Articles

Review of 'The Classical Greek Reader', 'Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World'

June 1997

Near and Far, We're Waving the Banner for Flags

Across time and distance, these colorful emblems fluttering in the breeze are symbols steeped in our history and our cultures

May 31, 1997

The Maginot Line

It is known as a great military blunder, but in fact this stout network of ingenious bunkers did what it was designed to do

May 31, 1997

All the Presidents' Pooches

June 1997

Smithsonian Perspectives

Through object-based education and other programs, the Smithsonian reaches out to teachers and students

June 1997

Around the Mall & Beyond

Kites aren't just for kids. Ben Franklin knew it, as did the 20,000 kiters and kite fans at this year's 31st annual Smithsonian kite festival

June 1997

Nature's Own Pooper-Scoopers Keep Earth Livable for All of Us

If it were not for dung beetles, members of the scarab family, every terrestrial organism would be up to its eyeballs in you know what

May 31, 1997

The Object at Hand

From a forest that flourished 207 million years ago, the Sherman Logs bear stony witness to a general's curiosity--and life in an age gone by

June 1997

A Hypochondriac Knows Those 'Germs' That Threaten Him Are Real

June 1997

A Heartland Artist Who Broke the Old Regionalist Mold

Two current exhibitions prove that, although Charles Burchfield's watercolors are set in specific places, these works know no boundaries

April 30, 1997

Ziggedy Bop! Tap Dance Is Back on Its Feet

It's been a mainstay of stage and screen; now after years in revival, a truly American art form returns full force, with energy and innovation

April 30, 1997

Just Another Day on the Sidewalks of New York

May 1997

Review of 'My Vegetable Love: A Journal of a Growing Season'

May 1997

To Protect Yourself In a World Full of Peril, You Have To Dress For Safety

May 1997

Review of 'The Demon-Haunted World', 'Einstein, History, and Other Passions', 'The End of Science'

Review of 'The Demon-Haunted World', 'Einstein, History, and Other Passions', 'The End of Science'

May 1997

Review of 'Oddity Odyssey: A Journey Through New England's Colorful Past'

May 1997

Declaring an Open Season on the Wisdom of the Ages

Under the stewardship of scholars Diderot and d'Alembert, the 18th-century's Encyclopédie championed fact and freedom of the intellect

April 30, 1997

Even Our Most Loved Monuments Had a Trial by Fire

Controversies like those swirling around the FDR Memorial are the rule when Americans try to agree on anything to be cast in bronze

April 30, 1997

Smithsonian Perspectives

A patriarch of flight, Paul Garber devoted his Smithsonian career to the preservation of historic aircraft

May 1997

Mining the Scrap Heap for Treasure

Across America, a network of scrap-metal firms is supplying much of the raw materials, iron to aluminum, that fuel the growing global economy

April 30, 1997