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Vol. 11, No. 3, 2012

     
 
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CONTENTS
  1. Editorial
GALLOPING AGRAPHIA by David Solway
Is the end of literacy on the near horizon?
  2. Essay
WAR, TRUTH AND THE SHADOWS OF MEANING by Louis René Beres
Will mankind survive human nature?
  3. Cinema
WOODY ALLEN AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF KITSCH by Shaun Clarkson
His pessimism is his trademark and greatness.
  4. Appreciation
FORGETTING CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS by Ian Williams
Flawed thinker who couldn't admit he was wrong.
  5. Empirium Down
SAVING THE HUMANITIES by Janice Fiamengo
"The waterline is rising and all we do is stand there."
  6. Gender
THE DEARTH OF MALES ON CAMPUS by Robert Weissberg
Women's rights and values are making men downright uncomfortable.
  7. Film Review
A SEPARATION reviewed by Samuel Burd
A feel good movie for Western audiences or a masterpiece?
  8.

Opinion
FEEDBACKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE by Robert J. Lewis
Reader feedback: the new fifth column.


  9.

Evolution
THE MEANING OF DISGUST by Scott McLemee
A brake on unrestrained behavior.


  10.
Health
IS UNHAPPINESS TOXIC? by Lane Wallace
Shall I compare thee to second hand smoke?
  11.

Edward Said
SHODDY SCHOLAR, INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST by John Butler
Ibn Warraq takes on the myth: Defending the West, a Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism.


  12.

Music
SIX DEGREES OF JAZZ
Pianist Tord Gustavsen: All About Norwegian Jazz.


  13.

Essay
THE OVERWRITING SYNDROME by Donald Dewey
Saving or disserving the language?


  14.

Book Review
UNWORTHY CREATURE: A PUNJABI DAUGHTER'S MEMOIR OF HONOUR, SHAME AND LOVE reviewed by Farzana Hassan
Aruna Papp (as told to Barbara Kay) recounts a life of abject subservience to the demigods of the Punjab.


     

 

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