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Silver In The Back Yard | December 2000

A YANKEE SCHOOLGIRL FINDS HERSELF IN CIVIL-RIGHTS-ERA ALABAMA Read >>

The Brief Glory of the Spindletop Field | December 2000

THREE CENTS A BARREL Read >>

Time Machine | December 2000

Boat Builder | February/March 2001

An Old Friend | February/March 2001

Yo-ho-ho And A Bottle Of Rye | February/March 2001

The Unsinkable Margaret Brown | February/March 2001

History Now | February/March 2001

G.i. Jfk | February/March 2001

A MERE NAVY LIEUTENANT (JG) JOINS SOME ACTION-FIGURE GENERALS Read >>

On Exhibit | February/March 2001

The Making Of “lonesome Dove” | February/March 2001

LARRY McMURTRY TELLS THE STORY BEHIND THE BOOK Read >>

The Buyable Past | February/March 2001

Calendar Clocks Read >>

A Lincoln Face-lift? | February/March 2001

BEHIND THE FIVE-DOLLAR MAKEOVER Read >>

Further Research | February/March 2001

The 10 Greatest Jazz Records | February/March 2001

THE CREATOR OF THE NEW DOCUMENTARY MAKES A VERY HARD CHOICE. Read >>

Eating The Past | February/March 2001

IT’S AMERICA’S LATEST CULINARY SENSATION: HARDTACK AND GROG Read >>

The Taste Test | February/March 2001

Sites To See | February/March 2001

Women On Wheels | February/March 2001

A LONG-TIME MINORITY AMONG BIKERS GETS ITS DUE Read >>

Editors’ Bookshelf | February/March 2001

Screenings | February/March 2001

NEW ON DVD Read >>

W Vs. Q | February/March 2001

THE LAST TIME A PRESIDENT’S SON WENT INTO HIS FATHER’S BUSINESS, THE RESULTS WERE LESSTHANINSPIRING Read >>

Getting a Life | February/March 2001

WHAT’S AN EX-PRESIDENT TO DO? Read >>

Uncle Scrooge’s Father | February/March 2001

WALT DISNEY GAVE US DONALD DUCK, BUT ANOTHER MAN GAVE HIM HIS CHARACTER—AND HIS FAMILY Read >>

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence | February/March 2001

COMPUTERS THAT COULD THINK WERE ONCE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. NOW THEY’RE FAR OFF. Read >>

Ancient City | February/March 2001

ST. AUGUSTINE, SETTLED IN 1565, FLAUNTS ITS SPANISH ORIGINS Read >>

To Plan A Trip | February/March 2001

The Electoral College: How It Got That Way and Why We're Stuck With It | February/March 2001

It was never designed to actually elect a president, it’s awkward, cumbersome, and confusing, and almost no one likes it. Americans have been trying to get rid of it for more than two centuries. Yet it’s still here. Now, we are seeing renewed efforts to reform or eliminate the Electoral College. Will they succeed? Don’t bet on it. Read >>

Children of Monticello | February/March 2001

A descendant of Thomas Jefferson comments on the quarrel over who can be allowed in the family graveyard, and the missing remains of Sally Hemings. The outcome of the dispute is important to every American. Read >>

Flipping the Meat Train | February/March 2001

One of the last veterans of a dangerous violent, exhilarating way of life tells of a youth spent on the road. Read >>