished spiritual works of Isaac Newton. According to Laszlo, Newton didn’t dare go public with this material Read More...