Harper's Magazine: December 2005

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December 2005

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	Illustration Portrait of Christ (detail) By Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn and Joseph Levy (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Jesus Christ PDF IMAGES
4-7	Letters/Department Letters On Harper's index, from September 2005: Letter By Merrill Goozner On Still separate, still unequal, from September 2005: Letter By Edward J. McElroy On The logic of disengagement, from October 2005: Note/correction On Why experimental fiction threatens to destroy publishing, Jonathan Franzen, and life as we know it, from October 2005: Letter By Richard Lange Letter By Karyl Krug Letter By Fred E. Hahn Letter By Joe Wenderoth Letter By Sherman Alexie On Class participation, from October 2005: Letter By Richard Gaines PDF IMAGES
9-11	Notebook/Article The simple life By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Corporations; Corrupt practices; Hurricane Katrina, 2005; 2001-; Political corruption PDF IMAGES
13	Harper's index/Department Harper's index SEE ALSO: Abortion; Alabama; Animal; United States Army; Great Britain; Business; California; Chicago; China; Cuba; Disasters; Dogs; Drugs; Economics; Entertainment; Germany; Global Warming; Iraq; Louisiana; San Francisco; Sexual Assault; South Africa; Superstition; Telecommunications; Transportation; United States of America; Wal-Mart PDF TEXT IMAGES
15-18	Readings/Article The combination By Ashley Nelson SEE ALSO: Drug abuse; New Orleans; New Orleans (La.); Ragpickers PDF IMAGES
17	Readings/Illustration Joyland #4 By Aaron M. Brown SEE ALSO: Amusement parks; Playgrounds PDF IMAGES
18-19	Readings/Article School of hard knocks SEE ALSO: Alberta; Calgary; Risk assessment; School children; School field trips PDF TEXT IMAGES
19-20	Readings/Article Dark matter SEE ALSO: Children's writings, American; Errors of usage; Malapropisms PDF IMAGES
20-22	Readings/Article Winning the peace By Henry Murray SEE ALSO: Hitler, Adolf; Heads of state; National characteristics, German; National socialism; Psychology; Reconstruction (1939-1951) PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Poem The station dog By Aruna Kolatakara PDF IMAGES
23	Readings/Illustration Reading by boxing match By Michael Harrington SEE ALSO: Boxing matches; Television broadcasting of sports PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Under control By Ian Fishback SEE ALSO: Geneva Conventions (1949); International law; Military interrogation; Prisoners and prisons, American; Torture; War on Terrorism, 2001- PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Article Photoshop redemption SEE ALSO: Digital techniques; Photo; Prisoners PDF IMAGES
26-27	Readings/Article Soccer imams By Abdallah Al- Najdi SEE ALSO: Fatwas; Islam; Saudi Arabia; Soccer PDF IMAGES
27	Readings/Illustration The stoning By Perry Fletcher Thompson PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Photo Orient Point, New York By Lloyd Ziff (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Outdoor recreation for children; Rafting (Sports) PDF IMAGES Readings/Fiction The gold lunch By Ron Carlson PDF IMAGES
29	Readings/Article Buzz kill By Daniel Watt SEE ALSO: Alcoholic beverages; Standards PDF TEXT IMAGES
31	Readings/Illustration Well aged By Hernan Bas SEE ALSO: Gay men; Picnicking PDF IMAGES
33-41	Article Jesus without the miracles: Thomas Jefferson's Bible and the Gospel of Thomas By Erik Reece SEE ALSO: Bible. N.T. Gospels; Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Jesus Christ; Teachings; The Jefferson Bible (Book); The life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth (Book); Jefferson, Thomas PDF IMAGES
42-52	Article The great leap: Scenes from China's industrial revolution By Bill McKibben SEE ALSO: Commerce; Environmental conditions; Industrial revolution; Rural-urban migration PDF IMAGES
53-58	Article All that I have is yours: The scars of a Christian inheritance By Scott Korb SEE ALSO: Biography; Catholics; Faith; Korb, Scott; Tattooing PDF IMAGES
59-66	Article The line is hot: A history of the machine gun, shot By Steve Featherstone SEE ALSO: Firearms; Firearms industry and trade; Machine guns; Private collections PDF IMAGES
68-69	Article Diminishing returns: For developing nations, cash sent home is a net loss By Benjamin Pauker and Michele Wucker SEE ALSO: Developing countries; Philippines PDF IMAGES
70-72	Article Academic cross-dressing: How Intelligent Design gets its arguments from the left By Stanley Eugene Fish SEE ALSO: Curriculum change; Intelligent design (Teleology); Multiculturalism; Religion and science PDF IMAGES
73-75	Article Immersion journalism: Panning for ratings gold in New Orleans By Matthew Power SEE ALSO: Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Influence; Journalistic ethics; Mass media; New Orleans; New Orleans (La.); Press coverage; Reporters and reporting; Television broadcasting of news PDF IMAGES
76-84	Fiction Lost in Uttar Pradesh By Evan S. Connell PDF IMAGES
85-86	New books/Review New books By John Leonard SEE ALSO: Biography; Martinson, Deborah; Christianson, Gale E.; Get a life (Book); Isaac Newton (Book); Hellman, Lillian; Lillian Hellman: a life with foxes and scoundrels (Book); Gordimer, Nadine; Pearson, Roger; Newton, Isaac, Sir; Voltaire; Voltaire almighty: a life in pursuit of freedom (Book) PDF IMAGES
87-90	Review A Jerome of photography: The camera as an instrument of knowledge By John Berger SEE ALSO: Dyer, Geoff; Photography, Artistic; The ongoing moment (Book) PDF IMAGES
90-96	Review Resurrecting Matisse: A new biography revives the life but not the art By Lance Esplund SEE ALSO: Biography; Matisse, Henri; Spurling, Hilary; Matisse the master: a life of Henri Matisse, the conquest of colour, 1909-1954 (Book); The unknown Matisse: a life of Henri Matisse, the early years, 1869-1908 (Book) PDF IMAGES
99	Puzzle/Department Letter drop By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES
100	Findings/Article Findings By Roger D. Hodge PDF IMAGES

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