July-August 2011
Contents
Patriotism
Pledging Allegiance to Peace
A Quaker argues that patriotism is deadly, no matter where or why it is practiced
by Tony White, from Friends Journal
Patriotism Uncorked
The case for joy upon the death of bin Laden
by Leon Wieseltier, from The New Republic
Balls and Stripes
The late Pat Tillman, patriotism, and the militarization of American sports
by Dave Zirin
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Who Is This Man, and Why Is He Screaming?
The inside story of a shy photographer who no longer owns his own face
by Rachel Kadish, from The Good Men Project Magazine
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Animals
Animals Like Us
Our wacky, complicated relationships with creatures great and small
by Hal Herzog, from Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat
Beastly No More
Concern for animals is rooted in our history, and in our nature
by Wayne Pacelle, from The Bond
Go Vegan or Go Home
Where others see gray, animal advocate Gary Francione sees black and white
interview by Deb Olin Unferth, from The Believer
Something Close to Family
On a small farm, animals are a link in the chain of life
by Bryan Welch, from Beautiful and Abundant
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The Fixer
A streetwise sociologist guides reporters through the drug underworld
by Don Terry, from Columbia Journalism Review
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Utne Independent Press Awards
The nine winners for 2011
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What’s Eating You?
The recent uproar over bedbugs barely scratches the surface
by Brendan Buhler, from California
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EMERGING IDEAS
Children of War
How we poisoned a generation by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, from The American Conservative
Mind Your Own Browser
Averting the eyes of online advertisers by Simson L. Garfinkel, from Technology Review
The Patron Saints of Green Living
Benedictine sisters employ sustainability practices by Betsy Shirley, from Sojourners
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GLEANINGS
The Vanishing
A wunderkind was abandoned, then disappeared by Paul Collins, from Lapham’s Quarterly
The Punk Dad Manifesto
A parent’s struggle against cul-de-sac fascism by Thomas Pluck, from The Morning News
Burning the Shelter
A simple fire reveals the beginnings of our environmental crisis by Louis Owens, from Colors of Nature
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MINDFUL LIVING
You’re Grounded
Connecting with the earth to cure pain by Matt Sutherland, from Spirituality & Health
The Self-Help Stigma
Why you shouldn’t dismiss all popular psychology by Oliver Burkeman, from Prospect
Palms Up
Hand positions can affect our state of mind by Erin Phillips, from Radish
Future Farmers
Preparing the land for a post-peak oil society by Adam Regn Arvidson, from Landscape Architecture Magazine
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MIXED MEDIA
Finger-Lickin’ Rap
A viral sensation and Southern hip-hop by Ben Westhoff, from The Oxford American
The Lost Art of Dictation
Before voice recognition software, there were women by Amy Rowland, from The Smart Set
Reviews:
Music
World of Song: A review of Afrodiaspora by Susana Baca
The End of the Tunnel: A review of The Miners’ Hymns by Jóhann Jóhannsson
Our Kind of Freak: A review of Freak Flag by Greg Brown
Books
Recovering from the Man: A review of Twelve Steps Toward Political Revelation by Walter Mosley
Bird is the Word: A review of The Chicken Chronicles by Alice Walker
People of the Rook: A review of Counterplay: An Anthropologist at the Chessboard by Robert Desjarlais
Film
Forest Freedom Fighter: A review of If a Tree Falls
Tarnished Tiara: A review of Tabloid
Does the Moon Speak to You?: A review of The Future
Editor’s Note
by David Schimke
Forward
by Eric Utne
Dispatches from:
Herizons (Afghan Women Take to the Page)
Urbanite (The March of the Addict)
Dollars & Sense (Taxing Tax Reform)
Governing, Sustainable Industries (An A for Environmental Effort)
Earth Island Journal (China‘s Yellowstone)
Mental Floss (The Healing Power of Cockroaches)
The Chronicle of Higher Education (In a Tizzy About Tithing)
Landscape Architecture Magazine (A Better Way to Cross the Road)
The Nation (Stamping Out Obesity)
Neighborhood Notes (A Pint for Their Troubles)
OnEarth (Climate, Through the Looking Glass)
The Atlantic (It’s Not Easy Being Filthy Rich)
Thick Culture (Signs Out of Time)
Miller-McCune (Save the Arts Omnivore!)
Musicworks (The Drumming of the Moths)
