Culture

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Reason April 2006 Amy H. Sturgis	The Myth of the Passive Indian Book Reviews: Was America before Columbus just a "continent of patsies"? 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, by Charles C. Mann.
Reason April 2006 Nick Gillespie	Artifact: Turn On, Tune In, Drive a Computer Revolution For the drug inventor's 100 birthday, a Basel symposium on LSD was held that included presentations by psychedelic artist Alex Grey and Albert Hofmann himself. Missing were LSD's two best-known problem children, Microsoft's Bill Gates and Apple's Steve Jobs.
Investment Advisor April 2006	The History of Retirement How did we arrive at this 21st century notion of retirement? Here's a 400-year history of seeking financial security.
Geotimes March 2006 Lisa Rossbacher	Can You Hear me Now? The world of communication is completely different from what the early explorers of this continent experienced -- one full of constant connection.
Smithsonian April 2006 Tessa DeCarlo	A Gibson Girl in New Guinea Two Seattle women have retraced the intrepid travels of model and portrait artist Caroline Mytinger, who journeyed to the South Sea islands in the 1920s to capture "vanishing primitives" on canvas.
Smithsonian April 2006 Afshin Molavi	Young and Restless Saudi Arabia's baby boomers, born after the 1973 oil embargo, are redefining the kingdom's relationship with the modern world.
Smithsonian April 2006 John Fox	Students of the Game When the Aztec and Maya played it 500 to 1,000 years ago, the losers sometimes lost their heads -- literally. Today scholars are visiting remote Mexican villages to study the oldest sport in the Americas, ulama, now on the verge of extinction.
IDB America February 2006 Roger Hamilton	Clay Doves Take Flight Ancient craft traditions help indigenous women in southern Mexico preserve their cultural identities while entering the modern world.
IDB America February 2006 Charo Quesada	Support for Caribbean Art New cultural programs provide fresh outlets for the creative talent of artists in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Smithsonian March 2006 Jonathan Kandell	Continental Crossroads East greets West as Hungary's history-rich capital embraces the future.
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