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Reason May 2007 Radley Balko	How the Wolves Survive The Mexican-American rock band Los Lobos' Louie Perez on immigration, cultural mixing, and his band's new album.
Reason May 2007 Jacob Sullum	Girly Mags vs. the Censors The History of Girly Magazines by Dian Hanson chronicles the changing standards of sexiness.
Chemistry World May 2007 Lisa Melton	Chinese Medicine in Western Packaging The past decade has seen a global awakening to the truly curative powers of many ancient medicines, from black bear bile to the Asian plant Epimedium.
The Motley Fool April 18, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Tech Eases Tragedy at Virginia Tech Internet technology reminds us of what's important about being human, even when inhuman events unfold.
Reason April 2007 Katherine Mangu-Ward	Soundbite In American Leviathan: Empire, Nation, and Revolutionary Frontier, historian Patrick Griffin both re-examines the role of frontiersmen in the American founding and discusses the origins of modern imperial America. Here's an interview with Griffin.
Reason April 2007 Nick Gillespie	Rant: America's No. 1 Endangered Species Is America's middle class losing its "place at the table"?
Wild West April 2007 Gregory F. Michno	Comanche Captives Young Dot and Bianca Babb experienced the good and bad of life in native camps after being captured from their parents' Texas ranch in 1866.
IEEE Spectrum April 2007 Paul McFedries	Social-isms Many predicted that the Internet would produce societal breakdown and individual meltdown, but a funny thing happened on the road to ruination: nothing much. Society as a whole remains intact, and a few cases of Internet addiction notwithstanding, online users seem no worse off.
Smithsonian April 2007 Virginia Morell	The Zuni Way Though they embrace computers and TV, the secret of the Zuni Indian tribe's unity lies in fealty to their past.
Smithsonian April 2007 Whitney Dangerfield	The Mystery of Easter Island New findings rekindle old debates about when the first people arrived on the Polynesian island and why their civilization collapsed.
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