October 1980
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Articles
Looking at Reagan
"Why can't an actor be as good a President as a peanut warehouseman, a hustling attorney, a schoolteacher? It all depends upon the quality of his fantasies between takes."
Deadlock
What happens if no single presidential candidate wins a majority of the electoral votes?
Changing of the Guard: Power and Leadership in America
Christ: The Experience of Jesus as Lord
The Scapegoat
Spike Island
Crackers
The Butte Polka
The Alcotts
The Panda's Thumb
My Life and Game
Pig Earth
Close Relations
The Death of the Tirpitz
An Open Book
The Battle for Gaul
Reflections on Field and Stream
Galapacos
Floater
The Enigma of Soviet Petroleum
The Atlantic Puzzler
Energy Conservation: The Longer View
The price tag for “retrofitting" a home to reduce energy costs can easily run as high as $2000—but may also cut energy use by 50 percent. Here’s how it’s done.
The Wary Traveler
The Presidential Race
Is It All Carter's Fault?
Governor vs. Governor: Reagan's and Carter's Performances
They disagreed on many issues, but the records of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan as chief executives of Georgia and California show similar attitudes, successes, and failures.
The Photographer as Artist
Willingly
The Jungle of Injustice
The Triumph of Numbers
It has been twenty years since C. P. Snow called for reconciliation between the “two cultures” of science and the humanities. Today they seem further apart than ever. Can we find new ways to bridge the gap?
Walla Walla
Letters to the Groaning Board Forum
The New Kid on Market Street
Yes & No: The Vision of James Merrill
Intersection
The Fifth Horseman
Setting the World on Fire
Consuming Passions: The Anthropology of Eating
