Smithsonian Magazine: August 2008
Features
The Great Wall of China Is Under Siege
A journalist's travels along China's 4,000-mile Great Wall reveal widespread deterioration despite the efforts of a few embattled preservationists
Parties to History
Four Political Conventions That Changed America
1912 Republican Convention
Return of the Rough Rider
1948 Democratic Convention
The South Secedes Again
1964 Republican Convention: Revolution From the Right
At the ugliest of Republican conventions since 1912, entrenched moderates faced off against conservative insurgents
1968 Democratic Convention
The Bosses Strike Back
A Passion for Tomatoes
Which is more nutritious, the commercial variety that goes into ketchup or the precious heirloom beloved by gourmets? Why has a Florida genetic engineer developed a tomato that tastes like wintergreen? Undeterred by this summer's salmonella scare, a culinary correspondent still has a passion for tomatoes
Richard Misrach's Ominous Beach Photographs
A new exhibition of oversized photographs by Richard Misrach invites viewers to have fun in the sun. Or does it?
Leopold and Loeb's Criminal Minds
In 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and murdered a 14-year-old boy. An outraged nation cried for vengeance, but the famed attorney Clarence Darrow had a trick up his sleeve
Departments
Indelible Images
Olympic Athletes Who Took a Stand
For 40 years, Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos have lived with the consequences of their fateful protest
Phenomena
A Wildlife Mystery in Vietnam
The discovery of the saola alerted scientists to the strange diversity of Southeast Asia's threatened forests
Tribute
Who Do You Love?
Bo Diddley's beat changed the course of rock music. And his lyrics evoked a history that reached all the way to Africa.
Interview
Paul Polak, Social Entrepreneur, Golden, Colorado
His new book advocates helping the world's poorest people one tool at a time
Around the Mall
Photo Find
With a rolleiflex camera, a pioneering botanist documented his fieldwork—and created art
Q&A
Laurie Anderson
The celebrated performance artist discusses Andy Warhol, NASA and her work at McDonald’s
What's Up
What's Up
Smithsonian exhibitions highlight the secrets of soil, lavish interiors and Chinese landscape paintings
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