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Volume 296 No. 4 | November 2005 CALENDAR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COMMENT THINGS LEFT UNDONE Why has an administration that talks so much about homeland security been so unable to secure the homeland? by Richard A. Clarke WASHINGTON PROGRESSIVE DEMENTIA One element of the president's Social Security plan will rise again. It shouldn't by Joseph E. Stiglitz CASE HISTORY WHITE HOUSE SLEUTHS by Matthew Quirk THE LAW WHAT WOULD ZIMBABWE DO? The U.S. Supreme Court looks abroad for help in interpreting the Constitution by Emily Bazelon THE ODDS WHO WILL WIN THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE? by John Sellers THE LIST THE ROCKY ROAD TO SAINTHOOD by Tyler Cabot FOREIGN AFFAIRS DECLARE WAR It's time to stop slipping into armed conflict by Leslie H. Gelb and Anne-Marie Slaughter PRIMARY SOURCES Post-Gaza Israel; the travails of black cabbies; the (continuing) migration of the Electoral College; how to spot a spy compiled by Marshall Poe, Ross Douthat and Terrence Henry THE WRATH OF KHAN How A. Q. Khan made Pakistan a nuclear power—and showed that the spread of atomic weapons can't be stopped by William Langewiesche COMING SOON AN INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAM LANGEWIESCHE The author of this month's cover story talks about nuclear proliferation and A. Q. Khan, the scientist who brought nuclear weapons to Pakistan. [Web only] THE GREATEST STORIES NEVER TOLD Some of the most delicious unpublished journalism gets passed around like a secret handshake by Alex Beam NO ORDINARY TOME Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin's much anticipated book about Abraham Lincoln, marks her return to the arena after a devastating scandal. Throughout her personal trials, Goodwin says, Lincoln himself proved to be a major source of consolation. by Thomas Mallon THE NEW JAPANESE SAT A history lesson by Christopher Buckley IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF TOCQUEVILLE (PART V) A year-long journey ends on the coast of New England by Bernard-Henri Lévy DOES MERITOCRACY WORK? Not if society and colleges keep failing to distinguish between wealth and merit by Ross Douthat by Matthew Quirk IS THERE LIFE AFTER RANKINGS? A report card from one college president, whose school now shuns the U.S. News ranking system—and has not only survived but thrived by Colin Diver WHAT DOES COLLEGE TEACH? It's time to put an end to "faith-based" acceptance of higher education's quality by Richard H. Hersh YOU ARE NOT ALONE College newspapers discover the sex column by Sheelah Kolhatkar EDITOR'S CHOICE WAR WITHOUT END The Third Reich in Power, by Richard J. Evans; A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water, by Patrick Leigh Fermor; Pétain, by Charles Williams; In Command of History, by David Reynolds; Forgotten Armies, by Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper reviewed by Benjamin Schwarz THE PRISONER OF COOL Elmore Leonard's talents have increasingly become cooped up in his hallmark tough-guy aesthetic by B. R. Myers READING LIST THINK BIG, BE BIG Historians whose work spanned centuries, continents, and bookshelves by Paul Kennedy BOYS WILL BE BOYS The latest in the ever growing field of "You go, girl!" studies reviewed by Caitlin Flanagan COMING SOON THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD Articles by Karl Menninger, Bruno Bettelheim, Caitlin Flanagan, and others on how to raise well-adjusted children. [Web only] NEW FICTION Household Words, by Joan Silber reviewed by Elizabeth Judd FREE AND EASY Ben Franklin, comic genius reviewed by Christopher Hitchens A CLOSE READ In the Fold, by Rachel Cusk by Christina Schwarz BEST SELLERS ABROAD RUSSIA by Jeffrey Tayler POETRY PANEL AT THE PRESS CLUB by Tom Sleigh HER DAUGHTER by Kathryn Stripling Byer LOOSESTRIFE [with audio] by Greg Delanty MIDDAY MIRAGE [with audio] by David Sofield INNOCENT BYSTANDER FATWA CITY Behavior modification gets down to business by Cullen Murphy TRAVELS THE MOTHER LOAD "Oh, my God—Southwest to Tampa with a thousand people!" A report on the new Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger plane by P. J. O'Rourke FOOD BETTER BACON A new cult takes hold by Corby Kummer THE PUZZLER OUR CRYPTIC HOBBY by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon WORD COURT by Barbara Wallraff POST MORTEM AN OLD-SCHOOL COPPER Jack Slipper (1924–2005) by Mark Steyn WHO'S WHO A selective index to this month's issue compiled by Benjamin Healy

Price is fairly high*, but this is probably my second favorite general interest magazine. It's turned away from fiction and literature for a more purely political focus - though not purely political, still a few arts and other features. Intelligent, well-researched writing. * I think I'm paying more like $9.99 a year.

Dizzy and Bird might be considered a centerpoint, but my love spreads backward and forward from there - virtually a whole century's worth!

Welcome. Pedro Iturralde! I've got his Blue Note stuff (including with Hamp Hawes and Jazz Flamenco) and enjoy it quite a bit.

If you order these now, you can combine ship and pick up the any or all of the September RVGs in the same order and save a few bucks on shipping at CDUniverse.

Dorothy Ashby... Interesting website. Some bios. I enjoyed it. http://casstechfame.net/page45.html

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See also: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...hl=rufus+harley

HBD2U

Happy!

5555 is the address of Berigan's retail store.

Saw Rick not long ago. Great guy. Really. Seems that he's combined his business (Grooveyard) with Berigan's, though I don't know this for sure. Seems like I picked up a few clues, but, right now, I couldn't even tell you what they were! So anyway, check out Berigan's on Claremont.

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I've got a terrible fear of fears and fearfulness.

Hope it was a good 'un. (Just 364 days and you can do it again.)

I labored for a while on a Wardell Gray bio, but ultimatley dropped it when I learned of someone else's efforts and when I found that too many people were interested in his death, rather than his life.

My spouse is cool with it. My girlfriend, on the other hand...

"So, can we look forward to a blindfold test disc", he asked excitedly.

These have started materializing at CD Universe, either as 'available' or pre-order. I haven't done a complete search, but Blue Black is, I recall, a pre-order, and two Great Jazz Trios are 'available'. Hommage and Nefertiti also 'available'. (Sorry if this is old news.)

Wardell Gray on Benny Goodman's "Hucklebuck". Yes, I'm serious. Wardell says: Take That!

Bill. Big Bill. Big d*mn bill I can't pay.

For the most part, I don't enjoy listening to vocalists. And then there's Mr. Five-by-Five: Little Jimmy Rushing.

Now that's funny! No grease, only wig powder.

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After the original post and my downbeat reply, I've spent a bit of time listening. Two thoughts: First, the station remains a disappointment for its lack of edge or daring; who (other than me) could be offended by their playlist? One positive note, though, is that the station does a great job supporting and remembering local talent. I've heard features on Harold Land, Hamp Hawes and Buddy Collette. Then again, playing Jack Sheldon every fifth song becomes a bit wearying. So there is a good side to KKJZ. If only they didn't call themselves K-Jazz; this can't help but lead to comparisons to the late, great Alameda legend.