TITLE: ATLANTIC Monthly Magazine
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ISSUE DATE: MARCH 1998; Vol. 281 NO.3
CONDITION: Magazine size: Approx 8oe" X 11". COMPLETE and in clean, VERY GOOD condition. (See photo)

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COVER: E. O. Wilson: Back from Chaos: Enlightenment. Cover art by Etienne Delessert.

BACK FROM CHAOS: The assumptions of the Enlightenment--about the unity of all knowledge, about the potential for human progress--were displaced by postmodern skepticism about the possibility of real knowledge and about the existence of objective truth. But now, the author argues, the promise of the Enlightenment is being renewed. The great branches of learning will draw closer--revealing an order that underlies everything. by Edward O. Wilson.

THE LESSONS OF VALUJET 592: The circumstances that led to the ValuJet crash in May of 1996 are no longer a mystery. Nevertheless, the accident continues to raise troubling questions--not about what happened but about why. Our author argues that it represents what analysts call a "system acci-dent"--a kind of accident that may lie beyond the reach of conventional solutions. by William Langewiesche.

REPORTS:
Notes & Comment: Today's Most Mischievous Misquotation Adam Smith's blind faith in the "invisible hand" of the market wasn't really Adam Smith's faith at all--and today Smith is invoked in behalf of causes he did not support. by Jonathan Schiefer.
Politics:
California, Here We Come: California has led the way toward heavy--and short-sighted--reliance on voter referenda. As other states embrace the practice, the perils of this form of direct democracy are becoming more apparent. by Peter Sebrag.
HUMOR, FICTION, & POETRY.
The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet A short dory by Francine Prone.
They Can't Take That Away From Me A poem by Gail Mazur.
Credo A poem by David Solway.
Quadrature A drawing by Guy Billout.
Food:.
Belgian and Bubbly.
Some of the best beer in the world is made in the manner of champagne.
by Corby Kummer.
BOOKS.
War in the Mind Shook Over Hell: Post-Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War, by Eric T. Dean Jr.
how to Pay for a Good College The Student Aid Game, by Michael S. McPherson and Morton 0. Schapiro by Donald Kennedy.
Brief Reviews.
ARTS & LEISURE.
Travel: Lewis and Clark and.
Might the Lewis and Clark saga be an appropriate focus for a trip with children? A.
five-member Corps of Discovery set off to find out.
by Cullen Murphy.
Sport: Tree Surfing and Other Lofty Pleasures.
I look for one that announces 'Climb me,'" says a practitioner of the fledgling sport known as technical tree climbing. by Michael Finkel.

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