Contents
May-June 2012
Save Me
An outsider in Mormon country makes peace–grudgingly–with the prostelytizers by Jennifer Sinor, from The American Scholar
Flock Off
Mormons who have left the fold find strength in numbers by Greg Wilcox, from Salt Lake City Weekly
Virgin
Love is complicated for a committed Mormon by Deja Earley, from Ruminate
Doctors Who Care
What mainstream medicine can learn from holistic healers by David H. Freedman, fromThe Atlantic
Government Is Good For You
It’s a message we won’t hear often enough this election season by Michael Tomasky, from Democracy
The Big Assist
Climate change-related disasters will make you love government by Christian Parenti, from TomDispatch.com
The Handout That Feeds
Food stamps are one part of the safety net that works by Lizzy Ratner, from The Nation
Wall Street’s Sad Song
Big bankers are finally feeling the pain–if you can call it that by Gabriel Sherman, from New York
EMERGING IDEAS
No More Thinking
Washington think tanks churn out spin by Tevi Troy, from National Affairs
Wireless Interference
Do electronic gadgets mess with our brains? by Christopher Ketcham, from Earth Island Journal
The Death of Honesty
Truth is getting harder to find by William Damon, from Endangered Virtues
GLEANINGS
I, Turbo
An eccentric penguin charms the scientists sent to study him by Eric Wagner, from Orion
The White-Knuckled Neatnik
A child of hoarders learns how to deal with stuff by Wendy Fontaine, from Brain, Child
Rules of Reengagement
Navigating the working life after unemployment by Patrick Coleman, from The Morning News
MINDFUL LIVING
Speak No Evil, Tweet No Evil
A sarcastic scribe bites his tongue for a month. by Michael A. Stusser, from Shambhala Sun
How Doctors Die
Knowing medicine’s limits, they tend to go gently. by Ken Murrary, from Zocalo Public Square
Isolate Yourself
Sensory-deprivation tanks clear the mind by Matt Stangel, from the Portland Mercury
MIXED MEDIA
A Tart in Gildy Clobbers
London’s lost gay language, Polari by Michael Schulman, from The Believer
Classic Lowriders: Low, Slow, and Soulful
The soundtrack to Chicano lowrider culture by Allen Thayer, from Wax Poetics
Reviews:
Film
Love Summit: a review of The Loneliest Planet
Public Housing’s Bad Rap: a review of The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Activism Gone Awry: a review of Better This World
Music
Jazz in the Blood: a review of Colombe by The David Reinhardt Trio
Life at Turtle Speed: a review of Stars and Satellites by Trampled By Turtles
Southern Rebelle: a review of La Bala by Ana Tijoux
Books
Slow Medicine: a review of God’s Hotel by Victoria Sweet
The Artful Lie: a review of Lifespan of a Fact by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal
Friend of the Giants: a review of The Man Who Planted Trees by Jim Robbins
Editor’s Note
by Christian Williams
Forward
by Eric Utne
Dispatches from:
Dissent (Freelancers of the World, Unite!)
Animal Welfare Rights Institute (Snakeskin Style)
Scientific American (Colon Cure)
Bust (Breast Friend)
Mother Jones (Eurogenics)
Miller-McCune (now Pacific Standard) (The Debate Advantage)
E Magazine (Down on Their Cluck)
Treehugger (Tiny Soap, Big Idea)
Good (Get With The Programming)
Yes! Magazine (The Bicycle School Bus)
Public Art Review (Signs of Struggle)
Treehugger (Deep Green Cuts)