Utne Reader 1995 - Abstracts

Utne Reader 1995
TitleSubjectAuthors
A Conservative's lament. (issues Conservatives should address)General interestCharlotte Allen
Adventures of a gringo gimp. (disabled)(reprint from New Mobility, Sep./Oct. 1994)General interestCarlos A. Amantea
After work: a blueprint for social harmony in a world without jobs. (adapted from 'The End of Work: The Decline of the Global Labor Force and the Dawn of the Post-Market Era')(Cover Story)General interestJeremy Rifkin
America has no secrets anymore. (boundary between public and private)(The Familiar Face of Fascism)General interestRichard Rodriguez
A modern inquisition. (physician-assisted voluntary euthanasia)General interestJack Kevorkian
Anatomy of an assault. (includes related article)General interestBruce Shapiro
A new vision of livelihood: where does our work fit in the cosmos?General interestMatthew (American theologian) Fox
A war at home: a child of the former Yugoslavia refuses to take sides.General interestJagoda Perich-Anderson
Beatle wigs & cereal boxes: the thriving subculture of pop culture collectibles.General interestLaurie Ouellette
Being and nothingness. (identity crisis of an African-American)General interestMike Mattison
Ben Chavis battles on. (former of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Rev. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.)(includes related article)General interestSalim Muwakkil
Better dead than unwed? Straight talk on the stigma of illegitimacy. (reprinted from the Michigan Quarterly Review, Winter 1995)General interestSuzanne Rhodenbaugh
Bet with America. (fear of crime)(reprint from In These Times, Jul. 24, 1995)General interestWilliam Upski Wimsatt
Beyond the tortilla curtain: welcome to the borderless society.General interestGuillermo Gomez-Pena
Canadians; fear and loathing at the Northcountry Mall.General interestRussell Banks
Chelsea riot grrrl. (Pres. Bill Clinton's duaghter Chelsea)General interestTom Gogola
Choosing ballet.General interestSusan Eisenberg
Choosing our future: the good-life in the Post-Market Age.General interestJeremy Rifkin
Citizens and computers. (using the Internet to discuss public policy issues) (Cyberhood vs. Neighborhood)General interestRalph Nader
Cloth spirit: remembering loved ones through their wardrobes.General interestJesse Green
Coming home to a land of exile. (Tibetan patriot Ani Sakya)General interestDavid Guterson
Community in 17 sensible steps. (guidelines on how to sustain a place-based community) (Cyberhood vs. Neighborhood)General interestWendell Berry
Currents. (highlights of Utne Reader magazine's Visionfest at Townhall in New York City)General interest 
Cyberhood vs. neighborhood. (computer networks) (Cover Story)General interestJohn Perry Barlow
Cyber Samurai, the killer app: 'Wired' magazine, voice of the corporate revolution. (excerpted from 'The Baffler' and includes related article)General interestKeith White
Dangers of discowear. (1970s clothing)(reprint from Thrift Score, Spring 1994)General interest 
Dead letter office? (proposed privatization of U.S. Postal Service)General interestJeff Branan
Diminished choice. (abortion rights)General interestMonika Bauerlein
Discontent simmers under the Mexican sun.General interestLeon Lazaroff
Don't go back to sleep. (transformative potential of lucid dreaming)General interestTed E. Tollefson
Down off the farm. (survival of Amish culture)General interestElaine Robbins
Drawing the line. (comics censorship)General interestWill Hermes
Drugs vs. the bug. (antibiotics and resistance to illness)General interestSharon Parker
Ephemeral attraction. (girl watching)(reprint from New York Press, Jun. 21, 1995)General interestTim Parsa
Eternal fascism.(The Familiar Face of Fascism)General interestUmberto Eco
Fair is fair: what about unwed fathers? (reprinted from The Nation, January 30, 1995)General interestKatha Pollitt
False portrait. (news media)General interestGary Gilson
Fashionable fascism.(The Familiar Face of Fascism)General interestRichard Golsan
Fewer jobs, more snacks. (forecasts made in 1994 by leading scientists, researchers, business experts and scholars)General interest 
Five million years of solitude. (Movile Cave, Romania)General interestRobert Zimmerman, Wendy Marston
Forever young.General interestToby Young
Fresh maimed babies: media and the uses of innocence.General interestMckenzie Wark
From the ground up. (music as a geographical marker)General interestJohn Luther Adams
Glorious noise. (history professor and TV personality Danny Hoch)General interestRandall Short
God and man in Colorado Springs: how a sleepy town in the Rockies became the capital of the Christian right. (reprinted from The Nation, January 2, 1995)General interestMarc Cooper
Goin' gangsta, choosin cholita. (Mexican gangster girl)General interestNell Bernstein
Good cops bad cops: learning from perps and dudes of Fox T.V.General interestCharles Lane
Habitat for inhumanity: America's rush to punish is backfiring. (interviews with prison activists Bo Lozoff and Jerome Miller)(Interview)General interestMarilyn Berlin Snell, Rick Szykowny
Healing happens: the miracle of distant healing. (includes related article)(Heal Me)(Cover Story)General interestLarry Dossey
Health is membership: the community is the smallest unit of health.(Heal Me)General interestWendell Berry
Hope and joy among the animals.General interestSusan McCarthy, Jeffrey M. Masson
In praise of student teacher romances.General interest 
In search of the spirit. (Christian Pentecostalists)General interestDon Lattin
In the '90s, computer skills mean sex appeal.General interestScott Adams
In the dark about Africa: looking beyond the lies that distort our image of Africa.General interestCarole J.L. Collins, Steve Askin
It's just a matter of time: twentysomethings view their jobs differently than boomers. (excerpted from The Idler, January 1995)General interestHelen Wilkinson
"Just calm down": dry wit and trenchant wisdom from Barbara Ehrenreich. (excerpted from The Progressive, January 1995)(Interview)General interest 
Knotts landing. (creative response to sexual harassment)General interestQueen Itchie
Labor of love: when sex seems like too much work.General interestSuzanne Moore
Less is more: why German autoworker Brigitte Dunst loves her four-day workweek. (excerpted from Health, October 1994)General interestEdward Dolnick
Libertarians on the march.General interestDavid Futrelle
Life for sale. (genetic patenting)General interestAndrew Kimbrell
Light in Montana.General interestJo Clare Hartsig, Walter Wink
Making the news a 2-way street. (public journalism)General interestGeorge Rebeck
Mea culpa? (questioning authority)(The Familiar Face of Fascism)General interestTheodore Roszak
Media diet. (interview with journalist and advertising expert Leslie Savan) (Interview)General interestLeslie Savan
Monsters, sex, sci-fi, kung fu. (underground movie magazines)General interestJoshua Glenn, A.S. Hamrah
Multiple choice. (historical experiences)General interestLauren Fox
Mummy arts: how to prepare a dead pharaoh.General interestAdam Goodheart
Night desk. (reprint from Geist #17, Spring 1995)General interestLaurie Edwards
No collar needed. (Roman Catholic Church)General interestDanny Duncan Collum
Northern exposure. (oil exploration in Alaska)General interestWill Nixon
On borders and belonging. (interview of Mexican-American writer Richard Rodriguez) (Interview)General interestVirginia Postrel, Nick Gillespie
Out in the burbs. (gays and lesbians in suburban communities)General interestLaura Markowitz
Peace in the streets.General interestGeoffrey Canada
Power drinkin'.General interest 
Power to the powerful. (electric utilities)General interestAndrea Martin
Rachel's world. (autistic child)General interestPaul J. Karch
Ransacking our libraries: are books and card catalogs really obsolete?General interestPaul Gruchow
Rats: the road to her Ph.D. was paved with dead rodents. (reprinted from The Sun, January 1995)General interestMaggie Smith
Real change for a change: simple ways to improve our political system.General interestMiles Harvey
Redesigning Berlin. (rebuilding the city)General interestJon Spayde
Rejecting respectability.General interestLee Hoinacki
Rock lit: a grotesque history of rocker as author. (reprinted from Motorbooty, Fall 1994)General interestMike Rubin, Rob Michaels, David Merline, Dan Rice, Barry Henssler
Say amen! Prayer soars in popularity - not only to God, but to goddesses and trees.General interestHelen Cordes
Secession of the successful. (homeowners' associations)General interestTim Vanderpool
Show biz shopping. (retail stores)General interestLynette Lamb
Star-spangled cricket. (cricket in the US)General interestBritt Robson
Tempzines. (temp workers' newsletters)General interestJoseph Hart
Ten media heroes: journalists and activists who wear white hats.General interestDon Hazen, Christine Triano
Ten o'clock lock: new curfew laws add to the demonization of teens.General interestBrad Branan
The art that sounded out of the dark. (Paleolithic cave drawings)General interestRichard E. Leakey
The awakening. (reclaiming an autistic child)General interestBarry Neil Kaufman
The beauty of chaos. (Uganda's rebirth)General interestFranz Schurmann
The body as music. (health benefits of music)General interestLarry Dossey
The bombing of Hiroshima.General interestAlbert Camus
The borderless bordello. (prostitution)General interestMonika Bauerlein
The DNA-ing of America.General interestJeff Reid
The eloquent sounds of silence.General interestPico Iyer
The future according to Newt. (interview of House Speaker Newt Gingrich and social observers) (Interview)General interestMargot Adler
The grinches who stole Congress; fascism in the capital.(The Familiar Face of Fascism)General interestDonella Meadows
The healing powers of community: how creating community can enrich - even prolong - your life.(Heal Me)General interestCarolyn R. Shaffer, Kristen Anundsen
The hero of the Sierra Madre. (Mexican environmentalist Edwin Bustillos)(includes related article)General interestAlex Shoumatoff
The kindness of strangers.General interestSusan Gaines
The media's role in turning up the volume on Balkan hate.General interestAlvin Toffler, Heidi Toffler
The music of survival.General interestAdrian Blevins-Church
The population bomb, part 2. (population control)General interestHelen Cordes
The sin of usury. (Catholic Church)General interestJeff Dietrich
The slaughter of Bosnia.General interestDavid Reiff
The uneasy rebirth of Europe. (conversation among writer Hans Magnus Enzensberger, journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski and newspaper editor Adam Krzeminski)General interestAdam Krzeminski
The virtual community. (computer networking) (Cyberhood vs. Neighborhood)General interestHoward Rheingold
The web of life. (joining communities) (Cyberhood vs. Neighborhood)General interestScott Russell Sanders
They've got your number; an ID card for government benefits raises privacy concerns.General interestJennifer Vogel
Top 10 censored stories: Project Censored uncovers the news the media missed in 1994.General interest 
Violent femmes. (physically aggressive women)General interestMary Morse
Voices from the tunnel: deep under Manhattan, life goes on. ("mole people" in the underground community of Manhattan)General interestTerry Williams
We don't know squat. (what experts really know)General interestWill Durst
Welcome to cyberia. (computer networking) (Cyberhood vs. Neighborhood)General interestM. Kadi
What housecleaners know.General interestLouise Rafkin
What Tepito can teach us: a poor Mexico City neighborhood offers lessons in the economics of community. (excerpted from In Context, No. 30)General interestGustavo Esteva
When the spirit moves you. (Pentecostalism)General interestDennis Covington
Whiz kid anonymous. (computer networking and social relationships) (Cyberhood vs. Neighborhood)General interestMichael Kearney
Young, Catholic, and proud.General interestMark Gauvreau Judge
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