Plus

July 2026

1min read

A- A+

May/June 1988

15 years ago By admin

Volume

39

Issue

4

… the crisply luminous maritime world of the artist Fitz Hugh Lane … newly discovered photographs of a vanished Connecticut… and, in fitting tribute to our nation’s 212th birthday, more.

Stories published from "May/June 1988"

The First American Olympics

Authored by: Peter Andrews

In 1904, the Olympics took place for only the third time in the modern era. The place was St. Louis, where a world’s fair was providing all the glamour and glitter and excitement that anyone could ask. The games, on the other hand, were something else.

Arranging Mother

Authored by: John Maass

Whistler named his most famous
portrait Arrangement in Grey and Black . Here, for Mother’s Day,
are notable arrangements by various artists of their first loves.

What Should We Tell Our Children About Vietnam?

Authored by: Bill McCloud

That was the question an Oklahoma high school teacher sent out in a handwritten note to men and women who had been prominent movers or observers during the Vietnam War. Politicians, journalists, generals, and combat veterans answered him. Secretaries of Defense answered him. Presidents answered him. Taken together, the answers form a powerful and moving record of the national conscience.

Funny, Like Us

Authored by: Edward Sorel

In Clare Briggs’, cartoons nobody got chased by 20 cops, nobody broke a plank over the boss’s head, and nobody’s eyes popped out on springs. People just acted the way people do, and as a result, the drawings still make us laugh.

How Pure Must Our Candidates Be?

Authored by: Garry Wills

The distasteful questions we ask our presidential hopefuls serve a real purpose.

Day of the Player Piano

Authored by: Joseph Fox

It didn’t last long. But we never got over it.

Homer Lea and the Decline of the West

Authored by: Thomas Fleming

Early in the century, a young American accurately predicted Japan’s imperialism and China’s and Russia’s rise. Then, he set out to become China’s soldier-leader.

Plus

Help us tell the story of America.